Performance Based Stk/SS Racing
 

There are several racers on this forum who are always talking about Stock and S/S losing its performance based status. Well here’s an idea where you can prove you still have performance based classes.

At the LODRS events across the country the tracks are prepped and the racers are there. Talk to your Division Director and see if he would allow you to have a combo race on Friday or Saturday night of the event. Make it a no breakout combo race that proves just how fast you can go, not who’s the best driver with a bottle of shoe polish. Either get your own sponsors or make it a gamblers race to pay the purse. Don’t expect NHRA to put up any money, do it all yourself.

My suggestion would be handicapped off the indexes with no breakout. Of course the AHFS would NOT be in effect. There would still be a need to be fuel checked and weighed just to keep everyone honest. And no ringers would be allowed. The car must be entered into and qualified at the regular LODRS event.

This would not be a TOP Stock or Top S/S race since all classes of Stock and S/S would be invited to race, not just a select few. So how many of you performance oriented racers would be willing to put up your own money to race this way? Think about it and talk to your DD for next season.

Travis Miller

(Disclaimer: Opinions expressed by me on this forum are exactly that, my opinions.)

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i think thats a great idea if you put a CIC at -1.00

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I would do that with my new car and I would have done it with my old car. When I started you had to win class to run the eliminator. Course the eliminator in stock was only 6, S/S thru E/S

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I would for sure. If the entry was $200 and you get twenty cars, thats $4000. Before anyone says that is too steep, you are already there, you will spend this much on a points race and get paid less after you chase it down.

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No CIC, just flat out racing is the only way to prove true performance. Thats what everyone wants....right?

Travis Miller

(Disclaimer: Opinions expressed by me on this forum are exactly that, my opinions.)

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Travis take a look at my thread about doing away with the breakout alltogether.

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Travis,
I think it is a great idea - but I don't see it happening in D-1 because there's already too much on the schedule. A while back (like late 90's early 00's) D-1 used to have a gamblers type race race early Friday evenings at some of the points meets. They took the top 8 in reaction time from each class S/SS and the .90 classes (if you signed up prior to the time trials). It really was a lot of fun. Some guys did have a problem with it being based on RT. It did not last long though. And now, with Top Sportsman, Top Dragster, Snow Mobiles on the schedule - I'm sure it will never happen.

You have to remember that the now defunct NSCA did something similar... (Around '03-'05) with a CIC type system in place...a generous payout too.... and guess what? Hardly anyone showed for these races. I was able to make to 2 of them (You were at one of em, I remember) - but again, due to lack of support it was gone relatively quickly.

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Maybe Gary Richard would be interested doing that at the Div 1 open races.

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Sounds like a blast.

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the only time i could see this happening in a d1 event is thursday ,although no one has qualified it might be a great way to get a one day race in before the divisonal race ,,this could also be a qualifier for the divisonal race thinking out loud gmonde