Claim Rule

[rhinoracing11]

Why dont tracks live and die by the claim rule?Motor claim header claim shock claim etc etc.tooo much claim this that,make it simple.
Read any rule book and they say....You must be at the flag stand after checker flag with 500$ along with a hand written letter from your parents on and on you get my point.
Enforcing the rules is costly no doubt.Racers can police themselfs, NO?
I saw a pure stock for sale that races at NSS and a winning car at that, up for 8000.00 well in my day they were called Bombers and had a ton racing.
If that isnt a sign that racing in central Fl is out of control then I dont know what is.Not saying his car is not worth it or he didnt take advantage of the rules,but guys like me just cant drop that type of mula,,,
Rob

[Dana Barlow]

Enforcing the rules,thats every thing to good car count and show,but the rules need to be enforcible the way there are put down in a book. Racers can not police themselfs,thats a fox in the hen house,a track must do that by checking the top 3 at the lest,or any runaway car,but they don't wish to,cuz it cost them time and $ ,yet in the end it cost the track car count and by that there show.
Claim rule is only good when use by the track,inpected to be right ,then motor sold to or given as prize to someone other then the same team it came from,and should be # stamped.
What happens a lot with claimer is guy that can aford to get big HP and have his motor taken,build yet another over and over, wins most when there not checked and if wrong gets DQ for a long time set down vs just letting team just keep cheeting. There more I could say,by thats the base. Claim rule cost is often set too high as well to keep you from doing it.

[andre]

How about this:

Looks at what's being done around the country and works great and do the same.

The wheel has been invented, no need to reinvent it again.

One thing that has been proven over and over again about rules: the thinner the rule book, the more cars you have. Look at all the most populated and popular oval racing classes in North America, and compare.

[luke81]

Why dont tracks live and die by the claim rule?

Claim rules are great in theory, terrible in reality. Nobody really wants to be "that guy" that claimed engine or shocks or whatever. There are a lot of friendships within local racing. I want the guys I'm friends with to be legal, but I'm not going to claim their stuff either.

[meangreen]

Claim rules work best in entry level type classes where spending needs to be kept down to a reasonable level. Tracks must be willing to enforce the rules equally on everyone, though, and favoritism usually overides fairness. I have raced on tracks in the midwest and here in Florida and there are always track favorites who are allowed to bend the rules to their own advantage...

I believe the easiest way to equalize cars is with tires, fuel, and delivery. Put cars on 60-series street tires on 7-inch-wide rims and limit them to 350 CFM carbs and 87 octane gasoline. You could put Mini Stocks, Bombers, Sportsman, and Limited Late Models all together and they'd all be competitive. If you can't put the horsepower to the ground, it does no good to have it. Therefore - cheap racing. Also, carb, fuel, and tire rules are easy to police and enforce.

Low car counts are the result of too many classes and rules that allow runaway costs.