Daytona Entries

4 weeks away and we have...

6 SB
18 DSB
14 SS Entries so far...

 

They should just combine all the classes into one big race like they do with with the Rolex car series. DP/GT/GX = SBK/DSB/SS

Nice full grid, all sorts of out of whack closing speeds and dangerous passes due to 50hp differences in classes. It'll make for a great show.


And of course make it 200 miles

 

In 2001, 59 racers completed at least one lap in the Daytona 200.....

 

You are on a roll today, ain't ya!!

 

I think that's a good jump from what was there last week.

Hell, why not do a 24hr???

 

Should jump up a ton in the next day or two, Monday is the last day for pre entry without $100 penalty. 24th is drop dead, end of entry date, no post entry in any class.

 

2013:
http://forums.13x.com/showthread.php?t=305872&highlight=daytona+entries

2010:
http://forums.13x.com/showthread.php?t=241764&highlight=daytona+entry

I'm not freaking out yet... they'll come.

 

Every year recently. I quit looking since it hasn't been accurate in ages.

 

I think the early numbers are never close to the actual turn-out. Even with the slow decline in grid numbers, DSB & SS have both still been very full grids. SBK is slipping into dangerous territory. Thing is, the grids aren't the problem, but rather an indication of the problem. Teams/riders can't find the funding because there's little ROI to sell. Still the underlying issue of growing the audience for the sport. Even as much as CBS Sport Net was good coverage and hopefully DMG gets that together for the season, it's just scraping by in survival-mode. A pay-for channel like that isn't going to grow an audience because very few viewers will happen to navigate to it. It is more accurately providing a broadcast for the shrinking existing fan-base. I'm not even trying to bash on the situation, but that's where some focus needs to occur; growing the audience. If it doesn't happen soon, there will be no viable audience to reach and therefore no ROI for teams/racers to sell to sponsors = no more pro racing.

 

Damn,I remember fighting for an 80 bike grid spot with a 140 other folks.And they had post entries too back then

 

this was exactly what i thought to do heh

 

"Rules Bending" before the wheels turn...

Why bother with the imaginary deadlines at all? To get an idea who is gonna show up?

 

been there done that, they called it Team Challenge"

 

That was before the internet and video games.

 

Two weeks away. Looking better than this time last year:

SBK - 20

200 - 42 (including Blake Young on a GN Gonzales Racing R6)

SS - 47

XR - 23 (including Danny Eslick for Ruthless Racing)

 

not too shabby, considering there isn't a tv deal in place..

 

Thumbs up for Danny on an XR.

 

where can i see the list of names, I have to make my picks for the Butler's Rest Home racing pool

 

http://www.amaproracing.com/rr/events/entrylist.cfm?year=2014&eid=2014011405