Interest in Modified?

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Originally Posted by herbjr

I can put you guys in front of 4000 spectators if you can race on Friday July 3rd, and if you have never raced at a local track on a Thursday or Friday night in front of a packed house you dont know what your missing.

Feedback Please....
Herb jr

We DO race at local tracks in front of a packed house EVERY time we race - UMTR stick shift ONLY races.
Yes, spectators will PACK THE HOUSE to watch JUST stick cars.
I think you are not giving the potential draw of a stick shift only modified production class race much of a chance before automatically (no pun intended) thinking you need automatic cars to make it a show.
Trust me on this one, NOBODY is interested in watching automatic cars. It's like going to a "gasser reunion" and discovering most of the "gassers" are just powerglide posers. Spectators are confused because, while the cars still look cool, they just don't seem exciting like they remembered it back in the day. Why ? Because instead of seeing a bumper dragging stick shift Willys, they see a powerglide that just sort of scoots off the line and doesn't bounce all over the track like a stick car does. BORING.
If you do decide on a manual transmission modified production race, I and several other UMTR racers will tow 8+ hours to be there to support this great idea ( if it doesn't conflict with the regular UMTR schedule- July 3rd is a conflict for us).
On the other hand, I have zero interest in racing against automatics. 10 stick cars racing side by side are more exciting to watch than 200 automatics. Make that 500 automatics.