FNBADAZ06 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 I saw that Joe and CPR are sponsoring this event....anybody else attending or racing in this event ?http://www.streetcar-takeover.com/schedule/ I'm was thinking of entering the Daily Driver class, but you have to run 11.0 or slower. I wonder how competitive I would be in the Stick Shift Class ?-Current insurance card and registration (will be checked at tech in)-working lights, blinkers, horn-Any tire permitted-Factory appearing exterior, no altered vehicles-Factory appearing interior-Only open to factory 6 speed, 5 speed and 7 speed manual vehicles. No exceptions. No sequentialalterations are permitted-Vehicle must use factory style engine-Factory frame rails required. No tube chassis.-1/4 mile heads up-Pro Tree start-Must meet tracks safety requirements at tech in-Cross the center line, you’re out-Red light, you’re out-Clocks will be on and times shown-Must pay gate entry to race-$50 buy in money collected at drivers meeting-80% of buy in goes to winner and 20% goes to runner up-Pairings are done by drawing out of hat each round.-First name of pair drawn gets lane choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAMMER Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 BUT DO THEY LET CONVETAIBLES RUN?SLAMMER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FNBADAZ06 Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 Not sure,Slamma' ....maybe drop them an email and ask ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccaneer Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Sounds like...Street Outlaws. (grin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOXXOH Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Only open to factory 6 speed, 5 speed and 7 speed manual vehicles. No exceptions. No sequentialMaybe it's because manual trans cars wouldn't show up if automatics were allowed. Fear factor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe@cpr.com Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Very excited to be a part of bringing this amazing national tour event to PHX!!! Tom auto's are allowed, they just did a manual class if you want to enter that on it's own. You probably hate the king of the bakery class huh Or the grudge race no times shown class? My tech mario will be in that one and open call out to anyone that wants to run hehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unreal Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Still says have to meet track tech requirements. I'll probably be there watching, but no way my car meets tech requirements so no go for any racing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aAZZ Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 I'll be there hopefully racing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOXXOH Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Very excited to be a part of bringing this amazing national tour event to PHX!!! Tom auto's are allowed, they just did a manual class if you want to enter that on it's own. You probably hate the king of the bakery class huh Or the grudge race no times shown class? My tech mario will be in that one and open call out to anyone that wants to run hehe. I'm hoping you don't lose out on this event, but here's part of the problem.Amazingly, but certainly not unexpected, WHP doesn't show this event on their unbelievably crappy website. I've just about given up on drag racing in the Phoenix area.Over in the high rent district of the Bay area, they race a competitive program every Wed night in Sonoma $25 race/$10 watch or Sacramento $15/$7. Their website has lots of information and they draw 900-1200 racers and spectators at each place every week with a well run program.WHP runs a changing schedule, if at all, with little to no information on the website or from the bimbo who "might" answer the phone during weekdays. They now charge $40 for a free-for-all TnT on some Fri nights and $15 to watch it. They draw less than 100 on a poor night and maybe 200 on a good one. They have no program of their own whatsoever and totally rely on other groups to run a competition. Now that 5 & Diner bailed out because of the high cost, they're down to 7 sponsors, which the smaller performance shops can no longer afford either. Without the average Joe racer and regular programs, the overall interest will die and reveal itself as too few butts in the seats for the NHRA national event. Take a WAG as to which tracks are making money and which one treats it as a side-show attraction for the casino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unreal Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 SCT are huge and this will be huge, even if wildhorse doesn't say a thing about it. Already have tons of people driving and flying in from out of state. I'll be at the dyno event, BBQ, races, but if tech is strict, unless they have a "no tech" class not going to do any racing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOXXOH Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 SCT are huge and this will be huge, even if wildhorse doesn't say a thing about it. Already have tons of people driving and flying in from out of state. I'll be at the dyno event, BBQ, races, but if tech is strict, unless they have a "no tech" class not going to do any racing. My point was that WHP doesn't do anything themselves beyond open the gates and pretend that the Friday night drags is a real racing event. Raising the already high cost of a TnT has pushed out the spectator base that is the backbone of a track. If you have doubts about it, then look at the websites of the other tracks this event visits and look at their schedules and costs. WHP is a joke in the racing world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FNBADAZ06 Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 Joe said tech is going to be fairly "loose", given this is a track rental (?).My attendance has been complicated by an issue which was discovered during an inspection CPR did during the starter install. If all goes well, I'll try to compete in the Stick Shift class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe@cpr.com Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I won't be losing out on this these events bring thousands upon thousands of spectators to each one. And the people are the target audience I cater towards so it'll be good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FNBADAZ06 Posted August 25, 2015 Author Share Posted August 25, 2015 looks like it will be a cool event. Now, if we can get the car ready Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NachosZO6 Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 $40 to TnT? Holy crap. These guys are crazy.I'll show up to spectate since my drag pack won't be in by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unreal Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Thats normal wildhorse prices now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOXXOH Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Thats normal wildhorse prices now. And also why their attendance has gone down. If you don't go tonight or next Friday, the only other TnT before January will be twice in November. Since they jacked up the prices for the second time in two years, the attendance went down, so being the masters of business logic that they are, they cut back the times they were open. If it wasn't for Bondurant and a couple of NHRA races, the place would resemble Beeline. Putting any business on Indian or State owned land is a recipe for eventual disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aAZZ Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Bump! Tomorrow is Dyno Day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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