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WWhittle · 01-20-2012, 02:31 PM

No doubt it's about the purse to get the cars, but it's also about the promotion. If you want to guarantee success, you need to get with the main drag radial promoters and have them help you out. John Sears for the 275 radial guys and Duck for the rest, or a racer that they know. You are jumping on the same bandwagon alot of others are jumping on right now, so you are going to have to set yourself apart with the promotion.

SC, NC, GA and FL have a ton of radial racers so you would be drawing your car count from a pretty big pool of cars. I don't think the available cars will be an issue at all- you just have to get them there.

Also- don't try to change or modify the rules. Stick with the Ultimate Street, X275 and Outlaw Radial/LS rules.

If it were me (I've been saying this for 2 years) I would start an X275 series along with either Ultimate Street or Outlaw Radial (or all 3) at one of the SC tracks. There is already a good following to this type of racing all around us, just not in SC. If you start X275, you will get help on the promotion for sure.

No matter what, don't make a bullshit flyer, join Yellowbullet, post a thread and expect people to show up. Too many guys are doing that now and noone is taking them serious. Radial racing has it's clicks- you are either in it, or your not.

01-20-2012, 02:31 PM	#12
WWhittle Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Mt. Pleasant, SC Posts: 3,899	No doubt it's about the purse to get the cars, but it's also about the promotion. If you want to guarantee success, you need to get with the main drag radial promoters and have them help you out. John Sears for the 275 radial guys and Duck for the rest, or a racer that they know. You are jumping on the same bandwagon alot of others are jumping on right now, so you are going to have to set yourself apart with the promotion. SC, NC, GA and FL have a ton of radial racers so you would be drawing your car count from a pretty big pool of cars. I don't think the available cars will be an issue at all- you just have to get them there. Also- don't try to change or modify the rules. Stick with the Ultimate Street, X275 and Outlaw Radial/LS rules. If it were me (I've been saying this for 2 years) I would start an X275 series along with either Ultimate Street or Outlaw Radial (or all 3) at one of the SC tracks. There is already a good following to this type of racing all around us, just not in SC. If you start X275, you will get help on the promotion for sure. No matter what, don't make a bullshit flyer, join Yellowbullet, post a thread and expect people to show up. Too many guys are doing that now and noone is taking them serious. Radial racing has it's clicks- you are either in it, or your not. Last edited by WWhittle; 01-20-2012 at 02:34 PM.