Carolina Class Racers Association

[LNorton]

Dang it Beard! You beat me to it.

Figured since I was almost finished I would go ahead and throw it up here. I went a much more simple route than you did though...

[Pistol Pete]

Hey

How 'bout a Big Payout Stock Elim. North vs South ???????
Like a $10,000 race like David Ley did at Atco.

You can do the same for Super Stock.

I was talking with Pat Joffrion about this type of race.

Maybe at the end of October, just have to pick a halfway point from Maine to Georgia.

Or you can have 2 races, 1 at a North track & 1 at a South track....

Anybody like this kind of idea?????

Maybe Herb Jr. can put out a poll question to see if there's any interest in it.


Just my 2 cents

Pistol Pete Dutko
1374
J/SA

[herbjr]

Meeting date is 2nd Saturday in January you need to RSVP as I have no clue how big of a room to get. The Cutting Board is a nice place where you can eat about anything ,burger, chicken or steak related. My email is herb@piedmontdragway.com so please email ifyou can come and the number of people. They can hold 275 or as small as 8, I just want to reserve the right amount of space.


Herb Jr


The schedule for the first 3 races will intrest everyone trust me. No I wont tell anyone

[Michael Beard]

What would be cool to see is a combo race that could pay $5,000 or in that range to win. I know Atco had the $10,000 combo race, and I feel like this sort of race could be pulled off in this area if planned and promoted correctly.

Just my opinion, but I think we don't need to get ahead of ourselves. You need a very large number of cars and/or high entry fees in order to cover a $5K race. I think Tracy and Herb have laid good groundwork for a series -- Tracy with a nicely done graduated purse, and Herb with guaranteed minimums. There are plenty of big money races out there. Maybe it'd be something to think of down the road, but to get things rolling, I personally think that the emphasis should be on reasonable entry fees ($50-$75), a reasonable chance to earn that entry fee back, a nice trophy for the winner (Iron Tree?) and a 'kill sticker' for the winner... photos and/or video from the races, race coverage on a centralized website, with results and/or feature stories disseminated to various media outlets. Money's great, but there's a lot of things that we could do on the cheap that feed our egos.

For instance...



(Thamaira Boyle not included with trophy)

$.02,

[danny waters sr]

Herb ,I'm in at the meeting ..Will be at least 2 if not more with me. I will let you know for sure this weekend .I will see you this sat am.

[Tracy Robbins]

I have to agree w/ Michael, keep in mind this is the very initial stages of putting this deal together and we have to crawl before we walk. It will take at least a season or two to do everything we would like, but keep the ideas coming, actually, make note of them and bring them to the meeting! The key to this will be supporting the tracks and showing up at the events so we bring value to them.

[mbrace5]

Tracy, give me a call. 704-692-8944 Anytime before 1130pm

[Cliff porterfield]

Wayne Ramsey and myself will be there. Cant wait to meet the people that we havent met yet.

[BobD]

I've not been back in stock racing but a couple of years, and I can't afford to take off work 3 or 4 days in a row to go to the divisional or a week for a national. This idea sounds great. I really appreciate what Tracey has been doing with Roxboro and their combo races, and Herb as well with Piedmont. I'll support this idea all I can, and look forward to the opportunity to race. Now if I can just get this d*** car to run better...

Bob Davenport
G/PS 96 Caprice

(Watch the 4-door comments, Herb) ; )

[herbjr]

Bob, 2 door is the car of choice, 4 doors are ok, but WAGONS ARE COOL.