bracket racing?

Bracket racing as in 1/8 or 1/4 mile drag racing?

Yes!  It's great fun! The key is to run consistent times. It makes it possible for slower cars to be "competitive" with the faster, more expensive ones...

Maybe kinda like the Lemons of drag racing... :-)

Glenn Farney to the Bat Phone...

Thought about trying this, but our drivers vary quite a bit in lap times.

Big Bird: I can't see your facebook link....I'm no Zuck-er....I don't do facebook...anything interesting there?

I kind of liked the idea of even-ing out the playing field, but I want seat time too, so even though auto/rally cross is cheaper, and some of this bracket racing drag racing....in Lemons, even though it costs more, the amount of driving time, with wheel 2 wheel excitement....is more for me...

so I guess a very fast car could enter a slow bracket, and still do well/win, as long as they don't go too fast in their fast car in the slow bracket to break out of their bracket....?

So,… did I misinterpret the OP’s initial question?  I didn’t know there was a “bracket” racing thing for road racing. That’s cool.

We both learned something new. Cool!

I did not know about that format when I posted in the 'another Lemons class?' thread about sorting on best lap time.

I do like the "best lap time window" idea, but with bonus laps for really bad ideas, instead of penalty laps for go-fast mods, as those would sort themselves out via lap times.

But that's not Lemons' format.

Here's what the SCCA is doing in that format:
"Winners of the feature race on Sunday in each bracket with at least 2 cars will receive a trophy."

But, everybody can get an 'Auto' trophy here (for under $5.00, plus shipping) if someone really needs one:
https://www.crowntrophy.com/catalogsear … amp;q=Auto

and you don't even need another car ;-)

Ribbons are even cheaper...

High Plains Raceway created and ran a bracket mini-enduro they called "Pony Express".  We used the race to test our car and had a blast.  Unfortunately the event was in deep COVID-times and overall participation was too low to schedule more races.  Really sad as it was a fun format with good rules. 

https://www.highplainsraceway.com/wp-co … lebook.pdf

Sounds interesting! 

IMHO incoming...

If they do try for it I hope they closely follow the eligibility rules Glenn came up with.  Basically if the answer to the question "would it pass tech in any major racing organization?" is "yes" then the car is eligible.  Heck, maybe the rule could be simply showing proof that the car passed tech in a recent race (maybe in the previous two years?).  No scrutineer having to tech every car.  No logbooks. 

I know this won't happen but I would hope any ruleset would have a very low bar for drivers to enter as well.  I understand the business case for forcing drivers to do HPDE or obtain a license but if Lemons has proved anything it is that one doesn't need training to get around a track safely.  Again, I think Glenn was smart in being very inclusive when he wrote his rules. 

NASA/SCCA rant incoming...

NASA held mini-enduros recently at HPR with relatively loose rules but still had poor turnouts.  Why?  I would say it was a combination of not enough marketing and that they required a logbook for each car.  Is there really a good reason to logbook a car?  Where is the value?  I went through the hassle and I don't see it.  Otherwise the rules were very open.  Heck, cars even ran forrealzies race rubber. 

SCCA is pushing for endurance racing with their own twist on the general ruleset.  Reading through the rules is hilarious.  They make a point to say participants can do just about any performance modification and then have ridiculous limitations on aero.  The kind of limitations that exclude the most popular aero modifications done for the track.  They also require the car to have a logbook. 

It is not a shock to me that Lemons, Champcar, Luckydog, etc are popular.  These organizations prove the extra barriers NASA and SCCA put in their rules are ultimately unnecessary and exclusionary.  Yeah, I can imagine every single rule in every single rulebook has a valid reason for existing on its own but, in their entirety, they don't add enough value versus the barriers they put up.