D2 races to include 3 Unleashed classes

[jmcarter]

This affects everyone, please see the thread on the .90 forum.

http://classracer.com/classforum/showthread.php?t=30885

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by jmcarter

This affects everyone, please see the thread on the .90 forum.

http://classracer.com/classforum/showthread.php?t=30885

O-BOY.....Be prepared to bend over and grab your ankels.....Its really beginning now. Class legal stuff keeps getting push out further and further. First it was the .90 cars, then the T/S and T/D and a few circus acts and jokes lke snowmobiles. Now this when you dont have enough time to run what they have on a given weekend.

[Chad Rhodes]

Glad I was already planning to run D4

[Roger Backman]

This is the kind of thing that makes me not miss racing near as much. Drag racing was built on class racing and now its being pushed out because its easier to just run bracket races. Nascar forgot their roots and is paying a price for it now. NHRA is following suit.

[Ed Wright]

So happy we won't have that crap in Div 4!

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

So happy we won't have that crap in Div 4!

If it happens in Div 2 and brings in the entries it will be coming your way soon.

[Mike Pearson]

Ultimately I think this idea will be a flop. Typically the local bracket racer is not going to be willing to pony up $100 entry fee to race for only a $1,000 purse. Most tracks offer the the same or better purse on a weekly basis for much less entry fee. Plus I dont think there are enough cars locally that are hard core index racers to fill the fields to the level to make them profitable. The super series guys wont cross over because of the issue with the electronics. I f they do cross over it will just hurt the car counts for the SST and SG classes. This is most likely what will happen. I guess we will all have to wait and see.

[Ed Wright]

Mike, I hope you are correct.

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Mike Pearson

Ultimately I think this idea will be a flop. Typically the local bracket racer is not going to be willing to pony up $100 entry fee to race for only a $1,000 purse. Most tracks offer the the same or better purse on a weekly basis for much less entry fee. Plus I dont think there are enough cars locally that are hard core index racers to fill the fields to the level to make them profitable. The super series guys wont cross over because of the issue with the electronics. I f they do cross over it will just hurt the car counts for the SST and SG classes. This is most likely what will happen. I guess we will all have to wait and see.

The purse is a biggie. Most bracket races charge around $40-$45 for a purse of $1000 to win and you dont have to travel very far. . Ya cant spend the Wally. I guess NHRA expects to make some money off of the index racer and make them happy with the so called Wally.

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

The purse is a biggie. Most bracket races charge around $40-$45 for a purse of $1000 to win and you dont have to travel very far. . Ya cant spend the Wally. I guess NHRA expects to make some money off of the index racer and make them happy with the so called Wally.

We pay $50 at Bowling Green, for a shot at $1500 in a Stock / Super Stock combo, with a field of 40 to 64 cars, as well as a little payoff at the end of the year. Both the track, and Comp Cams/TCI, generously support the class racers in the area, and we try to support them in return. That's the same purse you get from NHRA, and while we don't have a shot at contingencies, we do get treated like first class citizens, for a lot less money, and a lot less travel time.