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Thu Jun 18, 2009 4:46PM

I want to address a couple issues that seem to be popping up on various forums. Once again the best place to find info about RC Pro is ON our site. If you don't understand something feel free to email me. Sometimes we may just have to agree to disagree but what irritates me are the people who say one thing to my face then talk out their &&& on the forums thinking I'll not know about it, if you don't have the balls to say it to my face then shut up.

Why did I start the Pro classes?

The majority of the Expert class C main and down never get any kind of recognition or notice. The Intermediate classes were able to get sponsorship and recognition before the lower main racers in expert. I like to see the Intermediate racers who do well and win division and national championships get recognition but the average racer in expert who is as fast or faster than the Intermediate racers should get the same recognition. So the idea for the Open and Pro classes began. The idea is to make a Pro class which everyone can aspire to race in that should exhibit the best racing in each division and nationally. This also brings RC in line with every other form of motorsports where you have to prove yourself before you can race in the top level class. This also makes an Open class for racers to be able to gain recognition and race longer mains and hopefully get a chance at sponsorships in the process. At some point the Intermediate class may go away but that is going to depend on racer entries. I realize the parameters for who should race in what class are not perfect and probably never will be depending on your point of view. The Pro's in most divisions have expressed a change in attitude during the races since now they feel they have to worry less about getting pounded from behind by someone driving over their head to keep up than in the past. A number of Open guys feel they should get to race with the Pro's like in the past and a number aren't taking the new classes for what they are designed to be as described above. Use it as a chance to win a division or national championship and get some recognition!
Why did you make the Great Lakes Division and not keep it as part of the Midwest? RC Pro has seen in past events in the previous Midwest division that the majority(80%) of the entries came from Indy to St. Louis even when the event was in Ohio. When the event was west of Indy only 3 or 4 of the Ohio racers actually made the trip. Money and distance were always sited as the reason the Ohio guys rarely went outside of their state. So the logic was to divide that division and make the distances less so maybe more of the racers in Ohio & Michigan would attend. It was also unfair to the other half of the Midwest division to be the ones that always traveled to all the races in Ohio or West Virginia when there wasn't the same reciprocation.
The same question (complaint) has come from the Northwest. I was told the last year that the West included the Northwest by most of the pro drivers they weren't going to the Northwest anymore for points races. Also none of the Northwest racers traveled to the Southwest for any points events. So as a preemptive strike the following year I split the West. Of course I'm blamed with the pro guys not going to the Northwest anymore because I didn't let it play out the way I was told it would.

What everyone has to realize is things are different than they have been in the past. We have a new breed of racer in RC now that won't travel 8-15 hours for an event like a lot of us used to. Just like it was normal to hold a large race on a holiday weekend in past years now racers are spending time with their families and don't go to races on holidays......... only the old school guys still do. Plus with the increase in gas prices last year and now the economy this year smaller divisions are the logical way to keep more people racing as a whole. Yes this may appear to dilute the events from the 200 or more entries in the past but I'm afraid if we still tried to do things the way we did even 3 years ago the turnout would be ½ what we were used to seeing because people can't afford to travel as much or as far now. The industry is having a tough time with tracks closing, racers losing jobs and companies scaling back to survive and adjustments have to be made. I don't pretend to have all the answers but the changes I have made in RC Pro are done to #1 try to improve the racing in general and specifically give more people a chance to get recognition than ever before and #2 try to help reduce travel costs by making the divisions smaller. Hopefully this will help explain the changes whether you agree with them or not.

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Updates

Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:20PM

I'm working on the updates and points and will try to get them posted ASAP. Sorry but life has interrupted my schedule the last 2 weeks along with driving to these events so I haven't had the time I normally have to do this stuff.

South Rd 2
I was promised by the track they would change the layout according to the RC Pro rules so those of you posting crap on the forums leave it alone until race day and let them do what they said they would do......... OK!

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South Rd 2

Thu Jun 11, 2009 8:12AM

I'm going to repost the contact info for South RD 2 since I have received several calls this week from people wanting to get in. The track takes the entries and manages the waiting list so I have no idea who is on a waiting lit or if there is one at this point so please contact Ginna. People who did not pay by the early entry date should have been replaced with people who were on the waiting list after the cut off date.

Originally posted april 29th.

We are at 201 on entries and we will be filling heats now for round 2.

Please contact Ginna at ghawthorne@cegx.net or ginnahawthorne@cox.net
Or by phone @ 405 286 6533 to enter now.

YOU MUST BE PAID BY JUNE 5TH TO KEEP YOUR SPOT. IF YOU PAY BUT CAN'T MAKE IT YOU MUST LET THE TRACK KNOW NO LESS THAN ONE WEEK BEFORE THE RACE TO GET A REFUND. WE WILL HAVE PEOPLE ON THE WAITING LIST WHO CAN MAKE IT AND IF YOU DON'T LET US KNOW YOU ARE KEEPING SOMEONE WHO COULD RACE FROM RACING.

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