2nd Annual Combo in the Hills???

Brian VP · 12-06-2011, 09:30 AM

To all concerned
I would like to begin by thanking all of the racers who attended the race last year. It was a great time. The feedback that we received from all of the racers that attended was incredible. Lee and myself had such a great time doing it, it was great getting out of a car and running a race, it was something that neither of us will never forget. We also need to thank the many other people who helped us do this. To our wives for putting up with everything along the way and their tireless effort at the race. To Dave and Gloria, Bob and Curt for taking care of tech. That was a huge help. And of course to the DiMino family and the staff at Numidia dragway. They gave us an outstanding facility and let us do whatever we wanted. They are great people to work with and expressed to us a great "thanks" for bringing such great class racing to the track.

Now that brings us to the question. Lee and I have briefly talked about maybe doing another race. At this time I would have to say that the chances aren't real good. If we did it would be formatted quite differently. When we designed the race, we tried to center it around the racer and making sure that they understand that this was for them and how appreciated they were. We took a big risk and to be honest, we lost. We had 88 cars show up. It was on a weekend when nothing else was going on in an area that within 6-8 hours probably has 400-500 cars and we had 88 cars? When Numidia used to have a divisional race they used to draw quite a few division 3 cars, and for our race, we got a grand total of 0. Part of the reason that we put the race there was because we new that many of them had attended the NHRA race and we thought that they would come. People travel a lot further for a lot less if it has NHRA attatched to it. Once again, we are so appreciative of the racers that did show up. Lee and I worked pretty much non stop on this for 3 months, while also working our full time jobs, and trying to live our lives. It was a lot of work. On the phone with sponsors, racers, creating websites, etc. and it was great that we reached these racers and we are so happy that they enjoyed it and felt respected, as they should.

We are still open to doing something but I could tell you that it would be on a smaller level, for less money. We would be happy to hear from everyone on their ideas on what it would take for them to come to a race like this. If you would like to use this thread as a place to sound off your ideas, that would be great.

Brian Van Poppel

12-06-2011, 09:30 AM	#3
Brian VP Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 144 Likes: 0 Liked 8 Times in 1 Post	Re: 2nd Annual Combo in the Hills??? To all concerned I would like to begin by thanking all of the racers who attended the race last year. It was a great time. The feedback that we received from all of the racers that attended was incredible. Lee and myself had such a great time doing it, it was great getting out of a car and running a race, it was something that neither of us will never forget. We also need to thank the many other people who helped us do this. To our wives for putting up with everything along the way and their tireless effort at the race. To Dave and Gloria, Bob and Curt for taking care of tech. That was a huge help. And of course to the DiMino family and the staff at Numidia dragway. They gave us an outstanding facility and let us do whatever we wanted. They are great people to work with and expressed to us a great "thanks" for bringing such great class racing to the track. Now that brings us to the question. Lee and I have briefly talked about maybe doing another race. At this time I would have to say that the chances aren't real good. If we did it would be formatted quite differently. When we designed the race, we tried to center it around the racer and making sure that they understand that this was for them and how appreciated they were. We took a big risk and to be honest, we lost. We had 88 cars show up. It was on a weekend when nothing else was going on in an area that within 6-8 hours probably has 400-500 cars and we had 88 cars? When Numidia used to have a divisional race they used to draw quite a few division 3 cars, and for our race, we got a grand total of 0. Part of the reason that we put the race there was because we new that many of them had attended the NHRA race and we thought that they would come. People travel a lot further for a lot less if it has NHRA attatched to it. Once again, we are so appreciative of the racers that did show up. Lee and I worked pretty much non stop on this for 3 months, while also working our full time jobs, and trying to live our lives. It was a lot of work. On the phone with sponsors, racers, creating websites, etc. and it was great that we reached these racers and we are so happy that they enjoyed it and felt respected, as they should. We are still open to doing something but I could tell you that it would be on a smaller level, for less money. We would be happy to hear from everyone on their ideas on what it would take for them to come to a race like this. If you would like to use this thread as a place to sound off your ideas, that would be great. Brian Van Poppel __________________ Brian Van Poppel 1682 SS