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Originally Posted by Dick Butler
Randy, I agree 110%. I attended Match races in California, and Indiana when Super Stock cars were booked in to run Heads Up and the crowd LOVED IT.
Assuming Heads up racing would have kept the crowd,The more the organization bent the class structures to allow "yes we have a class for your -----" the less the racing occurs.
Yes for the guy who loves the challenge of a 4 cylinder, V-6, 4000 lb wagon it offers a place to "enter" and PAY the organization.The choice was made to chase the entry numbers and money and it divided out the racers to limited numbers per class. Hard to have Class everywhere when only 3 cars fit the class in the USA.
Had they encouraged racers to accept the limited classes instead , all 400 serious Class racers in the USA could have populated the limited class structure and made for higher numbers per event and the spectators could have seen "racing" in classes instead of featuring the Bye Runs Friday and Dial In Sunday. Even local tracks could have continued with Heads up more easily.
Could it be fixed? Are most too old to change? If it were offered with support of cash, sponsors, featured time at the events, Treatment like TOP Sportsman. Probably but a major combined effort and time would be needed.
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Dick you are talking about the "Race on Sunday, Sell on Monday days"
People are not going to come out in big numbers to watch a couple of nearly 50 year old cars race. Even if they carry the wheels clear to the finish line. Look at the lack of success in nostalgia racing. And the flop of top stock.
And you talk about those days as "the good old days" I remember some totally bogus cars being built specificaly to take out certain cars in class, only to lose to avoid a teardown.
The little guy could not compete with the factory cars back then any more that the 1st gen camaros, hemis and max wedges can compete with the new cars.
I also remember some having one legal cylinder and 7 totally bogus ones