Why Class racing dies slowly

Travis Miller · 07-19-2015, 02:51 PM

Dick, I cannot see anyone else wanting to change the definition of Class racing to only include cars running in heads up eliminations for the class trophy. Everyone racing in Stock and/or S/S is part of Class racing whether the event they attend has class runoffs or is an all run event with a dial-in. Those are cars that fall into different classes and must meet certain class requirements and specifications. If anyone wants to call that bracket racing, then so be it. But it is bracket racing with the correct engine, carb or throttle body, and many other items that have to meet specific rules. In order for everyone to compete there must be a handicap system that allows the lower classed cars to play against the higher classed cars.

As far as heads up racing goes, I've been teching long enough to remember a time when a certain heads up eliminator was started that had many cars competing. Over the years a lot of good hard working participants fell to the wayside because in order to stay competitive in a heads up format, it took deeper and deeper pockets. Today that heads up eliminator is barely surviving, sometimes with less than 16 cars in the field. But for some unknown reason Stock and S/S have to have a maximum quota put on them at the same event.

07-19-2015, 02:51 PM	#19
Travis Miller Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 478 Likes: 1 Liked 276 Times in 27 Posts	Re: Why Class racing dies slowly Dick, I cannot see anyone else wanting to change the definition of Class racing to only include cars running in heads up eliminations for the class trophy. Everyone racing in Stock and/or S/S is part of Class racing whether the event they attend has class runoffs or is an all run event with a dial-in. Those are cars that fall into different classes and must meet certain class requirements and specifications. If anyone wants to call that bracket racing, then so be it. But it is bracket racing with the correct engine, carb or throttle body, and many other items that have to meet specific rules. In order for everyone to compete there must be a handicap system that allows the lower classed cars to play against the higher classed cars. As far as heads up racing goes, I've been teching long enough to remember a time when a certain heads up eliminator was started that had many cars competing. Over the years a lot of good hard working participants fell to the wayside because in order to stay competitive in a heads up format, it took deeper and deeper pockets. Today that heads up eliminator is barely surviving, sometimes with less than 16 cars in the field. But for some unknown reason Stock and S/S have to have a maximum quota put on them at the same event.