Rory
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I've been following a couple message boards lately and wanted to get insite from everyone INVOLVED in off road racing and see what they think. My question: Is series' like PRO DIRT, PRO TRUCK, PRO 1600 etc good for the sport when they are racing 4-5 different series? Below is an example and what I think.
2002 Parker 400- lots of 1600's and unlimiteds. Great for Whiplash but only for there first event. They must have had 200 cars but what was there car count like the rest of the year? Same with SNORE, SCORE and BITD.
Do I think PRO series organizations are good? YES, but, I do think it is going the wrong way and bad for the sport. If every series picks a different series to race for each race, all Promoters will be hurting. Now I don't know about you but I love going to the races and seeing LOTS of race cars tearing it up, but at this rate, we are all stuck watching 80-120 cars TOTAL instead of 300-400 cars at EVERY race. If the promoters don't make money, there is no reason for them to be out there.
I guess having 20 different race promoters doesn't help either. If desert racing is going to servive and get exposure again like it did, we need to have ONE serious series everyone wants to race. Does that mean that every other series drops off the face of the earth? NOPE. just like NASCAR or CART, there are plenty of series that are stepping stones to the big series.....Carting, Toyota Atlantic, BUSCH, Winston west etc.
300-400 cars at the Vegas to Reno, Baja 1000, SNORE 250 or even Rocky Point would stur up some excitement...don't you think?
I say, get ALL parties together and work witht the promoters you think can get the job done. THEN, pick the promoter that would best represent Off Road racing and race that series. There would still be plenty of people that don't want to run the BIG SERIES and thats what the other series would be for. I'm looking at the big picture. I'm not trying to step on any toes, just giving my honest opinon.
Sorry about the "Novel" but I think this sport has a chance to get bigger than it ever has before.
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2002 Parker 400- lots of 1600's and unlimiteds. Great for Whiplash but only for there first event. They must have had 200 cars but what was there car count like the rest of the year? Same with SNORE, SCORE and BITD.
Do I think PRO series organizations are good? YES, but, I do think it is going the wrong way and bad for the sport. If every series picks a different series to race for each race, all Promoters will be hurting. Now I don't know about you but I love going to the races and seeing LOTS of race cars tearing it up, but at this rate, we are all stuck watching 80-120 cars TOTAL instead of 300-400 cars at EVERY race. If the promoters don't make money, there is no reason for them to be out there.
I guess having 20 different race promoters doesn't help either. If desert racing is going to servive and get exposure again like it did, we need to have ONE serious series everyone wants to race. Does that mean that every other series drops off the face of the earth? NOPE. just like NASCAR or CART, there are plenty of series that are stepping stones to the big series.....Carting, Toyota Atlantic, BUSCH, Winston west etc.
300-400 cars at the Vegas to Reno, Baja 1000, SNORE 250 or even Rocky Point would stur up some excitement...don't you think?
I say, get ALL parties together and work witht the promoters you think can get the job done. THEN, pick the promoter that would best represent Off Road racing and race that series. There would still be plenty of people that don't want to run the BIG SERIES and thats what the other series would be for. I'm looking at the big picture. I'm not trying to step on any toes, just giving my honest opinon.
Sorry about the "Novel" but I think this sport has a chance to get bigger than it ever has before.
Racers Only