The Importance of Class Runoffs - Page 3

Larry Hill · 08-17-2022, 07:02 AM

Maybe we could help the announcer talk about our stockers. At National events and Points races if we racers tried to pair up same classes during the qualifying sessions it will be a comparison of the 350 Chevy, the 340 Mopar, and the Ford 351C in E/SA.
Think how much time that will save you looking up your competition on live timing. One of your competitors will be on the same time slip.

1matcoman · 08-17-2022, 10:33 AM

There you go, Larry, making sense again.

John Bender · 08-17-2022, 11:41 AM

Bobby, class runoffs are the backbone of dragracing. YES have them of Friday. Move the All Star race to another location. I have gone to Indy 5 times and to have Thursday as a day for Stockers, and Friday for Super Stockers was the best not being in my racecar a Stocker could have.

Larry Hill · 08-17-2022, 03:33 PM

John you forgot the Friday teardown of the Stockers and Saturday teardown for Super Stockers. It's all part of the Indy Experience. Plus Class Racer followers enjoy the "Live From The Teardown Barn" reporting.

GTS340 · 08-17-2022, 06:32 PM

To run class on Friday. Which part of the schedule needs adjusting? Some spectators still work on Fridays as well. Stock runs at 8:00 am.. Maybe a display area for our cars up front for those that can and want to. Let Reinhart do some morning walks with a mic and a camera. Bobby I enjoy your interviews. Send them to NHRA's broadcasting office.

Paul Haszlauer
7019 C/SA

Bobby Fazio · 08-17-2022, 09:56 PM

Last year I asked for Super Stock class on Friday and they said not enough time but then they somewhat obliged by giving us a Q4 on Friday morning which I had never seen before.

e vassar · 08-17-2022, 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

Maybe we could help the announcer talk about our stockers. At National events and Points races if we racers tried to pair up same classes during the qualifying sessions it will be a comparison of the 350 Chevy, the 340 Mopar, and the Ford 351C in E/SA.
Think how much time that will save you looking up your competition on live timing. One of your competitors will be on the same time slip.

Unlikely cause the announcers are usually encouraging the spectators to go to the pits to watch the nitro classes do their thrash and get autographs. The NHRA is selling their product to the general motorsport fan..They already have our money! LOL

Bryan Phillips · 08-18-2022, 02:14 AM

Bobby-thanks for all that you are doing for class racing. I truly enjoy your interviews-keep them coming. For me, truly exciting class racing comes from the level of competition (and high car counts of class cars) at an event. Obviously, nothing rivals class at Indy. There are a good amount of die hard class racing fans spectating (many of them competitors) but the stands are certainly not jam-packed. I will say that I used to thoroughly enjoy "Hard Core Thursdays" at Nationals- can remember those at Gainesville, Vegas and maybe Charlotte. These were typically Sportsman only run days and not a lot of fans. But always great class racing when the quotas were larger. I have yet to compete at class at a Divisional but look forward to it. My thoughts are that as long as the quotas remain what they are (Indy being the exception) that strong class fields at Nationals will be hard to come by. Nothing more exciting than a 3 or 4 round class "get-down". Good luck with efforts to enhance exposure to class racing. I'm thinking that most of us will support this.

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Larry Hill Live Reporter Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hickory, Ky Posts: 10,629 Likes: 1,919 Liked 10,681 Times in 2,222 Posts	Re: The Importance of Class Runoffs Maybe we could help the announcer talk about our stockers. At National events and Points races if we racers tried to pair up same classes during the qualifying sessions it will be a comparison of the 350 Chevy, the 340 Mopar, and the Ford 351C in E/SA. Think how much time that will save you looking up your competition on live timing. One of your competitors will be on the same time slip. __________________ IHM Used Parts https://ihmusedparts.com 888-821-1817

08-17-2022, 10:33 AM	#22
1matcoman Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 339 Likes: 821 Liked 350 Times in 134 Posts	Re: The Importance of Class Runoffs There you go, Larry, making sense again.

08-17-2022, 11:41 AM	#23
John Bender Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Linden, New Jersey Posts: 142 Likes: 0 Liked 61 Times in 12 Posts	Re: The Importance of Class Runoffs Bobby, class runoffs are the backbone of dragracing. YES have them of Friday. Move the All Star race to another location. I have gone to Indy 5 times and to have Thursday as a day for Stockers, and Friday for Super Stockers was the best not being in my racecar a Stocker could have. __________________ John Bender 1969 STK

08-17-2022, 03:33 PM	#24
Larry Hill Live Reporter Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hickory, Ky Posts: 10,629 Likes: 1,919 Liked 10,681 Times in 2,222 Posts	Re: The Importance of Class Runoffs John you forgot the Friday teardown of the Stockers and Saturday teardown for Super Stockers. It's all part of the Indy Experience. Plus Class Racer followers enjoy the "Live From The Teardown Barn" reporting. __________________ IHM Used Parts https://ihmusedparts.com 888-821-1817

08-17-2022, 06:32 PM	#25
GTS340 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Las Vegas, Nv Posts: 865 Likes: 265 Liked 1,333 Times in 406 Posts	Re: The Importance of Class Runoffs To run class on Friday. Which part of the schedule needs adjusting? Some spectators still work on Fridays as well. Stock runs at 8:00 am.. Maybe a display area for our cars up front for those that can and want to. Let Reinhart do some morning walks with a mic and a camera. Bobby I enjoy your interviews. Send them to NHRA's broadcasting office. Paul Haszlauer 7019 C/SA Attached Thumbnails

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Bobby Fazio VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Egg Harbor Township, NJ Posts: 1,467 Likes: 1,444 Liked 4,365 Times in 501 Posts	Re: The Importance of Class Runoffs Last year I asked for Super Stock class on Friday and they said not enough time but then they somewhat obliged by giving us a Q4 on Friday morning which I had never seen before. __________________ '65 Mustang SS/L & L/SA DriverInterviews.com \| App.DragInsights.com

08-18-2022, 02:14 AM	#28
Bryan Phillips Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 145 Likes: 3 Liked 46 Times in 20 Posts	Re: The Importance of Class Runoffs Bobby-thanks for all that you are doing for class racing. I truly enjoy your interviews-keep them coming. For me, truly exciting class racing comes from the level of competition (and high car counts of class cars) at an event. Obviously, nothing rivals class at Indy. There are a good amount of die hard class racing fans spectating (many of them competitors) but the stands are certainly not jam-packed. I will say that I used to thoroughly enjoy "Hard Core Thursdays" at Nationals- can remember those at Gainesville, Vegas and maybe Charlotte. These were typically Sportsman only run days and not a lot of fans. But always great class racing when the quotas were larger. I have yet to compete at class at a Divisional but look forward to it. My thoughts are that as long as the quotas remain what they are (Indy being the exception) that strong class fields at Nationals will be hard to come by. Nothing more exciting than a 3 or 4 round class "get-down". Good luck with efforts to enhance exposure to class racing. I'm thinking that most of us will support this.