Combo in the Hills 3 Idea's

[Michael Beard]

1.Would you like to see Stock & Super Stock Split into 2 sep classes and the winner of each elim run a "King of the Hill" for a little extra purse

No. I think just keeping the classes separate as long as possible is sufficient, while allowing you to advertise one large standardized purse

2.Did you like the CIC Race held on Friday Evening?

Don't see why not if it doesn't cost the promoters/track anything extra.

3.Along with the CIC Race on Friday Night would you like to see a Stk/SS Combo Race held for all the others who don't like the CIC Format?

Yes. I really enjoyed the Friday Gamblers we did last year.

4.Would you like to have the event held before or after a LODRS Event that maybe local (IE - Maple Grove, Cecil)?

The scheduling of the event itself is more important to me than the dates/events around it.

5.If there was a Guaranteed purse (Say $4,000) offered to the winner would you attend?

I don't think that's necessary, but in my opinion, we could strike a balance between the big money offered last year ($275 for $10K with a 125 car minimum) and the strong round money payout of this year ($150 for $4K with a 100 car min). I think they had around 80 cars last year, with bad weather, short notice, and a theoretically bad date (Mother's Day weekend). It was discussed that maybe the big money kept some people away last year. With a better date, better weather, and half the cars, was it just the format? Promotion? Sponsors? I couldn't make it this year due to issues with my truck. I didn't get it fixed til late Friday afternoon, so I elected for the race 5 hours closer for me. With the cost of travel these days, I'm willing to pay a little more at the gate for a greater potential reward. If you split the difference on entry/payout, you could reduce the car count minimum requirement to a very realistic and attainable number.

Proposed 2013 Formats (roughly same Net as this year's format):
$250 entry..............$200 entry
Win $7,000.............Win $5,000
R/U $2,500..............R/U $1,500
Semi $1,000............Semi $800
Rnd 5L $600...........Rnd 5L $400
Rnd 4L $400...........Rnd 4L $300
Rnd 3L $200...........Rnd 3L $200
...........75 Car Minimum...........

2012 Format
$150 Entry
Win $4,000
R/U $1,000
Semi $600
Rnd 5L $400
Rnd 4L $300
Rnd 3L $200
100 Car Minimum

2011 Format
$275 Entry (various pre-entry discounts were offered)
Win $10,000
R/U $4,000
Semi $1,000
Rnd 5L $400
Rnd 4L $200
Rnd 3L $100
125 Car Minimum

6.Would you like to have a 3rd event on Sunday or keep that as a travel day?

Travel day / Rain Date / or race in the track's bracket program.

[BKSG1198]

Really the hardest part will be trying to find a date...haha. With Epping coming into the mix with a National Event next year Leb Valley has to go somewhere because Epping will be on top of the LV Date as of right now. I found out last year putting the 90 Race on top of Bowling Green D-3 race was a big No-No even though a Hurricane had other idea's....lol. It really won't all come into play until the schedule is released in Sept / Oct. I assume that E-Town will prob move around in the National Event Dates and with Epping into play not too many people will have to travel down to Bristol / Charlotte to claim an extra National (Even though they will). Then you have all the associations (ECSSA, ASRA, MASGA, MASCA)....boy good thing I have vacation coming up...haha!

[BKSG1198]

Mike,
A few of the 90 Guys said the same thing to me. If you offer up these big $$$ events all the "Heavy Hitters" are going to show up. I was kind of taken back by the comment but, these same people are the ones that enter National Events where even more "Heavy Hitters" are entered. I mean what am I supposed to tell Pete Biondo or Jason Kenny, sorry guys you can't run this event cause you have a single digit or double digits on your car...lol. In my own opinion "Any Given Sunday" anyone of us can pull there car into the winner's circle rather is be by luck or flat out the car was deadly. The S/G winner had 3 red-lights in 5 rounds.