Weather forecast and the (relatively) short notice about the race, and Mother's Day weekend probably all helped dilute the car count. Kudos to the racers that showed up and supported the event. It was well-run from top to bottom, and my hat's off to Lee and Brian for sticking their necks out. As we recently completed a big money footbrake race here in NC that I was co-promoter of (Race coverage at
www.staginglight.com/footbrake/), I know first hand just how much work goes on behind the scenes! (and even though I've been involved in a lot of events in different capacities before, I'll admit there was even more to it than what I expected!) We had a great, successful event, though, kicking off the weekend with 191 entries. We started handing out flyers two weeks before Thanksgiving LAST year. I'm hoping to have the 2012 event flyer out in January, and already feel like I'm way behind, even though the race is 12 months away.
I would love to see a 2nd Annual Combo in the Hills, and will help out any way I can. We need a good date, a good forecast, and promotion waaay out in front. I think NHRA racers in particular plan their schedule way far in advance. I don't even have the IHRA schedule yet, and it already looks like the first week or two in May is about the only hole on the schedule, so you're in the same boat as last year.
Glad somebody did a poll. It can't be about the money, because you have these racer-run events, and IHRA's Sportsman Spectacular (90 S/SS cars combined at MIR, 109 at VMP) none of which drew the numbers necessary to make one of these deals live on its own. What were the car counts at your deal, Rob?
I looked at trying to pull off a US Class Nationals revival in 2012, and did a lot of ground work on doing an event, but I let it go. Some races go gangbusters, and some are a bust. If the S/SS community really wants these kind of races, they need to actually support them when they come around.
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