HybridMT

Just a heads up for 2012... after the racer dinner meeting last Saturday night, the general consensus is FWD racers would rather still stick to racing other FWD cars only. However, for next year, anyone still running on 26" tires will have to race in the FIP class with the A/RWD cars... A2W and 72 still OK for the FWD class, just going to be a 25" tire limit. Regular IFO racers ONLY, feel free to post your opinions on this change. Internet sh*t talking/whinny e-racers, keep out!

Also, due to the outstanding racer support and spectator turnouts, payouts are going up again! This will start mid season after the last May, 2011 event... same low, $25 entry fee at most all locations...

FWD Q8 - $1000 1st, $400 r/u, $100 semi, $100 semi
FIP Q8 - $800 1st, $300 r/u, $100 semi, $100 semi
AMP Q4 - $500 1st, $200 r/u
FIS Q16 - $300 1st, $100 r/u, $50 semi, $50 semi
AMS Q4 - $200 1st, $100 r/u
OL Q4 - $350, $150 r/u
BR - $150, $50

hello1320

RIP FWD outlaw

MARC P

^It just means outlaw cars are racing with FIP, which are faster cars.


Awesome cliff!!!!!


Thanks for the support

Marc P

turbo-crx

Should be better racing mixing those two together!

pellis90

By the racers for the racers !!!!

nonvtecallmotor

Damnit Cliff!!! Change the payout a week after I win the race.





J/K

turbo-2nr

x2 good change should make things more competitive for classes
and every one likes more money lol

1qkfodo

thanks cliff !!! everything looks good.

SPOOLINmatt

you just had to change the payout AFTER montgomery one. oh well...still a few other IFO's to attend after the may one. Sounds good cliff. Small changes at a time rather than rewriting the whole damn book. Let me know if you still need backup support for tech and stuff at events.

JJsMotorsports

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We can still run on 25s and make some fun runs, Next year!
Thanks for letting the class stay like it is for the rest of this season, Cliff!

turbotypeR@SPEC

Wow! So much for my build.

tony1

What happened to this?


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Re: How do we level the playing grounds??
Big class - 72mm/a2w/26" limit for FWD - 80mm/28" limit for R/AWD - $1200/$500/$150/$150
Medium class - 62mm/a2a/24.5 limit for FWD - 67mm/26" limit for R/AWD - $400/$200
Little class - Same as Medium class but full interior/tags/reg/dot tires for A/RWD rqd - $200/$100
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I think it's fine if you want to move the faster cars up, but the payout shouldn't be cut at the same time.

htx_jr.95eg

Lol yup same here oh well...

HybridMT

the majority, esp the regulars, do not want.

at least the 26ers still have a class AND competitive in!

tony1

There are quite a few cars with 26's and a very very small percentage of them are running more than a few tenths faster than the rest of the class. I think separating the class is foolish at this point.

HybridMT

maybe you 26ers who have been missing/broke for so long will be around more after going back to 24.5? ;-)

HybridMT

26ers can still run the 26ers, not banning them completely, just making them race FIP.

PRO1

cool deal, ill b at VA

tony1

Cause they're not winning anymore....

Max has won the last two events. He tries harder than anyone I know at these IFO events right now. He is winning because he wants it and he's busting his ***. Now the 'regulars' aren't winning and it's a problem.

You can only sit by and not try to go faster for so long before someone who is going to try starts winning.

HybridMT

basically, yeh.

26ers can pick on the a/rwd guys now instead of the 24/25ers.

turbotypeR@SPEC

I like running the FWD class and have for years. I have been working a long time trying to make my stuff as fast as possible within the rules. I have been out of it for over a year now just to step my game up and be competitive. I don't want to run FIP, so now all this time I have spent is for nothing because a "regular" is crying?

HybridMT

not A regular, most ALL of them... the ones we see competing and supporting the events, race after race, year after year, all over their regions, sometimes never even winning.

Of course the few 26ers are not going to like, but majority rules, sorry. Again, yall can still race in FIP against eact other instead of running against the smaller guys.

tony1

Fine, bump the payout in FIP to match FWD. Doesn't seem like too much to ask.

You know it's the faster cars that bring in the crowds.

HybridMT

yep, most likely will actually. We'll see how it goes. If the rest of the season goes as good as it's been going so far, most definitely!

85mmek9

I agree 100% with you and Tony, I have been building mine as well and because of a 1'' tire diff I have to run in FIP? Give me a break, may as well build a rwd now lol