Parking - The Real Story

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

The TS and TD car put nobody in the stands. If the do, where are they?? They must be hiding, they aren't sitting in the stands. The stands are always pretty much empty at div points races.

And nobody watches the .90 cars. At the national events, when they come up the last few people in the stands leave. No mater how fast they run at the finish line, there are several small block doors in Super Stock that run quicker, and they don't take off, almost die, then go again. They sell them a lot of pit passes and car entries, but not spectators. Not in div 4 anyway. Nobody care how close they may be at the finish line, that's not where they are sitting. It looks dumb as heck where they are sitting. That's racing dumbed way down. "Build anything you want, but don't run quicker than XX.90".

Divisional races used to pack them in, but Top Fuel and Pro Stock used to also run WCS races.

No arument from me. I agree 1000% but the tracks and associations look at it in a different light. They are "filler" for the Pro junk at National events and easy to tech and squeeze more money (entrys, chassis certs, license, car numbers, memberships, friends and family with them as crew, and anything else they can come up with) from them at the points races. One reason is the grade points that are required at the National events. The only spectators usually at the points races and a great race like the Dutch Classic at Maple Grove are the real diehard (like me) stock/S/S fans, friends and family of the racers.