Forum: HoseHeads Sprint Car General Forum (go)
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# of classes don't matter. it all comes down to running a timely show.

Give the support classes a timeline (6 minutes per race period), and stick to it. If the drivers keep wrecking into each other or spinning out, too bad, times up and the checker flies. this also makes the racers more respectful toward one another as they won't beat and bang as much because if they spin out, they may end up in the B or at the back of the A.

As much as it pains me to say it, some of the IMCA tracks have it figured out already, they start at the advertised time, use a time limit on heats (and features), and get the show done by 10:00 (or before) to get KIDS in the pits to see the cars.

Promoters have to rely on the back gate, especially for weekly racing when they're generally not going to pack the place. From a promoter's standpoint a couple of entry classes like Pure Stocks and Hornets are great. They bring in as much revenue at the back gate as the headliners but their purse doesn't put much of a dent in the promoter's bottom line. Those entry classes are going to be local so they're going to bring a lot of friends and relatives to the front gate. Those are the kinds of weekly shows we see here in the upper Midwest. The specials are a different story, they'll limit the support classes but back gate promoting is here to stay on the regular race nights. I remember when I was a kid and they'd run one class afternoon Sprint Car shows at the Minnesota State Fair in front of 20,000 people. Those days are long gone.

I owned a business for 42 years with no vacations and worked 50 plus hrs a week. We went to almost every Knoxville race for 22 years. Sprint car racing was my way of relaxing, and it took my mind off of problems at work,I own a sprint car .