Lock the top 4 in points from Thurs/Fri into the 1st 2 rows for Sat

Sat use points totals from Thurs/Fri in place of qualifting times

Rest of the field runs heats based on points totals inverting top 6 and taking top 4 to A

4 cars locked on Thurs/Fri in run dash for cash 4 laps paying 500, 250, 150, 100, They start the feature in the order they finnish the dash.

Lightning Sprint Feature

Run C main, Top 2 transfer

Run B main, Top 4 transfer

Run A main lining everyone up by Thurs/Fri points total behind the 4 locked in.

Spridge, the whole problem stems from them not racing regularly. Once a month isn't going to cut it for drivers, car owners & especially fans. The thing that's seperates them from Indiana, Central PA or other sprintcar hotbeds is frequency. Out of sight is out of mind for all involved or should I say not involved. How can you build a fan base without a consistent product. This is the same problem ARDC faces in PA. They have a tremendous product, but they don't have a home track or consistent schedule to showcase their racing. Without that it's impossible build a fan base and without a fan base how do you get sponsors and others to help grow the series? The answer is you don't.

I do agree with you, if someone doesn't step up to the plate to help fill CRA dates, they will be nothing more than a memory to many of us and a trivia question for others in a few years. I hate to see that happening, but it looks like that's the way they're heading with Perris cutting back even more races next year.

Truly a shame!

What has affected and caused the decline of 410 Sprint Car racing in California more than anything else over the past 20 years has been the growth of 360 racing. Twenty years ago if you wanted to race a Sprint Car out here you bacisally had one way to go. 410 with CRA. Santa Maria also had a track series. The IMCA Series and the Bandit Series (1995) came on the scene and gave an alternative to drivers who could not afford or who did not want to race 410s. At the time, those series' had minimial affect. VRA started their own deal in 2000 and it has developed a great following of owners and drivers. The Bandit Series merged with Santa Maria a couple years ago and this year became the USAC West Coast 360 series. It proved to be a hit as well. It gives drivers and owners an alternative to race in a less expensive series. Who can blame the ones who choose to do so? For most of them it is cheaper and closer to their home bases.

On the promotional front, who can blame promoters who want to run 360s out here as opposed to 410s? There is a huge difference in the size of the purse. The bump in the size of the crowd is usually minimal (if any) and as they (the promoters) will tell you it does not justify paying an increased purse. You cannot blame them either.

Indeed, 410 Sprint Car racing on the West Coast is on life support.