One concept I've never quite understood is the idea of Chaos Cars as "moving up in the ranks" Race divisions don't have to serve as a feeder for anything else....sometimes they just are what they are...and in this case its just a lighthearted division meant to provide some fun and some laughs. Only thing it would really feed into, is perhaps running mini stox someplace else.
If you want to run enduro, you run enduro. If you want to run Super Stock you run Super Stock. You do whatever you can with what you have at your disposal. Sure, some guys see it as a ladder to be climbed, but I'd imagine most don't. Heck, even the top enduro guys have been doing it for so long that its doubtful you'll ever see them in a Friday night division.
I think this whole mentality at Delaware is a remnant of the CASCAR days when Super Series was supposed to be the Canadian version of Winston Cup, and that Friday night competitors were ultimately portrayed as competitors that were being "groomed for the big show" (and incidentally, where LM racing ended up getting so rough, as everyone wanted to think they were the next Jeff Gordon...ask George Wall about the decline of LM sportsmanship sometime.)
Current management has come up always being deeply involved in the Jr division, so the idea of "grooming" has always been there as a part of their MO...and righjtfully so, but I don't really see Chaos Cars as an extension of that. Chaos racing is what it is.
One poste above made reference to it being like a circus...and really, thats exactly what its supposed to be...nothing more, nothing less than a division that exists as something with a little crash and bang, and a few laughs.
I don't mean to sound snarky, but it just confoozles me utterly that anyone could have a problem with something like this. Maybe if they were dropping something else to replace with Chaos cars, then I could see it...but no one's taking anything away from anyone here. I just don't get it.
I'm I missing something here? Chaos class is entertainment peroid. No different then KOH. Either your entertained or your not. Meant for fun as drivers, but once you strap on a helmet.......... When run on Fridays, they run at the end, so the "show" is done and peeps can go home. It'd be nice if earlier for the kids but reg. fans don't want that. Besides track condition would be jeopardized.
On enduro events if they ran at the end, what would we do between heats and feature? Chaos helps narrow that gap in time. Having them there works best.
Some like the class, some don't. No dif then any other class.
Feel free to make suggestions, ideas on improvements not only on this class but the show in general.
Lighten up and let's go racing. ISMA racing that is.
Let's talk about that instead, positively of course.
Sharpie read your P m's :-*
The concept of Chaos cars IMO is a great one, I love the competition of the "higher" classes, but I can't help but think that some people tend to take things a little too seriously! Thumbs up to Delaware for creating a class that is truly for fun! Hopefully more tracks will follow suit.
Somebody lock this thread??!! Jeebus 5 pages now GO SNOT!!!