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Originally Posted by Al Saggese
Pinks is entertainment Class Racing is a prefession. What is good for a show comes first not what is fair or just.On Pinks Rich is the show decissions,controversies,personalities all come first and keep the camera on the show not on racing.I am all for putting Class Racing front and center not behind or last.I think Pinks would hurt the prefession.You guys & gals deserve much much more.
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Al, I'll agree that many racers approach to S/SS racing is very professional, but in it's present format isn't making the draw like the pros. Rich did test index/handicap/breakout format but bombed big time with spectators, getting booed constantly. We need a bridge that connects us to the fans. The fans want flat out running. Even with the slower cars, when the racers push it as hard as they can coupled with Rich's excitement, the crowd still gets into it which is what's needed. That's what will attract new blood, the young guy in the stands who says "man, I could afford that, I want to be a part of this too". When the new guy enters the program and later finds it a bit too expensive, he'll discover other options like shoe polish racing at the association level. I believe over time the PINKS side will propagate into all levels which will drive a new form of popularity of S/SS. When I was a kid class racing was run off of records. I didn't know what all the class letters meant, but understood handicap starts. By the time the breakout rule and index system was instituted, although I grasped the concept, I watched as fans got turned off due to over complication, eventually leaving the stands.