Interesting Thoughts-- Future of Stk/SS

[HawkBrosMav]

Originally Posted by SSGT Mustang

There's a much simpler fix. Make stock and super stock a performance-based eliminator again.

Reduce classes from a million to 10, and base them on weight per hp.

If you have heads-up runs, you get people interested. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure it out.

Why spend the money and time to go to a divisional or national event to bracket race? You can go to a local track, spend a day and $50 and be home by dinner time.

You want new blood then you better start drawing heads-up runs. A lot of them.

How does redefining which class the same cars already racing with the same parts help bring in new blood? I don't disagree more heads up would help interest more people, but those same people will not spend $50k to go 11.50... they're the people wanting to throw the kitchen sink at it and "run what you brung" just because you give them heads up runs doesn't entice them to build a car for a class that limits them so much the investment isn't worth it. Looks at the racing that has taken off in the past 5 years.. we all think they're crazy and it's just a fad.. but is it??

I'm of the thinking that we can change our rules in way which still keep the overall idea behind the class relevant, but compromise with what might be of interest with new blood and at least maintain a class instead of letting it die as other forms of racing take it's place... What happens to Stk /SS if NHRA goes belly up like AHRA and IHRA?