Interest in Modified?

Michael Lyons · 11-01-2008, 01:29 PM

If you want to get the car counts necessary for ANY class to survive you have to allow as many cars that are currently legal in various classes to be able to participate. So you have to allow autos and automated shifters and front wheel drive conversions etc.. sure you can leave the dragsters out because there would only be a few that are still around. And you'll probably have to dial in or some comp racer will come in and stink up the show. I can understand everyone has a fond memory but those days are long gone. It has to be a profitable venture for the tracks and easy for the racers too. If you have to completely change your car from the way you normally run it in IHRA or NHRA competition, people won't come. I'm sorry if this offends or bums out any of you ole diehards but its just the facts given the state of economics these days. If the race was run in conjunction with a large event weekend in enough advance notice so people could plan and work it out in their schedule that might help out the car count alot. Maybe even run it on a Weds or Thurs before Rockingham and then all people would have to do is take one additional day off to attend. And that would be kinda like the old days too where you'd race a couple times each week.. just a random thought...

Oh yeah, hey sst1988 wipe your chin...

11-01-2008, 01:29 PM	#11
Michael Lyons Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Garden City, MI Posts: 226 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Interest in Modified? If you want to get the car counts necessary for ANY class to survive you have to allow as many cars that are currently legal in various classes to be able to participate. So you have to allow autos and automated shifters and front wheel drive conversions etc.. sure you can leave the dragsters out because there would only be a few that are still around. And you'll probably have to dial in or some comp racer will come in and stink up the show. I can understand everyone has a fond memory but those days are long gone. It has to be a profitable venture for the tracks and easy for the racers too. If you have to completely change your car from the way you normally run it in IHRA or NHRA competition, people won't come. I'm sorry if this offends or bums out any of you ole diehards but its just the facts given the state of economics these days. If the race was run in conjunction with a large event weekend in enough advance notice so people could plan and work it out in their schedule that might help out the car count alot. Maybe even run it on a Weds or Thurs before Rockingham and then all people would have to do is take one additional day off to attend. And that would be kinda like the old days too where you'd race a couple times each week.. just a random thought... Oh yeah, hey sst1988 wipe your chin...