Rules to Save Late Models.

[T-MAC 39 FAN]

Has anyone seen the new SLM WoO 2022 rules? Not that I will need to follow them...

I've been trying to get my low buck SLM together for three years... between surguries, two heart attacks and a lack of $$$ it's been tough. But 2022 will be the year. I have the roof and panels that I got with the car circa 2008... that's what I will be reusing. I'll update the nose and spoiler. Try to make the car look like a car not a C clamp running down the straight.

Add my home built 388 iron motor, an ancient Bert transmission and my pieced together Frankland mag rear and I'm ready to fly. Had to buy a used containment seat and a neck restraint to meet new rules...

I don't care if it looks out of date...

Good for you krooser hope u get er done this yr. Good luck!

[latemodelman]

Krooser hope you kick butt. Also would be nice to not see the C shaped cars

[Pennsboro32]

We can talk about applying rules/cutting costs until we’re blue in the face but until someone actually gets serious about this stuff instead of just talking about it, it don’t matter.

[dirt farmer]

Pennsboro32 hit the nail on the head, till the big series take a stand ant nothing going change. Just my opinion but when they do then the tracks will get behind them and do something on the local level.

[dirtcrazy4u]

Name a time when anyone saw a cost reduction in the sport ? Enough said.

[fastford]

we already have a ton of limited late model classes , and when i say limited , i am including crate classes as well ( BTW this was there intent to start with , a affordable late model ) I say let super late models be super late models , less rules the better.....

[Buford.Justice]

I would like to see three classes of eighty cars, not eight classes of eighty cars....

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

we already have a ton of limited late model classes , and when i say limited , i am including crate classes as well ( BTW this was there intent to start with , a affordable late model ) I say let super late models be super late models , less rules the better.....

Keeping them looking the same wouldn't have made them less "super". All classes need a basic framework of what the class is. And aero ruins all racing.

[Krooser]

Krooser hope you kick butt. Also would be nice to not see the C shaped cars

In the last 10 months Ive had a new knee installed, two widowmaker heart attacks, a $28,470 Flight for Life chopper ride and a shoulder replacement plus minor back surgery.

Racing will help me relax.

Ill be 73 when the next season starts. Havent been behind the wheel since coming back from running the old IMCA Florida series during Speedweeks 1987. But I have a better car and better engine than I ever had before ( except for my Holman Moody 427 in '72).

Let the games begin...

[fastford]

Keeping them looking the same wouldn't have made them less "super". All classes need a basic framework of what the class is. And aero ruins all racing.

I will agree on the aero , I know you need basic rules , but instead of eliminating existing rules , maybe just dampen down new ideas , but dont eliminate them ,,,,,,

[84wedge]

What if the cars had no spoilers? That's a pretty cheap and easy rule change.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

I will agree on the aero , I know you need basic rules , but instead of eliminating existing rules , maybe just dampen down new ideas , but dont eliminate them ,,,,,,

We probably aren't that far apart on our thinking.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

What if the cars had no spoilers? That's a pretty cheap and easy rule change.

Back before we hiked the cars to the moon, I tried that. It was a pretty big difference on a small track. Today, it would slow the cars a ton. And, I don't think that's a bad thing.

[Mike]

creating very restrictive rules on things like shocks and engines and those kinds of things does nothing more than either cost racers lots of money or continue the decline of competitors. Its not a lack of rules..its a lack of rule ENFORCEMENT. No one wants to be the bad guy but thats the problem.

I've been complaining about the lack of enforcement for over 10 years lol. They have let things slide so long now on a rare occasion when they actually enforce something it nearly causes a riot

[Mike]

The close ties of the sanctioning bodies to the car/part manufacturers will never allow anything to reduce costs.
It's honestly sad to say that the influx of the NASCAR dollar, while greatly increasing the exposure of the dirt world, has done nothing but harm.

I've been saying this for years. Those car/part manufactures get the money back they spend in series/track sponsorship 10 fold. They are never going to allow anything that would hurt their bottom dollar.

I've also said the same about the NASCAR dollar. Kenny Wallace will tell you there is no such thing as NASCAR money though. lol