[motorhead748]

Originally Posted by illiNOISE Please tell me you're being sarcastic here.

No sarcasm at all. I was serious.

[Dwight Clock]

Originally Posted by Kirk Spridgeon Honestly, if the number of sprint cars in Indiana are going up, how can it be getting more difficult to field one? Just what would be the point of this other division? Don't you think it would hurt that solid number of sprint cars in Indiana? Do you think it would really benefit the full sprint cars in the end?

Kirk, the point of all this would be to get young, interested, high school students involved in racing at a level that could be afforded by the limited number of sponsorship money they most likely would be able to come up with. It is not about simply starting a division. If the participation was not by the schools there would be no point in it.

[RacinFool]

I always thought the super sportsman in PA was a good "formula" Manuel steering, as well as limited rules on the engines. Its very competitive and has been a great starting point for some. And others who have stayed in it and made great careers for themselves....

[Kirk Spridgeon]

If this was something solely for the schools, then I couldn't see much wrong with it. But starting the thing is obviously the problem....as you duly noted.

I'm just not sure how getting it started and keeping it going would work without making it into one of these series that is so unattractive to me. I guess I'd need to hear some more on the idea....

BTW, there are a lot of younger people working on sprint car teams these days. They're just going for it and starting on the lowest rung. And I see a ton of kids every day attending the NASCAR Tech. Institute down here who want to work on Cup teams. There are a lot more people in that market than people think....

Originally Posted by Dwight Clock Kirk, the point of all this would be to get young, interested, high school students involved in racing at a level that could be afforded by the limited number of sponsorship money they most likely would be able to come up with. It is not about simply starting a division. If the participation was not by the schools there would be no point in it.

A sprint car team ran by high school kids funded with tax payers money this I have got to see. Here in Indianapolis drivers ed and gun safety classes should be high priorty

But say this did somehow happen....maybe the IHSAA would get involved and set up some conferances and have schools go head to head with each other which would lead to a state championship. I can see Speedway vs Brownsburg in the final race with Brownsburg winning by one positon. Running Nike tires on all four corners

[The Frolic]

Originally Posted by FOR4 A sprint car team ran by high school kids funded with tax payers money this I have got to see. Here in Indianapolis drivers ed and gun safety classes should be high priorty But say this did somehow happen....maybe the IHSAA would get involved and set up some conferances and have schools go head to head with each other which would lead to a state championship. I can see Speedway vs Brownsburg in the final race with Brownsburg winning by one positon. Running Nike tires on all four corners

Speedway and Brownsburg would be in different classes if IHSAA got hold of it.

[Dwight Clock]

Originally Posted by FOR4 A sprint car team ran by high school kids funded with tax payers money this I have got to see. Here in Indianapolis drivers ed and gun safety classes should be high priorty But say this did somehow happen....maybe the IHSAA would get involved and set up some conferances and have schools go head to head with each other which would lead to a state championship. I can see Speedway vs Brownsburg in the final race with Brownsburg winning by one positon. Running Nike tires on all four corners

Who said anything about taxpayer money? The money would come from sponsorships the kids and school officials worked together to get. Not one cent of taxpayer money.

[QUOTE=Dwight Clock;27161] "The money would come from sponsorships the kids and school officials worked together to get".

If did during school hours = tax payers money.

A better place for this program would be in the tech schools. I know around 1980 give or take a few years some students at IVY TECH in Indianapolis had a sprint car. They kept and worked on the car at the IVY TECH shop as part of their automotive service classes. In return IVY TECH was displayed in bold letters on the hood of the car. The students crewed the car at the track, not sure if the driver was a student or not.

What ever happen to Northwestern U. in Ohio. I thought they offered schooling in all things racing and even owned their own track?

Richard Murray

[Mud Packer]

Originally Posted by FOR4 A sprint car team ran by high school kids funded with tax payers money this I have got to see. Here in Indianapolis drivers ed and gun safety classes should be high priorty But say this did somehow happen....maybe the IHSAA would get involved and set up some conferances and have schools go head to head with each other which would lead to a state championship. I can see Speedway vs Brownsburg in the final race with Brownsburg winning by one positon. Running Nike tires on all four corners

In my opinion the IHSAA has more on their plate than they can handle at this point. No use even thinking that they could govern this with any success. Class sports damn near did them in.

I'm for it, only because Spridge is against it.