[CMcAllister]

This conversation has been coming up fairly regularly for at least the past 40 years.

I know, even from talking to guys who are local street car, drag radial, cash days, radial tire, heads up, bracket guys, most people look at you like you're speaking a foreign language when you start talking about classes, rules, weight breaks, horsepower ratings, classifications, combinations, penalties for going too fast, or throttle stops and how .90 racing works.

They don't get it. Even the people who are far from "casual fan".

You want spectators and excitement for the masses? Heads up, big motor, drag radial, door slammers, fast street car, no prep, funny car burnouts, and/or blowers, turbos or nitrous on every car in the place. Throw in a car or two into the wall.

Or nitro.

Just how it is.

Some kind of booked in show, match race, Quick 8 or other attraction is probably the best bet to get butts in the seats.

I remember wrestling matches in a ring set up in front of the grandstands. Now that was entertainment.