ramsey31

Lately, the future of this sport has been on my mind.    I don't think its anyone's surprise that car counts have plummeted in the last 10-15 years, and the new blood getting into the sport are fewer and fewer.   I will keep pushing this until someone takes notice.

If I am Billy bob 18 year old kid who attends the races each week, and wants to get into a race car, I am looking at a CASH outlay of roughly 4-5k minimum to enter a beginner class, come up with some spare tires, etc and a trailer to haul it with, etc.    You have to pay to play, I get it.    However, most younger kids don't have 4-5k laying around to "try" it.   Thus why that $ 250 a month Razr payment looks much easier.

Lets say Billy Bob comes up with enough to put a beginner car together, according to the rules.   Now his first time on the track, his ass is handed to him, and he realizes that he needs another couple thousand to have a competitive car.    Billy Bob looses interest, and you now see the car on Pennswoods or Facebook for sale. Take a look, its loaded with them.

I am asking the racing community to put together a set of rules for an AFFORABLE, Real beginner class.  One established with the sole purpose of getting more bodies in cars, and working their way up to what we have today.   When the FWD class first came out, there were easily 20-30 cars a night.   Once it became just another place to house your racing career, the fun drops for the average Joe, and you have 6 stroked, built hammers chasing  around.  We don't need another class to split the 40 cars already at the track, but make your beginner class...a beginner class!

The same drivers in each of your classes on a weekly event, are the same drivers who you saw 5-10 years ago, and often in the same classes. The late model fields are very full, because most of these drivers are the ones who have been racing for 15-20 years, and worked their way into a Late Model over time.   Look at the classes below that...7 cars, 8 cars, maybe 12. 

   Doesn't take long to realize that we will soon face extinction with the new blood entering the sport. Promoters/Owners, step outside of the box and look 5 years ahead, 10 years ahead.  We all see the result of what has been done over the past 5-10 years, and that hasn't been toward bringing in new customers.   The same old customers do have a lifespan.

What exactly does this useless rule mean?     So if Billy Bob raced his car a couple years ago, Now Slim Sam cant race it now because it was formerly a race car, and even though legal, is not allowed?

Just never could understand this rule, or its intentions.

Its been a while since I bought any race gas, but since a barrel of oil is now cheaper than a bucket of chicken, has race gas came down too, or are they milking that cow as long as they can?