Whos coming to the last one of the year?????
Yeah thats understandable, no ones likes to take their 5.7 car up against a 4.7 second turbo big block car.. The cars that win these 10.5 races are running 5.4-5.7's in the finals.Just to clarify, king street does have a tire rule. I do agree though that the car counts have suffered. I also think it is because of the lack of rules. I ran the Real Street class in 2009 and did not run there in 2010 due to the lack of rules. I don't want to turn this into a BIR bashing, but I do think this is relevant to the topic at hand. I think there is an opportunity for some of the cars that race at BIR to possibly come down for this in addition to, or instead of, racing at BIR. I know one car besides myself that would race at CFR.
LOL yeah I hear what your saying, we did have a hard time getting cars at Cedar Falls, seems each track has their own group of racers, but hopefully having points would help bring the same group of people to all the tracks.Hello Boys and Girls (Nick)
Just going to throw out some things for everyone... And I mean no disrespect to anyone. Nick, crew chief for Team LLamas, is a good friend of mine and he gave this race high reviews.
With rules, I have always believed this: The smaller the series, the fewer the rules. The bigger the series, the more rules needed. Back in 2001, I ran a seried based in Central Illinois, Pure Performance Racing. The first year we had very few rules. Hell it was one class. The second year we had a few more rules. The 3rd year, we split the classes. It was a pretty good series.
My point is that with a small series, you want to get as many racers to come as you can. Leave the rules pretty open with the understanding that each year, a few more rules will be implemented. You might have a ringer come in once in a while, but thats to be expected. Happens everywhere. They can still be beat... Make a set of basic rules. Something that the majority of people IN THE AREA fit.
Payout: Lets get real, nobody is going to get rich at racing. Just the opposite. If you promise the world, you are just setting yourself up for a fall. Sure, $2500 to win sounds nice. But paying back farther is better for the series. Look at Orlando. $10,000 to the winner, but if you qualify in the top 32, you get $150 and free entry into next years race. That may soound like chump change, but I will bet there will be another 15-20 racers wishing they qualified. Racing shouldnt be about the money. Try to have a better purse, not a top heavy winners purse.
Race tracks. This is a double edged sword. Some guys might not like the travel. I would suggest that maybe do 2 tracks at first. See how the response is at all the races. It is better to have a great turn out at one track than so-so turn out at 2 or 3 tracks. Again, this goes back to the small vs large race series.
Unless somebody has won the lottery, I would stick with the small route till there are 20+ cars in every class....
Hope this helps....
Vanilla
Hey thats fine man, I dont think theres any meetings anyway. It would be badass to have vanilla there. I wonder if you actually look like that in real life.... LOL thatd be awesome, vanilla ice represent'n :smt071You can still have points, just award the champion and second place a nice end of the year trophy and a jacket. I agree with ScottyK about the membership fee. It causes too much turmoil when people start questioning where all the money goes.
As far as rules go, I'd be willing to help out making a set, since u worked with the NSCA for 2 years as tech inspector. I'd love to help out at the races, but seeing as I am in central illinois, it makes it hard to get together on a regular basis for meetings and what not.
Vanilla
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