Old6rodder
11-01-2008, 11:52 AM
Howdy all,
The Hambster Herd's a group of HA/GR builders roughly in the SoCal and MidCal areas that've been e-mailing each other for a bit. We figure it'll work and spread better here.
Howdy gentlemen,
Methinks I may have an idea (for awhile now) about how we might run within an existing bracket class ('til the day we can paste together an HA/GR class), and next year we'll have enough cars to try it.
It isn't the "porch dog" or the "round robin" thing we want eventually but it might get us going in that direction within existing structures.
We select a suitable venue at whatever meet we're attending (such as open wheel bracket, at ANRA meets) Then, with the track's knowlege & help (or without'em if need be), we arrange to be staged together 'til there's only one of us left.
We can sell this as a little extra show interest, "HA/GR vs HA/GR" and have our own eliminations within theirs. The eventual winner then continues on in the bracket normally.
In that we aren't as consistent as most bracket racers today (except for Lee :cool:) this will also ensure seeing HA/GRs into subsequent rounds.
The show that Lee and I put on this way at the last ANRA meet was thoroughly enjoyed by the fans and was a blast for us. The announcer talked it up well and I believe it did a lot for our class.
We need to be seen racing together or the concept of an HA/GR class won't be conveyed. The result'll be folks thinking of it as no more than a cute bracket "sub-division".
Ideally the effect would be to hear someone ask "What the hell, is there an HA/GR class now?" at every meet we attend. To which we'd answer "Not yet, but we're working on it." or "To us there is." or some such.
What do you guys think?
I also have an idea for (and am willing to make) a "trophy" of sorts that'll reflect the class (humorously, of course) and be passed from winner to winner at subsequent meets. :D
The Hambster Herd's a group of HA/GR builders roughly in the SoCal and MidCal areas that've been e-mailing each other for a bit. We figure it'll work and spread better here.
Howdy gentlemen,
Methinks I may have an idea (for awhile now) about how we might run within an existing bracket class ('til the day we can paste together an HA/GR class), and next year we'll have enough cars to try it.
It isn't the "porch dog" or the "round robin" thing we want eventually but it might get us going in that direction within existing structures.
We select a suitable venue at whatever meet we're attending (such as open wheel bracket, at ANRA meets) Then, with the track's knowlege & help (or without'em if need be), we arrange to be staged together 'til there's only one of us left.
We can sell this as a little extra show interest, "HA/GR vs HA/GR" and have our own eliminations within theirs. The eventual winner then continues on in the bracket normally.
In that we aren't as consistent as most bracket racers today (except for Lee :cool:) this will also ensure seeing HA/GRs into subsequent rounds.
The show that Lee and I put on this way at the last ANRA meet was thoroughly enjoyed by the fans and was a blast for us. The announcer talked it up well and I believe it did a lot for our class.
We need to be seen racing together or the concept of an HA/GR class won't be conveyed. The result'll be folks thinking of it as no more than a cute bracket "sub-division".
Ideally the effect would be to hear someone ask "What the hell, is there an HA/GR class now?" at every meet we attend. To which we'd answer "Not yet, but we're working on it." or "To us there is." or some such.
What do you guys think?
I also have an idea for (and am willing to make) a "trophy" of sorts that'll reflect the class (humorously, of course) and be passed from winner to winner at subsequent meets. :D