RTTH VII Rules/Ideas

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Having been around all sorts of racing,I can say this. When you start making classes and rules..it will ruin an event. I remember building a few spec class 10.5 drag cars and having to sell them to bracket racers or completely redoing the car because the rules changed from one year to the next. I heard someone say maybe we should add a weight limit,I dont think that works either. Wieght can be over come by horsepower. If you take a 3000 lb. car with 350 h.p. and put it up against a 4200 lb car with 650 h.p. the heavier car will win. I just used numbers and by no mean shave I figured out the power to wieght ratio,please done flame me..its an example. Then you could say " well I can only fit a 275/40/17 under my car so im not as competative as the guys running 335/35/18..they have more tread width....so that dont work. Then there is the Tread Wear issue..It has been said the more grip the car has..the faster it will get away from you. A 200 TW will let you know when its about to let loose on you,a 140 will not. (again I have no personal evidence of this)but it came from a stand up guy.



Like Ron said its cool to run with the fast guys.. I enjoyed baeting my Camaro at Road America..That was pretty damn cool for me even if I sucked at my lap times. These events are put on to bring Gear Heads together and to have a great time. Its to put some miles down on the cars we have slaved over building for months and years on end. Lets not loose sight of why these events are put on because as soon as we do..its lights out..
You want these events to end up like the Fastest Street Car Shoot outs? Where he who has the deepest pocket wins? So far this isnt that way. Sure there are some high dollar cars out there that will be faster than the rest..Its life. Look at any sporting event..theres always a few who will stand out among the rest. This is no different. But as long as we still have a good time and keep the rules at bay,we can keep enjoying ourselves.

Let give thanks to guys like Bill Howell,Yance Johns,Danny Thomas,Brian Finch,Albert Melchior for putting these events together for us,Let us thank guys/gals like Kyle and Stacey Tucker from Detriot Speed, Frank from Prodigy Customs,The guys at ForgeLine Wheels, Bret Vockel from ridetech,The Morrow family from Spectre,Jimi Day from FM3 marketing Cam Douglas from optima and the other who I am forgetting,for sponsoring these events. With out these guys we wouldnt have these events.

Greg "GT" Tholen