HOME FORUM RULES CONTACT
     
   
   

Go Back   CLASS RACER FORUM > Class Racer Forums > Stock and Super Stock

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 02-08-2013, 03:30 PM   #1
Michael Beard
VIP Member
 
Michael Beard's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Columbus, OH
Posts: 4,060
Likes: 0
Liked 13 Times in 9 Posts
Default Re: The New IHRA ???

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Fahey View Post
IHRA should video tape their events




__________________
Michael Beard - NHRA/IHRA 3216 S/SS
Michael Beard is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-08-2013, 03:42 PM   #2
Dan Fahey
VIP Member
 
Dan Fahey's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 2,128
Likes: 1,084
Liked 184 Times in 113 Posts
Default Re: The New IHRA ???

Quote:
Originally Posted by Michael Beard View Post





MIKE:
This is a start...

However needs to be on TV and a professional format not just YouTube.
AND
without the painful advertisement !!

I like PINKS and their format...

D
Dan Fahey is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-08-2013, 04:40 PM   #3
Michael Beard
VIP Member
 
Michael Beard's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Columbus, OH
Posts: 4,060
Likes: 0
Liked 13 Times in 9 Posts
Default Re: The New IHRA ???

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Fahey View Post
This is a start...

However needs to be on TV and a professional format not just YouTube.
1) This is merely archived footage. The entire event was broadcast live, including photo galleries, results, and interviews.
2) TV is EXPENSIVE. Pinks All Out cost "more than $400,000 an episode"
3) Missed a TV broadcast? Unless you DVR'd it, it's gone. There's very little multiplier available.
3) TV viewership is a guesstimate. Online viewership is trackable via server stats, it's a targeted, engaged audience, where advertisers have the ability to do more than just show static banner ads or traditional commercials. Audiences can also participate in live chat while watching the broadcast. Times, and audiences, are changing.

If it wasn't for my wife, we wouldn't even have cable. I canned it when I was in NC, and didn't miss it at all. There is an enormous amount of content available online now. The paradigm is slowly from "watch when we tell you to watch" to watch on-demand.

Quote:
AND without the painful advertisement !!
That would be the people that PAID to make the broadcast possible. While you can't skip it in the live broadcast, you can very easily click past it in youtube. I've seen a lot of threads recently saying how "sponsors should do this" and "sponsors should do that", yet people complain about how sponsors don't do everything the racer wants and exactly how they want it.

Quite frankly, I thought the use of 'classic' elevator music in the elevator ad was hilarious! Am I in the market to buy an elevator? No, and never will be, but I sure appreciate everything John Taylor has done for the sport, both locally and nationally.
__________________
Michael Beard - NHRA/IHRA 3216 S/SS
Michael Beard is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-08-2013, 04:47 PM   #4
pauldilcher
Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 425
Likes: 1
Liked 52 Times in 9 Posts
Default Re: The New IHRA ???

Michael , some of these guys would complain if they got hung with a new rope .
pauldilcher is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-08-2013, 04:58 PM   #5
Harry 6674
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 589
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default Re: The New IHRA ???

I believe if you don't want a Pinks All Out tv type show and you can't afford the pros your pretty much toast. You can't put butts in the seats with shoe polish. Never have never will. Although some nostalgia races can draw some people.
Harry 6674 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-08-2013, 05:21 PM   #6
442OLDS
VIP Member
 
442OLDS's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Elgin,IL
Posts: 1,339
Likes: 5
Liked 282 Times in 103 Posts
Default Re: The New IHRA ???

Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry 6674 View Post
I believe if you don't want a Pinks All Out tv type show and you can't afford the pros your pretty much toast. You can't put butts in the seats with shoe polish. Never have never will. Although some nostalgia races can draw some people.
If the weather holds up,I think there will be a pretty good crowd this year at this event:


http://www.route66raceway.com/Events...t-Sundown.aspx
442OLDS is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-12-2013, 10:28 AM   #7
Bobby DiDomenico
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 923
Likes: 102
Liked 101 Times in 52 Posts
Default Re: The New IHRA ???

