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Old 03-10-2017, 02:03 AM   #1
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Mark, I accept your kind offer, and you won't have to pay me $770,000 per year.
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Old 03-10-2017, 03:20 AM   #2
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I like it. Much more fun for everyone. But "selling" Stock and Super Stock to fans is easy. Getting those fans to the track and through the gate is the hard part.
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Old 03-10-2017, 05:42 PM   #3
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Adj. 1. sellable - fit to be offered for sale; "marketable produce" merchantable, vendable, vendible, marketable. salable, saleable - capable of being sold; fit for sale; "saleable at a low price"

Here's your thread for this subject.

Okay. I'll go first.
Make Ed F. marketing director..j/k

Seriously now , folks

I've noticed that whenever a slower FWD car gets a huge head start, half the fans (however many are there) will root for the tortoise, and the other half, for the hare.

However, watching them time trial at the same time is b-o-o-o-ring!
This is not a new idea.I wish I could give credit to however thought it up and posted it years ago, but anyway, why not use the indexes and stagger the tree accordingly?
Both drivers would get more practice this way. It doesn't take any longer to get both cars down the track and onto the return road, plus, it would much more watchable.
What is the down side , cuz I sure don't see it?
This should.happen. Ihra did it at a race I attended several years ago and it was great.
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Old 03-10-2017, 05:48 PM   #4
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Sounds very interesting. Handicapped qualifying would give more seat time in a race situation. What would it take to get it going? How many racers would like it?

Maybe Dwight or Mark (or someone else) should start a pole to see if it would fly or not.
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Old 03-10-2017, 07:51 PM   #5
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Great Idea!
can we petition for it?
I am putting together some pics and videos of my wagon from the last few years, to show a friend. After looking at some videos from qualifying, I have decided to use 1st round footage. It looks bad from a slow car perspective during qualifying, because the "race" is over before it starts.
This really seems like a "no- brainer". Can`t think of any reason not to do it.100% more spectator appeal.

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Old 03-10-2017, 10:19 PM   #6
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I love the idea, I remember when I was young going to the races watching the crowd bet and cheer for one or other of the 2 cars. Now, the crowds are less and confusion is more. I'd like to see class index qualifying. And on another note, lets bring back the "Bill Bater" payout days. 4 or 8 cars getting all the $$ out of 30+ entries should be looked at. Any round $$ I won turned into an incentive to stay in the hunt for the next event and a great conversation piece with friends. Non racers always wants to know how much did you win at the races! Each round win should have a reward, $ of some amount.
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Old 03-11-2017, 09:53 AM   #7
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Great Idea!
can we petition for it?
I am putting together some pics and videos of my wagon from the last few years, to show a friend. After looking at some videos from qualifying, I have decided to use 1st round footage. It looks bad from a slow car perspective during qualifying, because the "race" is over before it starts.
This really seems like a "no- brainer". Can`t think of any reason not to do it.100% more spectator appeal.

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Agree 100%. Not only would it be more appealing to the spectator but also to potential competitors who might be considering getting their feet wet with a lower class car. Add in a 20% or so reduction in horsepower and there could be new cars/competitors coming out of the woodwork.
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Old 03-11-2017, 12:28 PM   #8
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No need for a poll on this one, I don't think.
Somewhere here in the archives, is a list of the Sportsman Racing reps.
I looked for it on the Lucas site but couldn't find it. Maybe someone knows the NHRA code to get inside there.
Write your rep.
Post the response.
Looks like one thing we might be able to accomplish.
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