geknight Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 Just wondering if anyone there has been any interest in restarting the Street Stock Shootout series next year. What would it take? If the interest is there, what can I do to help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthTxPromotions Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 It would need a title sponsor first and foremost. In previous years we have had great sponsors but not nearly enough of them so a great deal of expense came from me personally. I am quite sure the class could get back to thriving at all tracks again if the series came back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm002 Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 Would be nice to see for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geknight Posted September 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 How much do you need from a title sponsor? I can create a sponsorship proposal for you. But need prices. I can also help contact companies for sponsorship if you need help there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerguy8811 Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 And ONE set of rules! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerguy8811 Posted September 12, 2017 Report Share Posted September 12, 2017 I'd love to be able to travel to different tracks. Such as 281, HOT, Cottonbowl, Texana, South Texas, I37, and maybe one or two in Houston area with the series. Do something like the latemodels are doing. But just gotta find out who is willing to travel and also if we as drivers can come up with one set of rules to abide by and not mix and match everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geknight Posted September 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2017 it would be hard to run 1 set of rules with so many different sets of rules. It would be nice to get all of the promoters on the same set of rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickHolt Posted September 12, 2017 Report Share Posted September 12, 2017 I am so tempted to revive the Texas Track Owners and Promoters Association (TTOPA) every time someone publicly recognizes the need for a unified set of rules in Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geknight Posted September 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2017 You might be on to something. Street, factory, pure, late models, and 4 cylinders all need a uniform set of rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthTxPromotions Posted September 13, 2017 Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 I was able to get 5 tracks on the same set of rules for 1 year after 4 years of working it. We had a great year during that period but it still was changed because of better ideas. Well those better ideas havent done much since then. I doubt the owners and promoters will ever be able to get back to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickHolt Posted September 13, 2017 Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 I believe that stock car racing in Texas can thrive, but a uniform set of rules for the majority of classes currently in vogue around the state. Whenever I offer to revive the TTOPA organization, I get support from most of the tracks... but what they usually mean is that they're on board as long as the rest of the tracks are willing to conform to their rules.. LOL. I can sympathize with Cody for sure. Better ideas usually mean stacking the deck in favor of one track or another. That will always happen unless the overarching organization has the clout to force tracks to adopt the common rules. And the clout can only come if all the tracks are committed to the common rules. At this point, the future of stock car racing in Texas is entirely dependent on the quality and financial stability of the individual track owners / promoters. Some are great and their tracks seem to prosper. Others, well, it doesn't take too many negatives to put a padlock on the pit gate. I am convinced that if Stock Car racing is to flourish in Texas, the few successful track owners/promoters are going to have to bond together and form an organization similar to TTOPA. I am volunteering to provide an organizational platform. And, as one who has a great deal of stock car racing experience while having no vested interest in any of the tracks or any of the race teams that are currently in operation, I am offering to head such an organization in spite of the fact that there are certainly others who meet the criteria of being both unbiased and experienced. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geknight Posted September 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 I will put together a plan and proposal for both a street stock series and an organization to try to get one set of rules. I currently work for Bronco doing their marketing and sponsorship. And will try to get them on board with the idea. 1 track at a time is to get it started Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rails Posted September 13, 2017 Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 I did some small contingency sponsorships for this series a couple of years running. And to say the racing product on the track was nothing short of spectacular would be an understatement. The quality of the cars and drivers were just very very good. There were probably at least 7-10 cars on any given night that could take the checkers. It was just great racing, you had to out run quality cars, set ups, and drivers to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rails Posted September 13, 2017 Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 6 minutes ago, geknight said: I will put together a plan and proposal for both a street stock series and an organization to try to get one set of rules. I currently work for Bronco doing their marketing and sponsorship. And will try to get them on board with the idea. 1 track at a time is to get it started Stephan had the rules package down, I am sure it is still in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geknight Posted September 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 When there are enough street stocks. They put on some of the best racing anywhere. Probably second to only non wing sprints in the level of excitement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubblockerii Posted September 13, 2017 Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 Might need to start to looking for another car if this gets going ??! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAPosse Posted September 13, 2017 Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 7 hours ago, geknight said: When there are enough street stocks. They put on some of the best racing anywhere. Probably second to only non wing sprints in the level of excitement As a fan with no stake in the matter, and who watched the SSS grow from an idea to being pretty successful (from the outside looking in) before leaving Texas in 2012, I totally agree with this statement. Never in my life did I think I'd be willing to travel 2 hours + to a track where street stocks would be the main attraction. It was some of the best racing I witnessed in Texas in the time I was there. It would be a shame if the people who can make it happen, can't. And I'd have to believe there would be a great marketing opportunity there for a business willing to invest in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerguy8811 Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 I can look into a series sponsor thus being need to get some info from the one who had it before. And find out figures and everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rails Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 All anybody has to do is talk to Stephan and he can sort you out on what needs to be done. He has already done it. He started the deal. And it was quality racing while it was going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthTxPromotions Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 Any questions please contact me 8304462438 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geknight Posted September 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 Thank you. I will be contacting you very soon. probably sometime next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arob Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 Hopefully it can get done. I was one the fans that followed the series one season and the racing was great! As for one set of rules maybe do that now añd have them ready for 2018. That way the transition will be easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw Posted September 22, 2017 Report Share Posted September 22, 2017 Maybe form a group like the Dwarf car series of Texas is. Make your own set of rules. Isn't that what the late models did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justramit Posted September 23, 2017 Report Share Posted September 23, 2017 All the tracks in the area have pretty close rules and good car counts. Go to changing a bunch of rules and it will just hurt class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthTxPromotions Posted September 25, 2017 Report Share Posted September 25, 2017 The current set of rules is what I wrote several years ago. Tracks in this area adopted them due to the series at the time was the only thing growing. They have pretty much stuck with them since except for Cotton Bowl Speedway adopting the NeSmith Rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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