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Originally Posted by PJ Wright
(Post 470539)
I know that when SOD announced this open engine rule before the 2016 season, there were a number of naysayers. Since they're sticking with it this year I presume it was fairly successful. How were the car counts? I'm guessing if most of the tracks were dry/slick that the 410's didn't have a big advantage. Was that the case? Or with the tire limits did track conditions really not matter that much?. I'm just curious. Thanks!:6:
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They averaged about 21 cars a race last year. I think that some guys were skeptical last year and stayed away. I think you will see similar or better numbers this year as a lot of questions were answered. Plus the other Michigan series, GLSS, is traveling more this year so some teams may opt to come back to SoD.
SoD does a lot to support racers. They gave out a pretty good points fund and incentives at the end of year. They are running mini series that pay out additional points funds. A few tracks have their own mini series with sod and the remaining tracks that only have one race are a part of a mini series together. That seems to be how they did it. Plus they offer a lot have a lot of contingencies and pay winners of heats. Sod is finding ways to reward guys other than just the 1500 to win.
As a few posts pointed out it seemed that 305, 360 and 410 seemed to be competitive. As stated not a lot of high power 410s in Michigan plus the tracks tend to be dry slick. The rules package seems to be a good marriage for Michigan. All of the races were won by 410 except 2 by a pretty stout 360 with a good driver. |
