Class Nationals event planning

[Chad Rhodes]

Michael, just my .02 as a D2 racer. I would skip the Atlanta national to run your race, if it were in Bowling Green. But Columbus is just too far for most of us in the south.

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by Chad Rhodes

Michael, just my .02 as a D2 racer. I would skip the Atlanta national to run your race, if it were in Bowling Green. But Columbus is just too far for most of us in the south.

Understood, and realistically, since both Columbus and Atlanta are NHRA owned facilities, we don't want a conflict -- something that would be more of a decision for southern racers if we were at BG.

Nitro Joe is officially in. Travis will not be available, but I will study additional Tech options. I know Don at the track is all in -- he was working Tech at the two Columbus events and later doing pairings in the lanes. Mike Carr has offered to help in any capacity.

Yes, S/SS cars would be permitted to run No-Box as well with the same car. FYI, No-Box would most likely be run 1/8th mile. That's what that crowd likes, and S/SS cars would not get 1000' & 1/4 data to apply to their own class, so there wouldn't be a major advantage over guys that were just running S/SS. Or if you think it would be a major fairness issue, we could allow people to run No-Box just on Saturday, since that's just Qualifying and Class for S/SS. Your thoughts? I'm ok with allowing S/SS cars to run No-Box both days if everyone else is. Rules are basically the same as SS. Transbrake/2step and air/elect shifters ok. Will call Footbrake and Transbrake cars to the lanes separate.

Because No-Box will go more rounds, I think we can do a Sunday time trial for S/SS, which would allow people to get a clean 'bracket mode' hit in case they were on kill for Class.

[Michael Beard]

Something else very important to me is race coverage. Events like this are a big deal, and should be treated as such. I worked the US Class Nationals for IHRA, doing photography, wrote the race coverage, and laid it out in the magazine. I have a number of online outlets that will print coverage, and I'll work on getting physical print coverage for the event as well.

We did two big money bracket races this year. You can view the race coverage at www.looserocker.com. The Footbrake race includes video coverage!

[butch8908]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

Something else very important to me is race coverage. Events like this are a big deal, and should be treated as such. I worked the US Class Nationals for IHRA, doing photography, wrote the race coverage, and laid it out in the magazine. I have a number of online outlets that will print coverage, and I'll work on getting physical print coverage for the event as well.

We did two big money bracket races this year. You can view the race coverage at www.looserocker.com. The Footbrake race includes video coverage!

Michael,

Would love to be able to photo on the ground for you instead of in the stands which is where I usually am. I'm not a professional, but I think I can take a pretty good picture for you to use. Depending on where and when, let me know. I might just come and do it anyway as a spectator.

Butch

[Bobby Bennett]

CompetitionPlus.com will be there, as we were at the first event. The blistering hot Byron event, was sweating in places I never knew I could.

Whether I am there as a journalist or a racer remains to be seen, but we are going to put it in Project White Wagon's [SS/EM] schedule. Regardless we will have staff there.

The one thing I believe is crucial is the bickering which went on at the first one, simply cannot happen this time. As important as the racing is, isn't it secondary to getting together and sharing the style of racing we all love in a format dedicated to us?

Food for thought ...

[Michael Beard]

Thanks for your support, Butch and Bobby. We'd love to have you! As details come together, we'll talk more in detail about race coverage and photography.

The Columbus staff is checking with NHRA about the date and some other questions I had. Should get an idea where we're at sometime next week.

[Jack McCarthy]

mike,
we would like permission to host the third U/SA shootout as part of your event. we simply need to be paired and laddered for class eliminations, and a close proximity for pit space is pretty cool too last time we had a cookout and bourbon sampling.

i am working on sponsor money and so far i've got $200 up for class champion already(last two total purses added up to $4000+)...anyway "it's on"

captain jack
jmccarthy@sasfe.com

p.s. would like to thank bob shaw for his support and wish him well in T/SA