Quote:
Originally Posted by 442OLDS View Post
If the weather holds up,I think there will be a pretty good crowd this year at this event:


http://www.route66raceway.com/Events...t-Sundown.aspx
The pit side spectator parking for this event is a good start, no one is parking 2 miles from their seat and walking back and forth to their car with kids, especially for a divisional race. I still say to run the Sportsman qualifying off of the class indexes. It is already in the computer and the cars still take the same amount of time to travrse the 1/4 mile. At least it adds a little drama to the finish line.
Bobby DiDomenico is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-08-2013, 05:22 PM   #8
chris3racing
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 528
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default Re: The New IHRA ???

"Pinks" and "Pinks All Out" are to completely different things. Pinks was a complete disgrace to drag racing. It was like going to a fight and a drag race broke out. Pinks, in my opinion, was suppose to appear to be a grudge street race for "Pink Slips." Pinks All Out was a tv show and you did have to do some "show time" in the pits and in the staging lanes but when you pulled to the starting line one prize of $18,000 was at the end of the day. If you went to be on tv with 550 race cars in 9 classes then that was a roll of the dice. After you raced the first time under their program you new what to expect, but track to track for 3 years we raced their series it was a mad dash to get into the race which fill in about 10 minutes, but the entry fees were reasonable, spectators cost was reasonable at $25 per day to see 550 cars run heads up and "all out.

Wade you hit the nail on the head. Whether you are a car guy are not there are still people who like drag racing and just do not know that there are race track operating and there are some good races. The tracks seem to believe that the computer automatically comes on and tells you there is a drag race this week-end at your local track. It seem that they fell that everyone will go get on the computer and look for a race. In our area, North Carolina, the only radio advertisement you hear is NHRA at ZMax and ADRL at Rockingham. No one knows that one of the best drag racing events in our area, the Stock/Super Stock combo races, ever takes place unless they are a family member, friend or a Stock/SuperStock racer.
chris3racing is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-08-2013, 05:53 PM   #9
Ed Carpenter
Live Reporter
 
Ed Carpenter's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Dripping Springs, Tx
Posts: 2,709
Likes: 186
Liked 520 Times in 132 Posts
Default Re: The New IHRA ???

Pro Stock,Pro Mod,Top Fuel get the idea. People do not come to races to see Stock or Super Stock. Next time your staging your car look to the left and right and tell me what you see. Nada!
__________________
Ed Carpenter
2005 Chevy Cobalt A/SM
Race Engine Development
Ed Carpenter is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-11-2013, 11:37 PM   #10
Brandon Peterson
Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 436
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default Re: The New IHRA ???

Quote:
Originally Posted by chris3racing View Post
"Pinks" and "Pinks All Out" are to completely different things. Pinks was a complete disgrace to drag racing. It was like going to a fight and a drag race broke out. Pinks, in my opinion, was suppose to appear to be a grudge street race for "Pink Slips." Pinks All Out was a tv show and you did have to do some "show time" in the pits and in the staging lanes but when you pulled to the starting line one prize of $18,000 was at the end of the day. If you went to be on tv with 550 race cars in 9 classes then that was a roll of the dice. After you raced the first time under their program you new what to expect, but track to track for 3 years we raced their series it was a mad dash to get into the race which fill in about 10 minutes, but the entry fees were reasonable, spectators cost was reasonable at $25 per day to see 550 cars run heads up and "all out.

Wade you hit the nail on the head. Whether you are a car guy are not there are still people who like drag racing and just do not know that there are race track operating and there are some good races. The tracks seem to believe that the computer automatically comes on and tells you there is a drag race this week-end at your local track. It seem that they fell that everyone will go get on the computer and look for a race. In our area, North Carolina, the only radio advertisement you hear is NHRA at ZMax and ADRL at Rockingham. No one knows that one of the best drag racing events in our area, the Stock/Super Stock combo races, ever takes place unless they are a family member, friend or a Stock/SuperStock racer.
ive heard piedmont do a radio add with the stock/super stock combos before
Brandon Peterson is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:46 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Copyright Class Racer.com. All Rights Reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners.