Sorry, I just heard about this over the weekend. Haven't been on here is many a moon.
I think it would be a great idea to have some radial stuff in the SC area. Wes has pretty much pointed everything out and nailed it on the head. I will be honest, at this current moment there are about 7 different radial classes that run on 275's. Funny thing is that just about 5 of those classes are the same thing with a different name. Then you have actual x275 and 275rs that are "different" if you will. My numbers may be off, but, when you look at the e.t's that some of the radial classes are running they are pretty much the same. Rules are slightly different, but e.t. range is the same.
Not to seem like I'm knocking, but I was after Darlington to do radial races for many of years now and I finally gave up on it (maybe the new guys are up for it). I spend most of my time traveling up to NC as there are races at many different tracks on alternating weekends when I'm not headed to one of the "bigger" races if you will.
I have even spoken with Kevin@ Midway and many of the people I run with in NC and everybody is all for it, but frankly Midway is just now getting to the point to where you can make a so soish pass on slicks, you can forget radials. Midway is getting worlds better with track prep for slicks, but I'm not remotely close to giving the nod for radials and having about 30 cars come down just to smoke show or tear stuff up.
Biggest thing with the radial world, is having solid rules/tech, keeping everything organized, having a killer track that guys can get down on, and set solid purses, no backing out or cutting our cash. If you are wanting to provide a couple hundred bucks, start off with like RS275 or something, nice 5.40-5.30@125-130 cars kinda the "budget" side of easy going things. If you are wanting to up a couple grand and have all your stuff squared away, track on lock, scales, tech, the hole 9 try to swing for X275. Or you could even try some radials vs slicks or something. But the biggest thing that scares me about headsup style racing around here is tech, rules, and tracks.
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