Racing at Indy?

[Larry Hill]

Thanks Tim for the report. Good Luck!

[Dick Butler]

Sleds are a test. Just keep trolling for another "hit" class with its own sponsor to draw entrants and more importantly Entry Money. Look at T/S and T/D. They get Comp treatment or better knowing their time trial times and reserved pits(as I understand). It just keeps diluting the racing to more and more possible classes, with fewer and fewer competitors each.... eliminator. Closer and Closer to ALL RUN type event... if the numbers drop watch for BRACKET cars to fill the schedule(PITS) and maintain the entry money.

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Dick Butler

Sleds are a test. Just keep trolling for another "hit" class with its own sponsor to draw entrants and more importantly Entry Money. Look at T/S and T/D. They get Comp treatment or better knowing their time trial times and reserved pits(as I understand). It just keeps diluting the racing to more and more possible classes, with fewer and fewer competitors each.... eliminator. Closer and Closer to ALL RUN type event... if the numbers drop watch for BRACKET cars to fill the schedule(PITS) and maintain the entry money.

The class legal cars are getting squeezed out more and more. The T/S and T/ D guys are treated like rock stars just because they have a high dollar delay box equiped bracket car while the stock and S/S guys get it stuck up thier *****. The entrys ($$$$) is why you will never see any of the .90 classes or circus acts cut back. There is only so much room at a race track and only so much time in a day for qualifying shots, eliminations and record runs so why do these ASSociations keep screwing the long time supporters of legal class racing? You have to almost take off a week from work just to run a points race or "Open" these days. If the ASSociations want this crap why dont they put on thier own series and races just for the "monkey" cars and run the snowmobiles in the winter time after it snows?

[luckydog]

Called it. Rescheduled for the weekend after Norwalk

[Steve McFarland]

Post on Drag Race Central indicates fields are set & no addt'l entries permitted. For those racers who elected to follow the weather forecast (<10% chance of running event) we will not be welcomed to the NHRA D3 event at Indy in May. In this environment of very challenging economic conditions, everyone is doing their best to make discretionary spending count.

For a sanctioning body of this caliber it appears counterproductive to push racers away and perhaps, requests to accept all racers would be given due consideration.
Please join others in directing calls to Div 3, Glendora, & Mr. Lucas.

[Greg Hill]

Originally Posted by Dick Butler

Sleds are a test. Just keep trolling for another "hit" class with its own sponsor to draw entrants and more importantly Entry Money. Look at T/S and T/D. They get Comp treatment or better knowing their time trial times and reserved pits(as I understand). It just keeps diluting the racing to more and more possible classes, with fewer and fewer competitors each.... eliminator. Closer and Closer to ALL RUN type event... if the numbers drop watch for BRACKET cars to fill the schedule(PITS) and maintain the entry money.

Those are belt sanders according to O'Malley.

[Greg Hill]

There were about half the number of racers at Indy this weekend as would normally show up.
I don't understand why you would close the fields and lose the potential money they could generate in new entries. Makes no sense.

[Lyn Smith]

Watch for the entry fees to go up soon to make up the difference in lost revenue at Indy!!!!!!