How would you SAVE CLASS RACING ??? - Page 2

Jeff Teuton · 01-28-2011, 10:54 AM

Good Ideas Bernie. Maybe we need to open mindedly look at our strengths and weaknesses.
What People Like. I know they like the old cars. I know they like the new cars. I have both. One can't help but notice the age difference on the new car fans. Quite a bit younger. We offer a pretty good car show in addition to going down the track. People like door cars with the wheels in the air. And there is a lot more. What people probably don't understand is leaving at different times and putting the brakes on at the end. If a person was just there for an outing, you can understand how that is a hard-to-understand issue. Look at pinks. Lot of good cars, lot of other cars, but heads up, and don't sandbag and fill the stands. But as a racer to go to a race with 450 participants and only 16 or 32 get to race is a challenge. In our present form we are probably a hard sell. Maybe some heads up stuff to headline our classes or whatever. Index classes such as in Div 2 this year still involve putting on the brakes, but it is heads up. I think NSS has that format also. And I'm sure there are other ideas and comments.

Eric Merryfield · 01-28-2011, 10:57 AM

Thank You Bernie and Charlie.

Posting the class round results on NHRA.COM under Results

I noticed last night while trying to research how many solo's were at say Bristol, that.......class wasn't there........then I check Etown for superstock.....same result......this morning.....I checked Indy stock and same result.

I didn't check prior years, just 2010 but it would be nice to be able to document the results for fans, sponsors, etc without having to go to dragrace central.

It should be a free/painfree fix and would certainly help with fan and sponsor knowledge who's main point of contact is NHRA.COM

Thanks

Eric

Bob Don · 01-28-2011, 11:26 AM

Award championship points to the winner and runner-up in class eliminations. Now the top points contenders will have to consider the relative performance of their car as well as their driving abilities. Bring back bonus points for setting a record.

randy wilson · 01-27-2011, 10:22 AM

just my opinion, you have to make it possible for more heads-up racing, by combining like classes with each other. There needs to be an effective way to police that doesn;t slow NHRA tech down by having involved sponsors supply a rep. for their legal or judged not legal parts. Just a thought.

01-28-2011, 10:54 AM	#1
Jeff Teuton VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houma, LA Posts: 2,717 Likes: 2 Liked 325 Times in 50 Posts	Re: How would you SAVE CLASS RACING ??? Good Ideas Bernie. Maybe we need to open mindedly look at our strengths and weaknesses. What People Like. I know they like the old cars. I know they like the new cars. I have both. One can't help but notice the age difference on the new car fans. Quite a bit younger. We offer a pretty good car show in addition to going down the track. People like door cars with the wheels in the air. And there is a lot more. What people probably don't understand is leaving at different times and putting the brakes on at the end. If a person was just there for an outing, you can understand how that is a hard-to-understand issue. Look at pinks. Lot of good cars, lot of other cars, but heads up, and don't sandbag and fill the stands. But as a racer to go to a race with 450 participants and only 16 or 32 get to race is a challenge. In our present form we are probably a hard sell. Maybe some heads up stuff to headline our classes or whatever. Index classes such as in Div 2 this year still involve putting on the brakes, but it is heads up. I think NSS has that format also. And I'm sure there are other ideas and comments. __________________ Jeff Teuton 4022 STK

01-28-2011, 10:57 AM	#2
Eric Merryfield Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 873 Likes: 1 Liked 503 Times in 131 Posts	Re: How would you SAVE CLASS RACING ??? Thank You Bernie and Charlie. Posting the class round results on NHRA.COM under Results I noticed last night while trying to research how many solo's were at say Bristol, that.......class wasn't there........then I check Etown for superstock.....same result......this morning.....I checked Indy stock and same result. I didn't check prior years, just 2010 but it would be nice to be able to document the results for fans, sponsors, etc without having to go to dragrace central. It should be a free/painfree fix and would certainly help with fan and sponsor knowledge who's main point of contact is NHRA.COM Thanks Eric __________________ Eric Merryfield 1883 STK

01-28-2011, 11:26 AM	#3
Bob Don VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Greater Boston Posts: 1,497 Likes: 1,148 Liked 905 Times in 193 Posts	Re: How would you SAVE CLASS RACING ??? Award championship points to the winner and runner-up in class eliminations. Now the top points contenders will have to consider the relative performance of their car as well as their driving abilities. Bring back bonus points for setting a record. __________________ Bob Don 128 SS

01-27-2011, 10:22 AM	#4
randy wilson Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: N/A Posts: 882 Likes: 0 Liked 22 Times in 22 Posts	Re: How would you SAVE CLASS RACING ??? just my opinion, you have to make it possible for more heads-up racing, by combining like classes with each other. There needs to be an effective way to police that doesn;t slow NHRA tech down by having involved sponsors supply a rep. for their legal or judged not legal parts. Just a thought. __________________ don,t have one