Need imput from members on Powered By Ford Race at Byron Dragway for 2012 season!!!

>> bigblok2000ranger: Man I really don't get the mentality sorry.

My mentality is, if I'm going to spend a couple hundred bucks going to
a race I better have a chance of being competitive! And thats exactly
what bracket racing was designed for. Anybody can come race anything
and be equally competitive. I went to the Bash because I HAD a chance
to win the bracket race. So where is the logic in me bringing out my
8 or 9 sec car to race some 7 sec car heads up?

Dont get me wrong, I appreciate someone putting an all Ford race
together. Its no easy job and you arent going to please everyone.
Ford races have become few and far between here in the midwest.
I've raced at Byron and supported that track for over 40 years and
I really hope the Ford event is successful. I'd just like to race it. But
if not, I'm okay with that.

Rich

We drive to the Bash every year just to have a good time, the racing is just a bonus. If I started thinking about the financial viability of every race I would end up just sitting home?

I would just leave it as is. If you try to cater to everyone you will end up with a bunch of classes with 2or 3 cars in them. The reality is in a run watchable brung the fastest car doesn't always win anyway. If you have a slower bracket and a faster bracket what's the issue anyway. Just zero out your box and grab a lane. If you aren't confident you can hang in a heads up deal then bracket race. I don't understand the issue.

So, I've read the rules and re-read the rules. It seems to me that the focus is on door cars only. I know of several Ford powered dragsters, many of them run in the NHRA Div 3 Jegs SuperQuick 32 Series. They are "big tire", they have electronics with delay boxes and throttle stops. They also are NHRA legal. Are you saying that you don't want dragsters to show up? Are you saying that if they just zero out the boxes and race pro tree you'll let them run? Or do they have to remove the delay boxes?

Likewise I know of more Div 3 Top Sportsman (door cars) and Top Dragsters. Again they have delay boxes, and they're capable of winning the Big Tire class. So are you not wanting them to race or will you let them race if they zero out the boxes, or do you want them removed? How do you plan on "adjusting" for the difference between a 7.00 dragster and a 8.00 door car in the big tire class?

Charlie Evans

Charlie, I believe the big tire class is a heads up pro tree deal. Eric may elaborate, but I'm not sure what benefit a delay box would have on a .400 pro tree. As far as dragsters I don't see anything in the rules that would eliminate them.