Class Nationals event planning

[Michael Beard]

SS/K Stick Shift Shootout!
Dean Oliver of Deano's Carburetors has stepped up to offer a custom blueprinted carburetor to the winner of the SS/K Shootout (up to a $1000 value), contested during the Lucas Oil Class Eliminations on Friday May 2, 2014 at the Auto Meter Northern Class Nationals in Columbus, OH. Winner must display Deano's decal or license plate throughout the Shootout (decals available at the track). Participants may contact Dean for details, 870-830-5470.

Deano's also posts contingency for Qualifying. See flyer for complete details at www.looserocker.com/ncn Loose Rocker Promotions would like to thank Deano's for their increased sponsorship in the event, and Ed Carpenter for organizing the SS/K Shootout!

Ed has a dedicated thread for the Deano's SS/K Shootout at http://classracer.com/classforum/showthread.php?t=48910

[Ed Carpenter]

Thanks Michael

[Michael Beard]

Brad Plourd of Plourd Racing Products (206-228-4774) will award a case of Lucas High Performance Racing Oil to EACH Sunday $5K Winner and Runner-Up! (Racer’s choice of 0w5 to 20w50)

Racers support racers. Go "LIKE" Plourd Racing Products at https://www.facebook.com/PlourdRacingProducts for pricing and information on a wide range of the Lucas Oil brand products you need go fast and look good doing it! Thanks Bad Brad!

[ss wannabee]

Mike, I haven't been to the races in awhile. Can you explain the Class Elims a bit?

Starting with Q2, are you pairing same class cars to run each other...OR is it a ALL
run qualifier...thinning out each class based on lowest et(s) recorded in each
respective class for that session?

Continue with class run-offs after that...(same class cars paired) until class winner is
determined?

Tough getting old..(and rusty)...out here in the sticks!!!!!

[Mike Carr]

Class Eliminations are a race within a race, where all cars in the same class (all A/SA against each other, all B/SA, etc) race against each other to determine the Class Champion. Heads-up, .500 full tree, no breakouts. Some Classes get very good car counts. The last two years at Indy has seen 17 or more B/SA cars, making it five rounds to take home the B/SA trophy (as well as the SS/AH Hemi Challenge). Some classes may only have 2-6 cars. Some, like when I raced, only have one because no one will show up and race against them (too scared). It's one of the main atractions of Class Racing--who is the baddest of the bad, performance-wise? And, for those who are not, you still have the 'main event' to win.

[ss wannabee]

Thanks Mike...So Q1 will be random cars just pulled out of the lanes for time trials...

Q2...will be paired classes....or FIRST round of Class Eliminations...

[Mike Carr]

Yes, generally Q-2 (Qualifying-2) is also C-1 (Class-1). In qualifying, your A/SA can run any car on a qual run. NHRA does this at their races, first round of Class also counts for qualifying for the main event. Like Indy next week. Stock will get Q-1 and Q-2 Wednesday, get Q-3 Thursday morning, then go into Class shortly after. C-1 will also be Q-4, the last shot to make a run good enough to qualify for the 128 car show that starts Saturday there. Only the 4 Q runs count. So if you win class, and run quick enough in C-2 and C-3 to make the show, it won't count, since it wasn't a run that counts towards qualifying (in the interest of fairness. Otherwise, a racer in a class with 1-2 cars would only get four chance to qualify; the B/SA final would have eight, with four more rounds of Class to run).