We've been talking to past and some present drivers/owners whose cars have been
sitting idle for the past couple of years. The most common complaint is the engine and tire costs.
So far we've had interesting feedback from some high profile teams about claimer engines and tire rules. Most say one tire all night, hot laps included.
My question today is why aren't your cars out and what changes would it take to get
them out.
I would be interested in starting a group in the tri-state area with cost containment in mind. We need to save ourselves.
I will listen to positive feedback and constructive criticism.
John
Take the wings off to save the stress on the motors. American Racers are a must too. Plan a schedule that allows for the budget racers to be there. The 2 good pavement series that are left start out with a 10+ hour drive and one of them ends in Cali. Average working people can't afford 2 weeks on the road.
Really? There's 10 times more dirt cars, they cost less and are much simpler to assemble. Plus the racing would be great, fans would love it and that is what really matters.
Dirt cars racing on pavement is not safe. I have first hand experience in a tragedy with the end results of a dirt car on pavement. There is nothing wrong with the pavement cars of today. What is wrong with pavement racing is you took a good group of pavement teams and then forced them in half. With some inexpensive tweeks to the rules, readjust the pay, and working with other tracks and series that are around pavement numbers can and will go up.
Nick Landon
Nick you are 100% correct about the current state of pavement sprints. When SOD first tried pavement in the early '90s the racing was spectacular, watching Brett Mann smoke his right rear all the way around Kalamazoo was bad-ass.
U get there at 5:30 hot laps at 6:00 racing at 7:00 green white checkard hot laps not 2-3 sessions for everyone to keep dialing there car in and buying tires spending money qualify in your heat race group that u will run and starting position in heat will be your time in your group top 2 in heats go to a dash where u finish in dash is where u start in feature dash is 6 laps only one rr tire a night can buy a lr every other race fronts every 3 races try to keep it as local as possible and instead of paying it all on top pay everyone that starts the race the same money like 500-700 bucks because we all know u don't make money u just want to race and stop on front stretch and even if u win in other series u buy so much to try and win if u do u only make a couple hundred bucks unless u keep winning races with 10 cars all year and winning races with 10 cars who cares because u spend so much so u would make more doing it this way.
Home track, such as Springport!