Declared Index Racing @ US60 Hardinsburg Kentucky in 2011

** There are 6 scheduled Declared Index Races this year @ US60.

** Every 3rd Sat. night of the month starting in April.

** 35 index classes spaced every .2 seconds apart.

** As always, race entry is FREE with the purchase of a $ 15.00 card at the gate.

** Racers with slicks must purchase a $ 15.00 Test-N-Tune card at the gate.

** DOT tire racers are eligible to run 4 races these nights for a total of only $ 15.00 @ the gate.

--I am currently working on an idea for a "Pitch-In" deal whereas racers who want to gamble, can pitch in , say $ 20.00 each and the pitch-in driver that progresses the furtherest into eliminations would win ALL of the pitch-in money.

If say, 36 drivers enter the index race and 16 want to pitch-in $ 20 each, then the driver who goes the furtherest gets all $ 320.

In the event of a tie...the P-I driver with the best reaction time would win.

There is no guarantee as to how many racers will pitch in at each race.

The -P-I deal would be strickly voluntary and is designed for racers that want to win more cash than the posted "$ 100.00 to win" amount.

Details to follow.....

Link to US 60 site:

http://www.us60dragracing.com/declaredindexclass.html

Can you run a delay box?

Rules on US 60 board say no, I believe. We had a 6.50 index race at Bluegrass at the end of the year. It was a LOT of fun leaving off pro tree. We used .500 pre tree and didn't care about boxes. I had to run about .030 to be green. I plan on hitting the index races at US 60,Valley ,and Bluegrass if they follow through with it. There was some talk of Beech Bend running some index races on Saturday nights as well.

TJ

56Tbird wrote:Can you run a delay box?

No delay boxes or down-track activated throttle stops.

Transbrakes and slicks allowed.

83-88T-Bird Guy wrote:** ** 35 index classes spaced every .2 seconds apart.

thats doing everything you can not be called a bracket racer. LMAOROTF

Why so many classes?

Curt wrote:

83-88T-Bird Guy wrote:** ** 35 index classes spaced every .2 seconds apart.

thats doing everything you can not be called a bracket racer. LMAOROTF

Ha Ha...yeah, but in bracket racing you can change your dial between rounds.

lghting94 wrote:Why so many classes?

It was designed to allow people who do not have 6.50 or 7.50 cars the chance to experience running an entire race on a fixed index.

To me this doesnt make alot of since have four or five index classes and drivers can either find ways to speed their car up or slow it down a little to meet those indexes

[quote="83-88T-Bird Guy"][quote="Curt"]

83-88T-Bird Guy wrote:

Ha Ha...yeah, but in bracket racing you can change your dial between rounds.

yeah, I understand. In most cases, I can dial the same number all day long and if you're not holding, your win per round ratio will not be very high. Alcohol doesn't move much. You must have a very large car count to have 35 classes though. Looks like a payday for everyone.

I agree that the classes are bunched up too close imo. I think 1/2 sec. intervals would be better.Like Unleashed deal.jmo

It's just one pay day ,they all run together with a spot for the index. It's a bracket race for street cars. I'm not taking my delay box out to run for $100 .......You guys gotta understand that this is a real small track with a bunch of good ole country boys racing there , and saturday night is just mainly a TNT . No tech ,they never even look at your car..no belt check or anything. You can run a 4 second car in your underwear if you so desire without a helmet

56Tbird wrote: You can run a 4 second car in your underwear if you so desire without a helmet

And what is wrong with that?

Ok, so it is bracket racing,,,,,,,


just saying

Not a thing wrong with it ,unless it's cold or you wreck..and beer is optional too I like racing there,it's only 20 minutes from my house

56Tbird wrote:It's just one pay day ,they all run together with a spot for the index. It's a bracket race for street cars. I'm not taking my delay box out to run for $100 .......You guys gotta understand that this is a real small track with a bunch of good ole country boys racing there , and saturday night is just mainly a TNT . No tech ,they never even look at your car..no belt check or anything. You can run a 4 second car in your underwear if you so desire without a helmet

Thanks Dan for explaining.

This race format was designed to give alot of the reg. DOT racers on Sat. night the chance to experience what running on a fixed time is like....without the need for a trans brake and other 4 tenths pro tree related equipment.

We have noticed quite a few TnT racers with slicks show up on Sat. night, so that's why this is the only Sat. race where slicks are allowed.
Nobody has to run the Index Race. It's free if they want to...

56Tbird wrote:Not a thing wrong with it ,unless it's cold or you wreck..and beer is optional too I like racing there,it's only 20 minutes from my house

We have a little 1/8 mi. track about 30 min. from home thats about like that. I won't even go there too watch it's so bad. Its anything goes,the one time I was there ,a guy had a 4sec.Mopar there and he made some passes after everyone watched him drink 4 beers. They don't even know what the word tech means At the stripe the track goes up very abruply and alot of wrecks happen each season. Pay's good money though
http://www.kddragway.com/photo/track.jpg

bbf-falcon wrote:

56Tbird wrote:Not a thing wrong with it ,unless it's cold or you wreck..and beer is optional too I like racing there,it's only 20 minutes from my house

We have a little 1/8 mi. track about 30 min. from home thats about like that. I won't even go there too watch it's so bad. Its anything goes,the one time I was there ,a guy had a 4sec.Mopar there and he made some passes after everyone watched him drink 4 beers. They don't even know what the word tech means At the stripe the track goes up very abruply and alot of wrecks happen each season. Pay's good money though

Ain't worth it IMO, if they are that loose with the rules and all that, I bet they don't do a good job prepping the track either. Then I could be running against a guy (that had 4 too many) and now I'm at risk of wrecking due to another's stupidity. I know your being sarcastic, I bet those are the places where its not even fun because no one is doing their job properly. Its no fun when you got to worry the whole event, tech at my track is pretty good and I'm glad about that.

I like racing at US60..It's a good little track,short shut down, but smooth. The dirt in the pits is the worst part of racing there. There's been a couple of guys life flighted out of there in the last few years. But ,in their defense.The one I saw..I was at the end of the track putting my chute in the car on the return road when a blown dragster running high low 4's had a throttle hang wide open. He went by me about 30 feet from me at probably 200 MPH . The car was all NHRA certified..What a spectacular crash that one was!! I've hauled quite a bit of cash out of that place