Entry Fee and Prize Money!!!

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All SQ competitors please reply......
Would you be willing to pay an additional 100.00 per entry fee and that 100.00 dollars go toward prize money? All the money could go into a single pot and then divided evenly amoungst 1st through 3rd in each class.... I understand some classes are larger than others, but this is for the greter picture....

16 yes and 7 no....
that would have 16 people going after there peice of 1600.00 dollars... I like it!

Okay, I have thought about this and it is a great idea for the higher classes. Advanced and up. I wouldn't throw this in with the the Basic and Intermediate classes. It may give the opposite affect. People in the upper classes typically can afford to either build or have built cars with expensive/nice equipment. A lot of the lower classes are budget type people who might not be willing to spend the extra cash. Hell, if this is the case I may come back and give Sketoe a run for his money!!!


BTW, I voted Yes!

dlechner wrote:

Okay, I have thought about this and it is a great idea for the higher classes. Advanced and up. I wouldn't throw this in with the the Basic and Intermediate classes. It may give the opposite affect. People in the upper classes typically can afford to either build or have built cars with expensive/nice equipment. A lot of the lower classes are budget type people who might not be willing to spend the extra cash. Hell, if this is the case I may come back and give Sketoe a run for his money!!!


BTW, I voted Yes!

As a member of the Intermediate group...I would be honored to go up against some of the tougher cars in the sport. So 100 bucks would be a small price to pay to play.

But make it voluntary and you might see more intro and intermediate join in the fray.

I too was in the Intermediate group. Money in the Advanced group would make me interested in returning to competition.

Ok. So let it be written, so let it be done!


We WILL offer the opt in $100 for prize money in SQ. May offer it in SPL as well!

Done.

All the SQ classes or just Adv and Expert?

btw...I'm virtually standing on my chair and clapping!

So I wonder who all will move out of the Intermediate classes for this...and who will come out of the wood work at finals....heh

it's gonna be a par-tay in Advanced Pro!

Oh, so now you're moving up?

Hmmm.....................? INTERESTING!!!!! I like it!

Lou is gonna move up to consumer advanced.

I've decided to create my new class and call it inbetween advanced. LOL

Chris's Studio Civic wrote:

Lou is gonna move up to consumer advanced.

Oh really?

What you need lou is one more car!

This is Awesome,,, anyone who want to play for money can, and the people that do want to play for money can still play for a trophy... AWESOME USACi !!!!

17 yes
7 no

Chris's Studio Civic wrote:

What you need lou is one more car!

Uh... no. 6 is more then enough. Actually it is kinda crazy.

I went through 8 cars last year...screw insurance and screw registration on that. LOL

My question is this: what if we didnt' qualify for Finals, can we still compete in the money round with our 100 bucks, or, would it be something like

Competiting at USACi finals : just pay $100
non compete at finals : just pay 125

thoughts?

nah...got to be a World Finals entry...must have an invite. If a region is chosen as an easy point curve that is up to Ralph because he knows the shows in the area.
It looks like it is 125-150 for finals entry plus the 100 for the prize money pot. that's how the poll is worded.

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Jan Bennett"]I would say #1 being slicks. AFAIK Slicks aren't street legal...

Now if you got some street tires for the car, it would be a different story...lol

I carry the street tires and wiper in the trailer in case I want to go driving on the street. The car shows better with the slicks and witohout the wiper.

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I'll also point out that the rules state that it has to pass a Federal DOT inspection, NOT a state inspection. That's something that has been overlooked for at least the past few years.

However, having said that, finding someone to actually do the Federal DOT inspection is a different story.

Ahhh.... Going to play the Fed Inspection card... You, and almost every competitor in the lanes won't like the answer either.

I know a couple of federal inspectors. They are with the Tulsa PD and the OHP, and had to look the car over during the street legal certification process. Yea, there is no annual Oklahoma state inspection, but any time you want to make a car street legal that hasn't been previously certified to be on the street... It's a very long process... Lots of paperwork, numerous inspections along the way, etc.

I promise you, if you have modified any of the metal in the car in any way (kick panel speaker cut thru into the cavity behind it, drilling holes in the metal structure, etc), defeated or changed any of the safety items in any way (airbag, dash padding, etc), installed any item that restricts the viewing area out of the windows (A-pillar speakers, etc), permanently mounted anything in teh passenger compartment of the car, which includes the hatch area (amp racks, speaker boxes, etc)... The car will not pass a federal safety inspection.

So, if anyone wants to bring out a Federal Inspector for the verification process at Finals, let me know. We'll have the biggest Expert Class ever!!!

I know what the rulebook says, but this is an un-enforceable rule in the real World...

The only reason I would legally need a DOT inspection and safety certification would be if I were going into production to build more than a few cars a year.

Besides, in an accident involving any of the cars in the competition lanes (SQ or SPL), I'd rather be in my car than anyone else's.


Mark Eldridge

me too!

I say we form Team Oklahoma.
Between, Mark, Chris, Rob, Me, we could possibly take at least 4 of the classes available!

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Ahhh.... Going to play the Fed Inspection card... You, and almost every competitor in the lanes won't like the answer either.

That's why I mentioned it... It's a small area of the rule book that people have overlooked (Judges, installers, and competitor alike). As we've mentioned before, we have an interest in building an expert car. So it's no skin off of our backs. It's all of the others out there that would be turned on their heads...

Either way, it still places your car in the expert class.

Along with a lot of others.

jsketoe wrote:

I went through 8 cars last year...screw insurance and screw registration on that. LOL

No, you went through 8 cars. I right now own 6 cars. 2 people (and a baby) in a 1 story house with 5 cars in the driveway. Don't talk to me about insurance.

I got 2 kids, own a transportation business, and had a revolving 4 cars last year pretty much 1-3 quarter. Yeah...I know insurance. We are totally in the wrong business. Our ins co gets about 7 figures.

I have an interest in going to the moon, but when am i gonna do it?

LOL

08 Chevy Suburban
09 Chevy Civic
97 Chevy 1500
2001 Ford F350
82 Buick Regal
87 Buick Regal Grand National
87 Chevy Suburban

I am insurance poor too,,, ouch!

Edited for mutual respect....