no spectators for sportsman racers? - Page 2

Nova4301 · 12-11-2008, 10:24 AM

I am kind of new to this forum and I have been hearing alot about the problems with no spectator turnout at sportsman based races and no spectators wanting to watch bracket racing/.90 racing. This is not something new to me either...hardly anyone turns out at my local track for bracket races and the NHRA divisional spectator turnout is low too.

As a racer, I think it is amazing how close some of this racing is and how unpublisized that is. I mean, people love close finishes in Nascar, football, etc. So why can't we or somebody with the NHRA/IHRA organization really show/express that.

Examples:

why can't the finish line margin be expressed a little better...instead of saying the winner took the finish line stripe by 6 thousandths of a second, some math and software could be devolped to give an accurate reading so the announcer/TV program/magazine can say that the winner got there by 5 inches. I know they use this sometimes but not expressed all the time and I don't know how accurate it is (with acceraltions and decceration at the stripe and all). Plus replays on a big screen...people love replays showing how close it was...it would be nice to have big screens at more events.

just putting some ideas out there...people have probably already heard/talked about this.

Tim Wilson,

12-11-2008, 10:24 AM	#1
Nova4301 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Moore, OK Posts: 54 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	no spectators for sportsman racers? I am kind of new to this forum and I have been hearing alot about the problems with no spectator turnout at sportsman based races and no spectators wanting to watch bracket racing/.90 racing. This is not something new to me either...hardly anyone turns out at my local track for bracket races and the NHRA divisional spectator turnout is low too. As a racer, I think it is amazing how close some of this racing is and how unpublisized that is. I mean, people love close finishes in Nascar, football, etc. So why can't we or somebody with the NHRA/IHRA organization really show/express that. Examples: why can't the finish line margin be expressed a little better...instead of saying the winner took the finish line stripe by 6 thousandths of a second, some math and software could be devolped to give an accurate reading so the announcer/TV program/magazine can say that the winner got there by 5 inches. I know they use this sometimes but not expressed all the time and I don't know how accurate it is (with acceraltions and decceration at the stripe and all). Plus replays on a big screen...people love replays showing how close it was...it would be nice to have big screens at more events. just putting some ideas out there...people have probably already heard/talked about this. Tim Wilson, __________________ Tim Wilson HR/SST 4301