4 wide is the answer

[Ed Fernandez]

[QUOTE=Bryan Worner;178637]I think it would be cool to run class 4 wide! What would be wrong with that? Get class in quicker, less runs on your car and done for the day at the track earlier! I had 7 cars in class at Charlotte! That would have been two rounds instead of 4!! They didn't even get to run the final because of weather! So where's the draw back there???

The problem with a lot of you is you are too stubborn to accept change! I'm sure some of the pros bitched about it because they seemed to have problems staging! But I'm sure they were instructed on how to stage, and some were just too bone headed to pick it up! It was fairly simple if you ask me!

Why don't you ask some of our senior racers that may have raced 4 wide back in the day what they think?? Remember, this is not new. They did it at York and Budds Creek
Bracket racing 4 wide........don't think you'll ever see that! But who knows.[/QUOTE

Bryan,You won't see 4 wide racing,except at Zmax and MAYBE Vegas is Money Bags Bruton decides to spend the money.No other track will spend that kind of money on a whimsical proposition.Beside,the insurance hikes to the tracks would be absorbed by you know who,if they could even get that kind of coverage.
The pros have a valid complaint.The current setup now has the possibility of racing the guy you beat twice in the final,and losing to him.How would you like to race under those conditions.It would be like havig buy backs.I know we all would love seeing that in S/SS.
I saw 4 wide racing at NY National in the late 60s and early 70s.Jets,funny cars and the early pro stocks.My memory isn't that clear but I think Ed Eaton also ran some bracket stuff 4 wide.National was a pretty wide track though,but still not very safe.

[art leong]

[QUOTE=Ed Fernandez;178678]

Originally Posted by Bryan Worner

I think it would be cool to run class 4 wide! What would be wrong with that? Get class in quicker, less runs on your car and done for the day at the track earlier! I had 7 cars in class at Charlotte! That would have been two rounds instead of 4!! They didn't even get to run the final because of weather! So where's the draw back there???

The problem with a lot of you is you are too stubborn to accept change! I'm sure some of the pros bitched about it because they seemed to have problems staging! But I'm sure they were instructed on how to stage, and some were just too bone headed to pick it up! It was fairly simple if you ask me!

Why don't you ask some of our senior racers that may have raced 4 wide back in the day what they think?? Remember, this is not new. They did it at York and Budds Creek
Bracket racing 4 wide........don't think you'll ever see that! But who knows.[/QUOTE

Bryan,You won't see 4 wide racing,except at Zmax and MAYBE Vegas is Money Bags Bruton decides to spend the money.No other track will spend that kind of money on a whimsical proposition.Beside,the insurance hikes to the tracks would be absorbed by you know who,if they could even get that kind of coverage.
The pros have a valid complaint.The current setup now has the possibility of racing the guy you beat twice in the final,and losing to him.How would you like to race under those conditions.It would be like havig buy backs.I know we all would love seeing that in S/SS.
I saw 4 wide racing at NY National in the late 60s and early 70s.Jets,funny cars and the early pro stocks.My memory isn't that clear but I think Ed Eaton also ran some bracket stuff 4 wide.National was a pretty wide track though,but still not very safe.

Ed Eaton ran brackets 4 wide for a while I remember 4 cars breaking out at once, and they all lost.
Old Ed Eaton saved a lot of trophies that way.

[Ed Fernandez]

[QUOTE=art leong;178690]

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

Ed Eaton ran brackets 4 wide for a while I remember 4 cars breaking out at once, and they all lost.
Old Ed Eaton saved a lot of trophies that way.

Artie how about the famous red light button he supposedly had available to him?Rember that rumor?

[art leong]

[QUOTE=Ed Fernandez;178692]

Originally Posted by art leong

Artie how about the famous red light button he supposedly had available to him?Rember that rumor?

Yes I do. But it was never proven.
With wonderful NHRA in the final round of Seattle, they did everything they could to stop us from winning the W.R. Grace Cup. But the jerks didn't realize at Ontario there was never a full field so all we had to do was drive to the starting line to qualify and win the Cup.

[X-TECH MAN]

[QUOTE=Ed Fernandez;178692]

Originally Posted by art leong

Artie how about the famous red light button he supposedly had available to him?Rember that rumor?

The "RED LIGHT" button was a real deal at Aquasco in Md.back in the 50's and 60's. I saw it used and know the guy who pushed the button. I heard the rumor of one at Capitol Raceway but never saw it. The same family owned both tracks at that time AND Ciecil County.

[art leong]

[QUOTE=X-TECH MAN;178700]

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

The "RED LIGHT" button was a real deal at Aquasco in Md.back in the 50's and 60's. I saw it used and know the guy who pushed the button. I heard the rumor of one at Capitol Raceway but never saw it. The same family owned both tracks at that time AND Ciecil County.

In Seattle 1980 there was nothing as sophisticated as a button Just a time slip that said we went 9 something (hard to read). Then the win light coming on when both cars were underway. And the third time might have been right. But we still won the Grace Cup
We ran the final round 3 times.

[Jeff Stout]

During class run offs, 4 wide and a wall just high enough so you may not see the other 3 cars until after the finish line. So now you dont know if you should run it all out to win class or lift and may be lose class. AHFS will get a work out.

[Paul Ceasrine]

Ed F.
Still remember my father racing at New York National Speedway.
4-wide in 1970. Ran some bizarre AHRA class. Took us nearly 3 hours to get there from Putnam County.
Ran one Time Trial at 11:00 AM. 4 cars for class at 2:00 PM.
Won class (some odd thing called G/Comp, NHRA class was K/S). with one race 4-wide, got trophy (a cheap thing at that), and went home.
Center Moriches, way out there!!
4-wide,, OK with the stockers, but everything else...Got to think?
Paul