X3 on the classes. Idk why you guys are afraid of the bitd builds. They are just built out further for safety. Bitd or score wouldn't let you in there parking lot with a "stock" fuel tank.when our xp900 raced this year it retained the factory shock points when raced. Perkins car was ran with the new shocks and towers but its not a 1 off....give me a call I can sell you that kit off the shelf.
ISA came in and had a good idea. But in my opinion had some weird rules...personally I think more folks would have embraced it if it had not used some of the rules it did. 6-8 classes is too many. As mentioned pro 850-v pro 850-^ and sportsman is all thats needed.
one last thing I'll touch on. The current starting position choice is mind boggling to me. Both BITD &SCORE draw for starting order. It works great, each class has a draw. Each car leaves the line 1 at a time every 30 seconds. It works great. Lou's system for picking running order has made me scratch my head a dozen times. The big guys use it cause it works....why alter?
Got it! We get it! Any major change (if any) won't take place until January 2015.
Starting positions: We tried several options to see how they worked, including "qualifying" and it met with a 50/50 approval rate. We probably knew that going in.
For the PURE "200" coming up we plan to draw for starting positions after 6 p.m. on Thursday before the event. We will draw for starting positions BY CLASS with one vehicle leaving every 30-seconds.
I think this will meet with 90% approval.
BITD/SCORE: Love to have as many of the BITD-build as we can. That's why we have the Unlimited class (our trophy-truck version of it). That's what I would run if I was racing.
However, when we started our series we decided to make it available to ALL...the person who just bought one and wants to find out whether to race it or not, the persons with limited $$$ who still want to compete and of course the Pro racer who will try whatever and spend money doing it.
I think with our current classes we are getting closer to finding a spot for 99% of the racers.
For example:
1. We are thinking of eliminating Class 700 because I don't think we've had a single entry. So that class can be combined with the 850cc Class.
2. We need Sportsman 850 and 1000 only because it goes to the heart of what we have intended to do. Some racers feel they are not ready to go into the PRO Classes, not because they can't necessarily afford it but because they want to see what's going on and how much is it going to take for them to be competitive. Therefore the Sportsman Classes will remain.
3. We are combining for next year the Unlimited 2 & 4 into one where I believe the BITD/SCORE cars belong.
4. PRO 1000 will remain as it is currently.
You have to remember that we counted on someone else doing all the tech'ing for us this year. Now we are having to cram everything quickly before the next race which is the PURE "200" in June. So it's going to take a bit of a learning curve and a modicum amount of patience from you guys. But we'll get it right.
Ideally, when the Formula UTV International Rule Book comes out (in the next few weeks and before the "200"), racers can look it over and start submitting areas where they need to be refined, amended, made less nebulous or simply because they don't make sense. For 2015 we want to have a "kick-arse" rule book that the majority will race under.
A few people have said that since we are the "Farm Team" for BITD and SCORE we can afford to make mistakes, play around with the rules and be lenient.
I say "screw that!" We want to make our PURE UTV/SXS SERIES the "Premier" series in the country and have everyone racing with us because that's where the money is, the best coverage and notoriety can be obtained and the best racers race. Period.
Lou
