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Post by Keith Tanaka on Jul 18, 2013 21:43:38 GMT -8
Here's the Hardbody Nats race schedule. This is the revised scheduled as of 7/22/13.Keith
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Post by Keith Tanaka on Jul 18, 2013 22:01:18 GMT -8
This year's Nats has some changes as far as the race schedule is concerned. The changes are: No Talladega Nights race. Hopefully, we can schedule a separate Talladega Nights race day sometime in the future. There's 2 80's NASCAR races scheduled, one for handicap and one for "no handicap". This gives everyone a shot at the podium. The "no" handicap race provides a regular race format without using handicap. '46-'56 class races together with stock 36D NASCARs although there are separate podiums for each class. No qualifying unless there are at least 13 entries. For races with 12 or less entries, lane choice will be a random drawing of lane colors with the first lane draw assigned to the first name on the sign-up sheet, 2nd color drawn assigned to the 2nd name on the sign-up sheet, etc. A scheduled "lunch break" each day, 45 min. lunch. Keith
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Post by craigg on Jul 18, 2013 23:29:52 GMT -8
I see no need for the handicap NASCAR race, it would be better to have separate races for the 36D and '46 to '56 cars. Now I have to decide which car to run in the combined race, I would like to race both cars.
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Post by hitecca on Jul 19, 2013 8:12:02 GMT -8
No Talladega Nights??? Why? That's my favorite class.
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Post by mkalelaw on Jul 19, 2013 21:21:29 GMT -8
Why break up the 80's NASCAR from the 1990 to 2013?
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Post by Keith Tanaka on Jul 19, 2013 21:31:05 GMT -8
Sorry to respond so slowly. Craig, Jim, unfortunately there's a limit as far as how many races we can run at the Nats without affecting some racers. Experience with these big races has shown that 3 races per day is the optimum schedule. The Talladega Nights race has dwindled in participation over the last several years. It was a big hit when it was first run about 5 years ago, but has steadily lost interest over the years mainly due to losing some key racers support. I personally like this race, but had to make the decision to separate it from the Nats and hopefully schedule someday a special race day just for this racing class. Racing on the King with hardbodies which are different than our other hardbody classes has proven to be difficult to attract participants. Who knows, maybe someday in the future we'll have enough interest in this class to add it to the Nats again. The new class ('46-'56) may be too new to have enough entries for a separate race. It would be best to have only races at the Nats with a full field (8 or more entries). The 1990-2013 class although over a year old still hasn't shown to be popular, probably because the 80's class is faster and has a larger support group of racers. I hope we have enough entries for the 1990-2013 race. It's not easy coming up with a race schedule for the Nats which satisfies everyone. No matter what we do, we'll always have some who are disappointed with the schedule (me included). The only solution to this is to have more hardbody racers at BP, but so far we haven't been successful in attracting very many new racers. Hopefully, the future will be brighter for hardbody racing, but so far it's been good enough to maintain the participation level we've had this last year. Keep in mind that I posted the Nats race schedule early to get feedback and it's possible we could change the race schedule if there's enough racers supporting a change. Keep the feedback coming as it helps us adjust as best we can to our hardbody racers desires. Keith
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Post by Keith Tanaka on Jul 19, 2013 21:38:32 GMT -8
Why break up the 80's NASCAR from the 1990 to 2013? Mike, mainly because the 80's NASCARs are much faster than the newer NASCARs due to the lighter weight bodies. The 2000-2013 bodies are much heavier than the 80's bodies. I like the look of the newer cars but they are not competitive with the 80's cars. The Nats are primarily focused on racing whereas our monthly races are primarily focused on fun. Being on the podium at the Nats usually means you are bettered prepared than others. The Nats are fun but with more emphasis on the podium (for most racers). Keith
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Post by Keith Tanaka on Jul 22, 2013 14:42:33 GMT -8
I just posted the "revised" Nats race schedule (see post #1). The revised schedule has these changes: 80's NASCAR races (separate handicap and scratch races) have been revised to a single race for 80's-2013 NASCARs with two podiums (one for scratch and one for handicap). The originally scheduled 90's-2013 race has been combined with the 80's NASCARs. '46-'56 NASCARs will be a separate race (first race on Saturday). Stock 36D NASCARS will be a separate race (last race on Sunday). Some racers have requested we have a GTP race on the King track. Currently, there is no D3 hardbody class for GTP, but it has been talked about for some time in the past. Because of the interest, there will be a "demonstration" GTP race on Saturday (last race of the day). This demo race will not have podium plaques as it is not a racing class in D3 hardbody, but could be in the future. The above changes were made in response to feedback provided by hardbody racers as well as taking in consideration the estimated level of participation in certain racing classes. Keith
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Post by hitecca on Aug 10, 2013 7:35:04 GMT -8
Keith, why did you separate stock 36d from the 46-56? Is there enough racers in each class to support 2 races? Oh well, looks like I'll sit the first race out. I'm already building 2 new cars and I'll be hard pressed to get those done much less adding a 3rd. I'll post some picks later this weekend. Jim
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Post by Keith Tanaka on Aug 10, 2013 9:39:53 GMT -8
Keith, why did you separate stock 36d from the 46-56? Is there enough racers in each class to support 2 races? Oh well, looks like I'll sit the first race out. I'm already building 2 new cars and I'll be hard pressed to get those done much less adding a 3rd. I'll post some picks later this weekend. Jim The 46-56 class has attracted enough racers to have a separate race from the stock 36D NASCARs. The old cars seem to have quite a few racers who want to race these early NASCARs. I have cars for both classes and wanted to race each separately rather than have to choose between one or the other if we only had one "mixed" race rather than two separate races. Keith
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Post by craigg on Aug 11, 2013 17:39:00 GMT -8
I agree with you Keith, I didn't want to have to choose.
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