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fuel749:
There's quite a bit of nostalgia racing around actually. The issue I see is that all these small nostalgia racing organizations have their classes and rule structures just enough different that it can be a perceived as a pain to run with a different group than the one you run with now. Part of the reason for that problem is the racers themselves, who generally want a class that fits their car as opposed to making their car fit a class. (Sometimes the creator of a group does the same thing)

If all these groups could get together and agree to follow a common rule package things would be much better in my opinion.  NHRA heritage series rules would be a great place to start as far as I'm concerned. If that was the case I could run all over the east coast and midwest if I wanted and also make it to both reunions if I wanted, all without trying to adapt to a different class everywhere I went.

afaulk:
That would be great if everyone could agree on a set of rules for heads up racing. All this Index racing that everyone is doing is really just a bracket race with everyone having the same dial in. Competition it is, Racing it is not.  We nostalgia racers are so spread out that its pretty hard to get together.

fuel749:

--- Quote from: afaulk on November 27, 2017, 09:06:01 AM ---That would be great if everyone could agree on a set of rules for heads up racing. All this Index racing that everyone is doing is really just a bracket race with everyone having the same dial in. Competition it is, Racing it is not.  We nostalgia racers are so spread out that its pretty hard to get together.

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Heads up racing is great, but racers being racers will drive the cost up no matter what. There would have to be an absolute stranglehold on the rules to keep costs in check. To the point of one guy building the engines and transmissions and renting them to racers at each event. Or you need a very serious tech crew to keep everybody in line. It all costs money that will get passed on to the racer. Index racing is a great way to race on a budget and it's pretty challenging to boot.

Everybody (including me) wants to race heads up but its just not feasible for most.

GlennLever:

--- Quote from: fuel749 on November 27, 2017, 09:52:16 AM ---
--- Quote from: afaulk on November 27, 2017, 09:06:01 AM ---That would be great if everyone could agree on a set of rules for heads up racing. All this Index racing that everyone is doing is really just a bracket race with everyone having the same dial in. Competition it is, Racing it is not.  We nostalgia racers are so spread out that its pretty hard to get together.

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Heads up racing is great, but racers being racers will drive the cost up no matter what. There would have to be an absolute stranglehold on the rules to keep costs in check. To the point of one guy building the engines and transmissions and renting them to racers at each event. Or you need a very serious tech crew to keep everybody in line. It all costs money that will get passed on to the racer. Index racing is a great way to race on a budget and it's pretty challenging to boot.

Everybody (including me) wants to race heads up but its just not feasible for most.

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I saw once a long time ago a race series that had a rule that said that after a race anyone could come up to you and purchase your race vehicle for X amount of dollars. If say that amount was $15,000 racers would be reluctant to invest any more that that in a vehicle and would keep costs of racing down and make heads up racing possible without someone spending $30,000 to beat everyone.

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