LODRS at National Events!

[james schaechter]

I actually like the baby gators class situation. The way the quotas have been jacked up, it is tough to get in for many at some of the national events. At least you can plan for the points meet class runoffs. Racing for class is fun and the fun part for me is the racing, not being lumped in as filler for the pros.

I think that NHRA could offer class as a separate race to enter st LODRS and make it work. Just make it an option to enter for an additional fee. It wouldn’t have to be that much more to make work work and would drive participation in stock and superstock. Heck, they could make it part of a test and tune day before the event if they wanted to. I am nit saying this is ideal, but it would allow people that are interested in performance a choice.

[Mike Pearson]

Originally Posted by james schaechter

I actually like the baby gators class situation. The way the quotas have been jacked up, it is tough to get in for many at some of the national events. At least you can plan for the points meet class runoffs. Racing for class is fun and the fun part for me is the racing, not being lumped in as filler for the pros.

I think that NHRA could offer class as a separate race to enter st LODRS and make it work. Just make it an option to enter for an additional fee. It wouldn’t have to be that much more to make work work and would drive participation in stock and superstock. Heck, they could make it part of a test and tune day before the event if they wanted to. I am nit saying this is ideal, but it would allow people that are interested in performance a choice.

I also like the Baby Gator situation. Like James said not everyone that wants to run the Gators can due to the low quota and the popularity and timing of that event. Lots of racer from other divisions come down to participate in the D2 races that start in February and run through the Gators We have 4 races in about 5 week time frame. 3 divisionals and 1 national event.

[Nmbr1GMfan]

Originally Posted by james schaechter

I actually like the baby gators class situation. The way the quotas have been jacked up, it is tough to get in for many at some of the national events. At least you can plan for the points meet class runoffs. Racing for class is fun and the fun part for me is the racing, not being lumped in as filler for the pros.

I think that NHRA could offer class as a separate race to enter st LODRS and make it work. Just make it an option to enter for an additional fee. It wouldn’t have to be that much more to make work work and would drive participation in stock and superstock. Heck, they could make it part of a test and tune day before the event if they wanted to. I am nit saying this is ideal, but it would allow people that are interested in performance a choice.

Originally Posted by Mike Pearson

I also like the Baby Gator situation. Like James said not everyone that wants to run the Gators can due to the low quota and the popularity and timing of that event. Lots of racer from other divisions come down to participate in the D2 races that start in February and run through the Gators We have 4 races in about 5 week time frame. 3 divisionals and 1 national event.

James and Mike, I agree with running class at a divisional BUT only if they did is as an addition to class at the national. I feel like once they replaced class run at the Gators it may never come back. Replacing the performance aspect of the class with a bracket race at a national event isn't for me.

[Mike Pearson]

Originally Posted by Nmbr1GMfan

James and Mike, I agree with running class at a divisional BUT only if they did is as an addition to class at the national. I feel like once they replaced class run at the Gators it may never come back. Replacing the performance aspect of the class with a bracket race at a national event isn't for me.

I am not sure if you are aware but class at the Baby gators is the class run off for the Gatornational event they just do it the week before. You get national event class trophy. The baby gators and the Big Gators just mulls together into one big long event. Lots stay and race both events if they have enough grade points to enter the national . Running class at the Baby gators gets more cars and less classes in the combo. I think the ship has sailed for class being run at the Big gators any more. They did away with that at the 50th anniversary race several years ago to make room for super street and possibly TS and TD.

[Nmbr1GMfan]

Originally Posted by Mike Pearson

I am not sure if you are aware but class at the Baby gators is the class run off for the Gatornational event they just do it the week before. You get national event class trophy. The baby gators and the Big Gators just mulls together into one big long event. Lots stay and race both events if they have enough grade points to enter the national . Running class at the Baby gators gets more cars and less classes in the combo. I think the ship has sailed for class being run at the Big gators any more. They did away with that at the 50th anniversary race several years ago to make room for super street and possibly TS and TD.

Yes sir, and I believe they should run the performance end of a performance based class at the national event as well. Just my opinion.