Maple Grove 50th Anniversary Stk / SS Series

[Matt Welker]

We are in with two cars. If this series is a go, I'd plan my racing around this series first! Great track, more racing. All for double race weekends as well.

[MikeFicacci]

The more races, the merrier. The ECSS race during Super Chevy was great. We were treated like kings. I would be on board 100% if these races did not conflict with the East Coast Stock Superstock races.

[Tony Curcio]

How about if one or more of these events had class eliminations, much like they do at the Dutch Classic?

Speaking only for myself, I don't care if a class win is worth any money, a trophy will do. But then again, if one of the five races put a little money up for either class wins or CIC style combo, even better.

Better still: a separate combo CIC for traditional and modern cars.

[tim worner]

Great idea. Conflicts are always a concern , so lets try and get schedules out asap.

[Marty Rinehart Jr]

As far as the 2 races in one tow, I am all for that myself. In these economic times, we as racers and track operators need to save where we can.

The subject of NHRA and IHRA legal also came up. Lex wants to have the cars at legal weight. This means going over the scales and enforcing weight factors. Of course, will be up to Maple Grove Officials.

The schedule will first have to fit Maple Groves 2012 schedule and then NHRA, IHRA and Dave Ley's ECSSSA Schedule. Lex is not going to try to overlap anyone if possible.

Thank you for the intrest so far. I dont know if this can be posted as a sticky or not. If the administration would do that , would be appreciated

[Larry Hill]

It would be great if we could make the "Eastern Swing"

[vic guilmino]

I am seeing too many cars coming to these races as pure stock or IHRA stockers.
I would like to see permanent numbers on cars not shoe polish.
I would like to see some kind of tech not someone just pulling in and saying they are an IHRA
or NHRA car.

[Bob Bender]

Sounds great as long as I dont have to work....................lol

[Chris1529]

Originally Posted by vic guilmino

I am seeing too many cars coming to these races as pure stock or IHRA stockers.
I would like to see permanent numbers on cars not shoe polish.
I would like to see some kind of tech not someone just pulling in and saying they are an IHRA
or NHRA car.

I agree with Vic.

[Brian VP]

I am glad that our track operators see the need for something like this but I do have 1 concern about this. A 5 race series? By my quick unofficial count from the last weekend of April through October there are 27 weekends. Your average northeast racer attends 6 NHRA divisionals and 2 NHRA national events. Throw in IHRA races that dont conflict with NHRA and just say that is at least 3 more weekends. NHRA has 2 Opens, 1 of which is at Maple Grove. Dave has 5 East Coast Stock/Super Stock races. That is possibly 18 race weekends. Now you add weekends that consist of Mother's Day, which apparently is a no-no, graduations, birthdays, etc. and there really isn't room for 5 races. Plus Maple Grove will be restricted on what dates that they can put these races because of events that they have on their own schedule like Super Chevy, ADRL, etc., etc. In a year where it only seems that it is going to cost more to go racing than it did last year, I don't know that a 5 race series is the answer. I can guarentee that if this does go on as a 5 race series I do not see another one of the "Combo in the Hill's" going on. I don't want to be the bearer of bad news but this might sound great in December but in June or July when you are standing at a gas pump paying for gas to go to a race for the 5th or 6th weekend in a row, you might have a different feeling. I know that a lot of people have put a lot of time and effort into this, and I appreciate that, but I wanted to post my concerns.

Brian Van Poppel