rules advice for commercial drag strip
I race slot cars on the weekends at a great place, great bunch of guys
www.facebook.com/groups/HSARClub/
We found out that there are a number of diecast racing clubs in Houston racing "parking lot drag strips"
We want to attract them to the shop,
(and introduce people to scale slot car racing, too)
The goal is to run a friday night drag program and peoples choice diecast car show (poker chips in cans to vote for best car)
Walk in, pull a number pill to assign heats, race,
One of the members donated a maxx traxx drag strip.
We have built an elevated table, and done a lot of test/tuning on the track to make it smooth and fast.
We are currently developing the rules, and I have read thru many of the rules y'all post for races for ideas.
I would appreciate any feed back, and tips for running a program.
Rules:
entry fee $1 class 1-3
$2 for class 4
First Prize is 1/2 the pot in cash
The first is car classes. 4 classes of cars
1. RIO's
2. mod cars 60g and under
3. mod cars 61-101 g
4. 102+g (no upper limit)
all cars can run dry lube but must pass the paper test.
rub the car like tire sanding in white paper, must be clean, not make a mess from over graphited.
Cars 1-2 above glass and interior a must.
Class 3-4 black out ok.
retail wheels/axles plastic wheels only
so now at this point, I have lots of unknowns. how many cars can you run in a 3 hour period?
I was thinking 8 car min to make a race, but what would be the max to run (in each class)
eventually film the races, but first and formost is the race program.
please feel free to input anything that may help us
and I am going to make a billboard backdrop to advertise this site, and anyone's channels that want on it. I will do a seperate post for that, later.
Thank you to this community and what y'all have done
I have learned so much in a short period of time
dr
Discussion
Everything you've suggested sounds fine. Start with 16 cars - if you can do more, then try it. Entry fees are good for all. You may also want to consider ONLY running a particular class each time instead of mixing it up: Class 1 first week. Class 2 second week, etc. This would allow you to run more cars.
So, we are trying to hammer out rules for the "friday nite drags"
gettin' real close.
but, I was wondering, would the idea of a "bar band" aka a bunch of proxy cars that could also be run be of interest to y'all?
maybe something like a 20 race season run every other week?
2 car teams, primary and alt.
teams could swap cars in and out during it
just brainstorming,
but for the "racing public" to see race cars from people on the vids might be pretty cool
race against them even cooler
dr
Here is an example of our currently evolved rules
note the classes, they change every friday
it has worked very well so far
we have been "slinging brick and mortar" for 3/4 year so far
I shoot the vids, dump them raw to youtube
usually 6 consistant people, and usually a random family
you can do a family box, bring 8 cars, $10
we run them as a full race,
and hand the winner (usually a kid) $5 back
you should see their eyes
just givin' y'all an update, but the storefront raceway does seem to have possibilities
dr
I don't think fitting 60-100g of weight in a car while keeping the interior is feasible .