Class Nationals event planning

[tim worner]

The Worner's will see that you have Vegas Fuel for the party.

[Michael Beard]

Thanks Tim! Much appreciated!



Off-topic, but just a reminder that we have our $5K-$20K-$5K Fall Footbrake Frenzy coming up Thanksgiving weekend at Piedmont Dragway in Greensboro, NC. No transbrakes. No 2steps except Stick cars. Air/electric shifters OK. Flyer available in the ClassRacer.com Bracket Racing section at http://classracer.com/classforum/showthread.php?t=49301


Also, we've just announced our 5th Annual St. Patrick's Classic, coming up March 14-16, 2014. The event moves to Virginia Motorsports Park next year, featuring competition in both Top ET/Super Pro and Footbrake, running for $5K-$10K-$5K. Event flyer is posted in the Bracket Racing section at http://classracer.com/classforum/sho...613#post409613 and of course you can find all of the Loose Rocker Promotions events on www.looserocker.com and updates on Facebook at www.facebook.com/LooseRocker

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

Thanks Tim! Much appreciated!



No transbrakes. No 2steps except Stick cars. Air/electric shifters OK.

I imagine there is a lot of deep staging going there..
Just curious how the track /starter handles this.
Thanks

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

I imagine there is a lot of deep staging going there..
Just curious how the track /starter handles this.
Thanks

There's not as many as there used to be as people keep moving up to faster cars, but there's still a fair number. The starter can wait (within reason) to arm the AutoStart system, which eliminates any issues of people getting quick-treed (Deep) or timed out (Shallow). It's pretty standard at big money Footbrake races in general, and we haven't had any issues. NHRA Div. 1 Pro ET rules handle it differently, by simply running all pairs completely on Autostart, but with 1 second added to the 'Stage to Start' time, putting the impetus on the driver to get in on time.

(Before anyone asks, there is no deep staging at the Class Nationals, keeping with both NHRA & IHRA S/SS rules)

[Michael Beard]

We'll be on the road first thing in the morning for our Thanksgiving $20K Footbrake race in North Carolina, so on behalf of my Loose Rocker Promotions partner Anthony Walton and I, we would like to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving! It's been a little over a year since this project went from a dream of many years into the first public planning stages, right here on ClassRacer. As with any large-scale project, those plans have undergone many stages of refinement in the past year. With the help of a number of folks throughout the S/SS community, we have built a massive program dedicated to rewarding the racers, giving the recognition they deserve, but most of all an incredibly FUN event just for Stock and Super Stock racers!

We've distributed nearly 1,000 flyers, reaching racers from coast to coast, along with hundreds and hundreds of promotional decals.... the total of all the race payouts, cash, prizes, contingency now totals over $85,000... and we're not done yet! We'll see a bunch of you at the PRI show in just a couple of weeks.

In the meantime, so you don't have to hunt through a year's worth of posts to find out the latest and great on the Auto Meter Northern Class Nationals, just go to www.looserocker.com for the most recent flyer.





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[Michael Beard]

Thanksgiving day track prep. The Piedmont Dragway crew ain't playin'! Rosin the full eighth mile. $5K tomorrow, $20K Saturday, $5K Sunday!

[Michael Beard]

Despite the cold temperatures (the 2nd coldest Thanksgiving weekend in the event's long history) leading us to run just two separate races in three days, in the long run we had a great weekend. 216 cars vied for the Friday $5K Warmup, and 208 entries competed for the Sat & Sun combined purse of $25,000! All win/ru/semi, round money and prizes from Sunday's $5K were stacked onto the Saturday $20K Main Event in order to complete everything in daylight hours as much as possible before track temps plummeted after sundown.


Here's Super Stock racers Jamie Southards' GT/HA Duster and Robbie Draughon's SS/I Camaro. Not sure what weight he was at, but he said he clocked his fastest run yet in the car, which I think was a 6.24.



Former Top 10 NHRA Stock racer Adam Davis won the $25,000 Main Event driving the beautiful bracket Chevy II for Thrasher Motorsports.



Former Bracket Finals Champ Ed Talbert wheeled his daughter's Vega to the $5K Warmup win. Nicole Talbert also hit the pay window, getting to the semis of the $25K in her S-10!


We're looking forward to hosting Stock and Super Stock drivers from all over for the Auto Meter Northern Class Nationals in May, and awarding some more of those Big Checks!