Frye Racing
Active Member
Just wanted to get the word out to try and help out the attempt to resurrect Class 7/7200 in the States and see if others may be able to help as well.
So far this year we have had some decent success with turnout at SNORE races. Much better than we had anticipated. More entries than we have seen in years. SNORE making the most sense due to their entry fees and willingness to work with us and allow a place to give this experiment a try.
The intent was to revive the older trucks and expand what racers think is a class 7/7200 truck. Some may not agree with what we have done but that is fine. Positive input is always welcome.
SNORE was gracious enough to adjust their rules to favor older trucks. The main rules are V6 (NA or forced induction (after market is fine)) or smaller (meaning a 4 cylinder is good, NA or forced induction), no tagging or spec engine needed. 87" width, but we could look at making exceptions and even change this rule if there was an old truck that needed it to race. And a 5 speed transmission max. That is basically it.
So class 7s, 6000, some 2000s, TL, 7, 7200, some 600 trucks, some prerunners, 3000 trucks, etc. can all come out and race SNORE Class 7/7200 and many have already started to. And with the current rules they can be competitive. Essentially we have merged a couple of limited classes that have been hurting for entries, that are similar in speed and race times, into a catch all class.
Again the intent was to get back to the original budget minded limited class intent and bring out the many older trucks that have been parked not being competitive anymore. I am sure some of the newer trucks will not be happy they don't meet these rules, but the class was essentially dead and we needed to do something to revive it within the confines of the current rule structure and not create another new class. So the needs and wants of the many took precedence. We looked at some of the other Baja organizations that have had success bringing out class 7 trucks and thought we needed to do something different in the Sates to do better as well.
I have reached out to the racers I could find, but I am sure there are many others with old trucks not thinking about the option of changing classes and racing again. So if you know someone with a race truck please spread the word. I am happy to help in anyway.
So far this year we have had some decent success with turnout at SNORE races. Much better than we had anticipated. More entries than we have seen in years. SNORE making the most sense due to their entry fees and willingness to work with us and allow a place to give this experiment a try.
The intent was to revive the older trucks and expand what racers think is a class 7/7200 truck. Some may not agree with what we have done but that is fine. Positive input is always welcome.
SNORE was gracious enough to adjust their rules to favor older trucks. The main rules are V6 (NA or forced induction (after market is fine)) or smaller (meaning a 4 cylinder is good, NA or forced induction), no tagging or spec engine needed. 87" width, but we could look at making exceptions and even change this rule if there was an old truck that needed it to race. And a 5 speed transmission max. That is basically it.
So class 7s, 6000, some 2000s, TL, 7, 7200, some 600 trucks, some prerunners, 3000 trucks, etc. can all come out and race SNORE Class 7/7200 and many have already started to. And with the current rules they can be competitive. Essentially we have merged a couple of limited classes that have been hurting for entries, that are similar in speed and race times, into a catch all class.
Again the intent was to get back to the original budget minded limited class intent and bring out the many older trucks that have been parked not being competitive anymore. I am sure some of the newer trucks will not be happy they don't meet these rules, but the class was essentially dead and we needed to do something to revive it within the confines of the current rule structure and not create another new class. So the needs and wants of the many took precedence. We looked at some of the other Baja organizations that have had success bringing out class 7 trucks and thought we needed to do something different in the Sates to do better as well.
I have reached out to the racers I could find, but I am sure there are many others with old trucks not thinking about the option of changing classes and racing again. So if you know someone with a race truck please spread the word. I am happy to help in anyway.
