Post by boomer on Dec 3, 2010 10:08:28 GMT -5
WHY WAS THE EMOD CLASS EVEN CREATED??
WHY WAS THIS CLASS CREATED AND WHAT DOES THE "E" STAND FOR. WE HAVE LOST SIGHT OF BOTH.
The "E" stands for "economy" and this class was formed so the Modified owners had a place to get rid of their cars and some one like Tyler Chambers, Vicki Martinez, Ty Evans, Dakota Bandy and others could get the feel of an open wheel without having to spending $40,000 to see if they if like it and still be competitive.
It is supposed to be an older car, with a factory stock motor, all on the same hard tire, so it is in drivers hands. No four bar, no world heads,no alum intakes, no MSD's drum brakes on rear, no zero deck blocks, solid pull bars. It was the first class with weight jacks, so when they adjusted it and went the wrong way, they knew that didn't work.
When this class was allowed to get out of hand( the brand new Dirtworks, Shaw's, and the motors were $15,00 and up) all it did was increase the division between the haves and the have nots, well if you want a brand new chassis and $20,000 motors, run Modified. Help that class.
My son and I quit the EMOD's because everyone kept telling him to build a two win motor to get those two before you would get tore down. Then run it in the special "non" points races. He told me that if we had to do that to get those two wins, we would just quit. He has only raced twice since that conversation.
The same thing has been done to the FWD's. It is no longer your wife's old Corsica that she didn't want to trade it. They have made racecars out of them. There was 40-50 of them a night back then, now you can't draw 15 of them.
FWD pitpasses plus crews are the same price as modified pit passes and crews. Those left the tracks.
Been wanting to say this for 4 years...there it is...
I don't claim to know it all, but have seen it all in racing. I feel that the job of a promoter is to make it 3 wide at the finish line. Word of mouth is the best advertising and if drivers feel like they are not getting a fair shake at a track, they tell everyone they see. If the fan doesn't enjoy the races, they aren't coming back and they tell everyone they see why.
A satisfied customer will tell some people how much they enjoyed the place. A dissatisfied customer will tell EVERYONE they see. Put a good product on the track and they will come.
WHY WAS THIS CLASS CREATED AND WHAT DOES THE "E" STAND FOR. WE HAVE LOST SIGHT OF BOTH.
The "E" stands for "economy" and this class was formed so the Modified owners had a place to get rid of their cars and some one like Tyler Chambers, Vicki Martinez, Ty Evans, Dakota Bandy and others could get the feel of an open wheel without having to spending $40,000 to see if they if like it and still be competitive.
It is supposed to be an older car, with a factory stock motor, all on the same hard tire, so it is in drivers hands. No four bar, no world heads,no alum intakes, no MSD's drum brakes on rear, no zero deck blocks, solid pull bars. It was the first class with weight jacks, so when they adjusted it and went the wrong way, they knew that didn't work.
When this class was allowed to get out of hand( the brand new Dirtworks, Shaw's, and the motors were $15,00 and up) all it did was increase the division between the haves and the have nots, well if you want a brand new chassis and $20,000 motors, run Modified. Help that class.
My son and I quit the EMOD's because everyone kept telling him to build a two win motor to get those two before you would get tore down. Then run it in the special "non" points races. He told me that if we had to do that to get those two wins, we would just quit. He has only raced twice since that conversation.
The same thing has been done to the FWD's. It is no longer your wife's old Corsica that she didn't want to trade it. They have made racecars out of them. There was 40-50 of them a night back then, now you can't draw 15 of them.
FWD pitpasses plus crews are the same price as modified pit passes and crews. Those left the tracks.
Been wanting to say this for 4 years...there it is...
I don't claim to know it all, but have seen it all in racing. I feel that the job of a promoter is to make it 3 wide at the finish line. Word of mouth is the best advertising and if drivers feel like they are not getting a fair shake at a track, they tell everyone they see. If the fan doesn't enjoy the races, they aren't coming back and they tell everyone they see why.
A satisfied customer will tell some people how much they enjoyed the place. A dissatisfied customer will tell EVERYONE they see. Put a good product on the track and they will come.