Is it time to fix Super Class Racing?

Chris Williams · 08-22-2010, 04:01 PM

Perhaps the answer to all of this is to just bag index racing, and go with full-tree brackets all the way. Here's a straw man proposal:

Set up four (five, six?) bracket classes: 7s, 8s, 9s, and 10s. Those are qualifying times (7.99 or better, 8.99 or better...). If you run better than the class number (e.g. run a 7.99 or better in the 8s class), you're forced down a class, except in the 7s class where it's all out. It would be all electronics invited, all body styles, all engine combinations.

Want to run a stop cause you think it makes you more consistent? Go for it. Want to run a dragster with a snowmobile engine in the 10s class? Knock yourself out. Your daughter wants to put fatty slicks on the front of her Civic and run in the 9s class? She can.

By having different classes, you limit the possibility of the big $/HP/MPH person zooming up on you. They'd probably get pushed down a class. By having enough classes to satisfy everyone, no one has to go home. And by everyone (except the super class holdout) leaving hard and racing hard to the stripe, the fans get it.

I dunno, it's a start. I like pro-tree index racing. But this is a way to make it work for the stop-haters?

08-22-2010, 04:01 PM	#21
Chris Williams Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Woodinville, WA Posts: 401 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Is it time to fix Super Class Racing? Perhaps the answer to all of this is to just bag index racing, and go with full-tree brackets all the way. Here's a straw man proposal: Set up four (five, six?) bracket classes: 7s, 8s, 9s, and 10s. Those are qualifying times (7.99 or better, 8.99 or better...). If you run better than the class number (e.g. run a 7.99 or better in the 8s class), you're forced down a class, except in the 7s class where it's all out. It would be all electronics invited, all body styles, all engine combinations. Want to run a stop cause you think it makes you more consistent? Go for it. Want to run a dragster with a snowmobile engine in the 10s class? Knock yourself out. Your daughter wants to put fatty slicks on the front of her Civic and run in the 9s class? She can. By having different classes, you limit the possibility of the big $/HP/MPH person zooming up on you. They'd probably get pushed down a class. By having enough classes to satisfy everyone, no one has to go home. And by everyone (except the super class holdout) leaving hard and racing hard to the stripe, the fans get it. I dunno, it's a start. I like pro-tree index racing. But this is a way to make it work for the stop-haters? __________________ Chris Williams 6304 SC, TD, ET