Originally Posted by Jason Oldfield (Post 63571)

Well, those numbers don't lie. I also went back and looked at the number of competitors in S/St at each of the division races for Division 1 and 5 in 2007:

Division 5
1 - Grand Bend, KS - 70
2 - Brainerd, MN - 44
3 - Morrison, CO - 60
4 - Cordova, IL - 50
5 - Topeka, KS - 60
6 - Earlville, IA - 70

Division 1
1 - Virginia - 30
2 - Maple Grove, PA - 70
3 - Atco, NH - 66
4 - Lebanon Valley, NY - 66
5 - Cecil County, MD - 54
6 - Englishtown, NJ - 62
7 - Atco, NH - 68

Throwing out the low and the high in each, and averaging the rest, Division 5 averaged 60 S/St cars per division event in 2007, and Division 1 averaged 63 cars. So, they're basically identical in division race attendance.

I don't know though...I still have a hard time believing that there's more competitors in S/St in states like South Dakota, Kansas, Wyoming, Minnesota, and Iowa than there are in states like NY, NJ, Mass., CT, and PA. I base that SOLELY on the population base. Maybe we're too busy up here in the Northeast attending the opera and drinking fine wine though.

What I DO know is that there was only ONE national event where the field was completely full, and that was Englishtown. I think a one or two people got in last year with a grade of 4, but if you want to guarantee yourself a spot over the past few years, you basically had to have a grade of 6 to get in. Here are the attendance stats for S/St for 2007 national events:

Phoenix - 58
Atlanta - 48
Chicago - 56
Englishtown - 60
Denver - 56
Seattle - 54
Houston / Dallas Debacle - 34, but I don't know how many were in Houston in the spring, but given that Houston is this weekend and the only class that's full is TA/D, I highly doubt Houston was full in S/St last year (especially considering how the weather looked going into that race).

Originally Posted by H.A.A.C. Racing (Post 63673)

I got into S/G last year in Englishtown with a grade 2. What grade was S/ST full?

Originally Posted by 990 Novas (Post 63902)

Another thing to think about as far as the National Events we do get to race S/ST at. I don't know about you guys in other divisions but here in D7, if you look at the stats for the Phoenix National Event in S/ST, they take 60 cars and I believe there were only 55 entered, if I'm not mistaken. What I would propose is move the D7 S/ST national to Pomona. I would venture to bet that NHRA would get close to 100 entrys for S/ST. My reason behind this theory is because there is more local S/ST racers in So. Cal than in Phoenix. Once you open the flood gate for Pomona, I believe it would rise the moral for the local S/ST racer. How about you guys in other divisions???...Is the track that has the one and only national for S/ST not in the best area per capita for S/ST racers?

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Originally Posted by sc1153 (Post 63944)

When did this turn into a S/ST discussion? Geez. I guess the Advisory Council members have their hands full with issues that racers want changed (we knew they would).......Good Luck Representatives!

Originally Posted by 990 Novas (Post 63969)

Hey Gary, thats my point exactly!... S/ST is pretty popular in D1, so when E-Town opens up, all of the folks who have the grade 8 and so on fill it up. Out here in D7, as we all know gas prices aren't the cheapest, so alot of folks skip the National in Phoenix. Trying to get into Pomona out here is a 7 grade minimum, if you are a S/G, S/C racer. If they had S/ST at Pomona, it would fill up just as fast.... Are you and the "Mayor" coming to Vegas this year?

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