Auto Meter Northern Class Nationals Q&A

[Michael Beard]

Class Eliminations

Originally Posted by Nitro Joe Jackson

I had already given that a thought Rob, but I'm waiting to get with Redman and Michael and see what works the best for Red's track. Keep you all guessing but we will let you know before Friday of the event.

I'd already talked to Redman yesterday, and anything's fine with him as long as we don't run all the stick classes back to back to back. We will work up a gameplan and publish the Class run order schedule. That being said, unless the racers are in perfect synchronization, the chances of running Class exactly in order are slim. We will generally start with the lower classes, but we're not going to create downtime just to make sure R/SA runs before Q/SA, for example.


CONTINGENCY & AWARDS

We've had a couple inquiries about finding contingency postings. Contingency and awards are found on Page 2 of the event flyer, available on www.looserocker.com. You can download the PDF version so you can zoom in to read the small print at http://looserocker.com/wp-content/up...ationals14.pdf

We've overloaded an 11"x17" flyer! Thanks so much to everyone for the huge outpouring of support!
Here's the updated event flyer with all the goods and goodies...

[black88coupe]

As a spectator I'm really looking forward to attending this race.

[Superfan1]

Originally Posted by black88coupe

As a spectator I'm really looking forward to attending this race.

You and me both; I can hardly wait for May 2!

[Michael Beard]

I've heard from spectators from Washington, Michigan, Connecticut, Virginia, West Virginia, and South Dakota that are making the trip, just off the top of my head. I heard that some area tourism meeting the other week had mentioned that they had a baseball tournament of some kind coming into the area that weekend, and they were finding that many hotels were already booked. "What could be going on that's taking up so many rooms...?"

If you're coming into the area to speckletate, there are a number of locations where you can pick up $5-off coupons. Check the Auto Meter Northern Class Nationals page on www.looserocker.com for listings.

Don't forget, if for some reason you can't possibly "BE THERE!", there will be a LIVE broadcast on www.motormaniatv.com (which is also archived!)

[thomas sheehan]

Michael... any thoughts to getting some FREE kids tickets to all the surrounding schools. It seems to work wonders for Norwalk.

It would pack the place.

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by thomas sheehan

Michael... any thoughts to getting some FREE kids tickets to all the surrounding schools. It seems to work wonders for Norwalk.

It would pack the place.

Kids 12 & under are free, and we have $5-off coupons at available at numerous locations. Since we are a track rental, we don't get concession sales, and we don't charge for parking, so we cannot benefit from a free ticket model in the way that others may. We're a 2-man show (1 is in NC), so just the time and manpower to handle such a distribution is outside of our scope, at least so far. We've been working on this show for 18 months, but there never seems to be enough time or resources to do everything you'd like. Thankfully, the groundwork has been laid so we can hot the ground running for 2015. To do it right, this event is really a full time job in itself. It's been a juggling act with my graphic design business.

You are right that there's more that needs to be done. We'll keep working on it, not only for this year but for next! Even today, I was working on some programs for 2015.

[Randall Klein]

Been planning on this event, but Nomad freshening is not going well....will be last minute.

Regardless I salute Michael and his efforts on behalf of the Stk SS community. I distinctly remember the "shots" Alex D endured for the first Class Nats, and the toll it took....probably a good reason it has taken so long for the second attempt.

How about we make some effort to thank Alex for his vision and Michael taking up the task, AND not bitching if every little thing is not to one's liking. Heck, NHRA has had 60 plus yrs and they are more messed up all the time

Thanks Alex
Thanks Michael

[DrJRacing]

Flying in from Minnesota to watch! Got our hotel rooms right when the dates were set.