.Stock and S/S Plans for 2018?

[Stephanie]

Heartland Class Racers
Midwest Class Racers
In 2017 we had races in South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Wisconsin.

[Hacksaw]

The Can-Am Stock/Super Stock Series will move into their 22 year next season. This year we had 13 races @ 4 different tracks and we are planning to have a similar schedule for 2018. Even talking of revisiting a Michigan venue. Sure would be nice to avoid date conflicts with other nearby groups.

[FrankM]

Originally Posted by Hacksaw

The Can-Am Stock/Super Stock Series will move into their 22 year next season. This year we had 13 races @ 4 different tracks and we are planning to have a similar schedule for 2018. Even talking of revisiting a Michigan venue. Sure would be nice to avoid date conflicts with other nearby groups.

Are they interested in opening up to Pure Stock now that IHRA is no more? The main reason I decided to move towards Stock was due to racers who race in the CanAm series. I'm sure I'm not the only PS car that would run CanAm.

[Crew Chief]

Nice to hear from the Can-Am Stock/Super Stock Series. Now if you could tell us what part of the country you have your races in we would all know and maybe plan to attend a few races next season.

This thread is about informing racers what part of the country there are Stock and S/S races planned. Your local guys know, the rest of the country wants to know too.

[boxmotorsports]

The Can Am series is based in Ontario, Canada, Last year we raced at Grandbend, StThomas, Empire in New York and Toronto Motorsports in Cayuga . We have contacted the GLSSA in Michigan about having a race at Milan which would include both series. It was also mentioned that we could also get together with the Buckeye series in Ohio and possibly have a 3 association champion . ( I think that might be news to the Ohio racers ) .
If anyone from the Ohio series could contact me , we would like to get their views on this idea. And if Mike or Charlie would contact me , we can see if this would be possible.
A bigger picture I think would work ,,, if all these smaller associations were to get together, and a larger sanctioning body picked up on this we would have a solid alternative to race with.


Doug Box

[Ross Family Racing]

Doug,
Charlie spoke to myself and Joe Jackson about the same sorta deal. Now more relevant than ever. Are you talking a race with all three associations (or more) racing one event at a track in between all of us? In your opinion, how would this work? A S/SS combo with a shootout of the top 8 or 10 in points in each series with a wildcard drawn of the racers from each series in attendance not in by points?

[Mike Delahanty]

Originally Posted by boxmotorsports

The Can Am series is based in Ontario, Canada, Last year we raced at Grandbend, StThomas, Empire in New York and Toronto Motorsports in Cayuga . We have contacted the GLSSA in Michigan about having a race at Milan which would include both series. It was also mentioned that we could also get together with the Buckeye series in Ohio and possibly have a 3 association champion . ( I think that might be news to the Ohio racers ) .
If anyone from the Ohio series could contact me , we would like to get their views on this idea. And if Mike or Charlie would contact me , we can see if this would be possible.
A bigger picture I think would work ,,, if all these smaller associations were to get together, and a larger sanctioning body picked up on this we would have a solid alternative to race with.

Doug,
Charlie spoke to myself and Joe Jackson about the same sorta deal. Now more relevant than ever. Are you talking a race with all three associations (or more) racing one event at a track in between all of us? In your opinion, how would this work? A S/SS combo with a shootout of the top 8 or 10 in points in each series with a wildcard drawn of the racers from each series in attendance not in by points?


Doug Box

Doug and Jeff - I think the time is right for our neighboring Associations to work together on some of the ideas like these. Interest level in the 3S (Stock - SS) Regional Associations has never been better. Let's talk offline on some ideas and see how we can make the schedules work together.

And if anyone has ideas, lets hear them.

I keep wondering if Michael Beard would try one more time..............

[boxmotorsports]

Mike or Jeff , you can contact me at Maple City Tire at 519 455 5590, I look forward to hearing from you both.

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by Mike Delahanty

I keep wondering if Michael Beard would try one more time..............

I appreciate the thought, but we did try a second time, and even with perfect weather, participation dropped significantly, and we lost our &$$. Another independent promoter put on two $10,000 guaranteed purse events ($100 entry, $5K/win) this year, and he lost his &$$ on both of them. This is not a viable business model.

I *am* glad to see associations start to talk to each other, finally. I was suggesting this several years ago, when there were neighboring associations who had TWO dates scheduled on top of each other. I had suggested that they take one of the dates and have both associations run at one track, and then both associations run at the other track on the other date, thereby having far more cars, and be able to pay far more, at BOTH events. No one ever did anything with it.

[Irondog]

Originally Posted by FrankM

Are they interested in opening up to Pure Stock now that IHRA is no more? The main reason I decided to move towards Stock was due to racers who race in the CanAm series. I'm sure I'm not the only PS car that would run CanAm.

They run and have run both pure stock and crate motor for quite some time now. Our Atlantic Canadian Stock/Super Stock Association does the same.