Before I even think about getting serious and planning out a schedule…
Who would have interest and the cash to put up for a mini-series of racing?
what would be involved? 3 Different criterias of racing. Drag racing, auto-x, and a lapping day.
Winner would be determined by lowest combined time of all 3 areas. Which would mean… Valid NYIRP 1/4 timeslip whenever throughout a given period of time. The auto-x would be tricky because we’d all have to show up to the same event. And the road course could also be done within a given time frame of best lap with a neutral party timing it.
Rough cut rules: Street driven car (driven to and from “if it survives the day” the track/strip) You also must be the owner of your car. No Ringers! (however, randy you are welcome to enter with your own car )
Run What you brung! However the same car must be used for all 3 events. You are free to mod and do whatever you’d like between events. (meaning, if you want to throw a huge F’n shot of N20 at the strip, go for it)
Purse: would depend on how many entries. I’m guessing there would only be 5-10 SERIOUS in this. So roughly if say 5 entrants, 2 winners 70% first place 30% second place. 10 entrants do a first second third place.
Now I say there may only be 5-10 interested because of the purse size. I was thinking along the lines of $1000 per entrant. It sounds like a lot yes, but if you have a whip that could be a contender in all 3 areas, $1000 probably isn’t really all that much when you think about it. (evo + sti owners, this means you )
Pending interest, we’d all have to meet and figure out dates and a strict set of guidelines to pull this off.
Please give this idea some serious consideration as it would make for a hell of a competative season.
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Well you learn something new everyday. THANKS AWD!!!
Also this event sound cool i am a newb to auto-x and lapping but how long averag is a lap for each? I know it depends on where im just looking ballpark here.
Sounds just like the Winged Warrior Performance Challenge, except for personal gain not charity. http://www.wingedwarrior.net/
The problem is very few people build cars to be “well-rounded.” And from experience with Winged Warrior, almost no domestic drivers even think about it… to the point that in 3 years of their event the domestic team hasn’t won collectively. And it’s ALWAYS the Evo / STi group of cars that pulls off the best “well-rounded” scores.
But I’m not trying to knock the idea here, just play devils advocate.
Personally, I think having to do Auto-X AND a road course is kinda redundant as well as being something that tilts the scales in favor of the AWD / import crew even more. I’d rather see just the road course. Browse the forums on Winged Warrior and listen to the complaints… guys with Grand Nationals auto-xing because it was a requirement of the competition :uhh:
If this is for money, I’d say drop the Auto-X idea and just stick with the road course.
You might also want to look at the Winged Warrior tire rules. The issue being, can you really have a “street driven car” and be running full slicks? Will you allow tire changes? Things like this start to handicap and push away potential participants.
There are a lot of things to iron out with something like this and no matter what you decide (especially since money is involved) someone is going to bitch… so be ready
I remember someone starting this thread on UBRF, did it ever happen??
I think you need to include auto-x josh, it is entirely different than road course… that said, not surprising I am voting to keep this as I fall into the AWD/Import crew
It sounds like with these rules, odd are the fastest “track” car will win. The range between a slow and fast track car could be as much as 10 seconds, but the 1/4 mile range will probably be within 3-4 seconds of eachother.
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