PVS and LVMS need to stop competing

[goat roper]

If the Pahrump race schedule is dependent upon what the IMCA allows, I think that is a poor choice. The mods used to be the premier class there, but not now. Only a few showed up at the last race. As I remember, only 3 finished the main. I was going to check the results to be sure, but they haven't been posted yet. There were 9 Bombers there, and very likely would have been a couple more, if it were not for the conflicting race schedule. They also had quite a few ministocks.

theaxeman,

Pahrump had been running daytime races up until the race on May 1st. That race had also been scheduled as a daytime race until it was changed to a night race on the Tuesday before the race. May 1st was hardly the heat of the summer this year. I'm not sure when that is going to be this year, maybe next week.

Verne

[Dan Fitzgerald]

You guys are right to some degree, IMCA does determine what dates can be IMCA sanctioned. However Chad still has dates on his schedule that are not IMCA sanctioned and IMCA does not control these dates. The only sanctioned dates were and are 1/9, 1/23, 2/13, 2/27, 4/24, 5/8, 5/22, 7/3, 8/7, and 9/25. When IMCA gave out dates, they gave them to Mohave first, then Death Valley, and then Pahrump. Pahrump only got 10. However Pahrump was scheduling opposite of Death Valley when originally scheduling as those two are very close and compete for cars in all divisions.

The daytime races were great in that they were over with in time for us to all do something else on Saturday night. However, for a few of the divisions they were tough on tires. Mods were always run last and most of the mods, fast or slow, went through at least 1 rear tire a race as the track became so hard, dry, and abrasive during the day. Tires are $110 each and it's hard to keep up wth that cost. Several of us were happy to see the night time events start.

The bombers are in a unique position to be able to run on both dirt and pavement without much of a transition, the other cars cannot. LVMS doesn't have a mini stock class, the Chargers are much different than the street stocks, and the mods require lots of changes, including tires, to run on the pavement.

Maybe the Pahrump schedule should have been revamped after Death Valley decided to close for the season so that the Bombers could have run more races or at more convenient times. They are a great group of guys who certainly love to race and put on a great show.

I don't know that Chad purposely competed with LVMS, he was doing what was right by scheduling opposite of his biggest competition for cars, Death Valley Raceway.

Just my $0.02
Dan Fitzgerald

PS Pahrump has had mod counts of 8, 9 and 6 the last few races. Mohave has had 9, 7, and 7. Just a product of the economy and the cost to run these cars these days. People are doing what they can.

[goat roper]

Dan,

Thanks for the info, and your insider viewpoint. Since DVR isn't running this year, how difficult do you think it would be for Chad to amend the schedule, so that he isn't competing with the Bullring for the spectators and Bombers? Wouldn't Mohave's race dates be the only other ones for him to avoid? People probably won't be traveling very much this year, except for the special events, so I doubt that schedule conflicts with tracks other than Mohave's would be a problem. Do you see any problems for the racers, if Chad were to change the schedule now?

My interest in the daytime races was mainly a selfish one. I was going to try to go to the Pahrump race, and then jam on back to Vegas to go to the race at the Bullring. Tires are definitely an issue. Daytime races are also good for keeping spectators from freezing to death, sometimes.

Dan, thanks for coming out. I'm glad you could make it!

Verne

[goat roper]

So, I just looked at the schedules and found out that Mohave, Pahrump, and the Bullring are all running on June 5th and 19th. What is wrong with somebody running on the 12th? That's stupid.

Verne

[Dan Fitzgerald]

You're right, all three run on the 5th and all 3 run again on the 19th. Mohave normally goes every other week, but this year skipped a week in May and that threw things off. With the Summer Break at MVR it looks like there are just a couple of dates with a conflict after these two upcoming dates, one with MVR/PVS and one with MVR/LVMS. Mohave is only in the equation for modified scheduling with PVS, whereas Pahrump and LVMS are tied together for the bombers. LVMS and MVR really don't hurt each other scheduling against each other car wise, but possibly fan-wise.

After the June 5 & June 19 over-scheduling the rest looks pretty good:

MVR: 8/21, 9/4, 9/18, 10/2, 10/16, 10/30
PVS: 7/3, 7/24, 8/7, 8/21, 9/4, 9/25, 10/9, 10/23, 11/6, 11/20
LVMS: 7/1, 8/14, 8/28, 9/11, 9/24, 10/2, 11/5, 11/6 (no bombers).

In the long run I doubt that LVMS would change its schedule as it is a large organization, so I say it would be easier for the others to do so.

Have fun wherever you end up! Dan

[wayfast01]

Well at least for most JUly forward they were smart enough not to schedule on top of one another......I actually will now be able to make it out to Pahrump to watch some races now.....