[QUOTE=Rory McNeil;159413]
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Originally Posted by Dick Butler
It would bring back fans to watch CLASS Stk and SS again also because by combining all the classes down to many fewer there would ALWAYS be enough cars entered to make some rounds of class.
Dick, I think you are hallucinating, at all the national events I`ve been to, the vast majority of "fans" leave the stands after the Nitro cars run, they don`t even bother to stick around for the ultimate single class heads up "doors & gas" class there is, Pro Stock. "too slow, not noisy enough, no header flames", the average spectator would rather wander around the Pro pits, getting John Forces autograph, and watch the Pro crews change pistons and clutches, and best of all, jump when the idling nitro engines get blipped, and suck in nitro fumes. If Joe Average won`t stick around to watch Greg Anderson & Mike Edwards race, why would you think that a pair of 10 or 11 second G/SA Camaros would grab their attention. Hell, they don`t even watch the Alcohol dragsters & F/C`s. As for too many classes, Comp has twice as many classes, with much smaller car counts, and Comp separates sticks & auto`s.
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Yet people watch Pinks All Out, which clearly demonstrates that the problem is with marketing and presentation.
I remember the stands staying full even through the .90 classes at a given national event. Why? Proper presentation.