Jerry Barker Chevrolet ET Racing Series - '08

 

    Thanks to Thaxton Trucking Company for joining our Sponsorship Family this year and sponsoring the Super Pro Eliminator in the Jerry Barker Chevrolet ET Racing Series.  DeFoor Drywall and Acoustical Supply continues to support our program by sponsoring the Pro ET and Sportsman Eliminators as well as continuing to pay the DeFoor Drywall Bonus for a perfect reaction time matched with a dead-on run on a winning pass in Series Eliminations.  Thanks also Kroger for continuing to sponsor our Junior Dragster Eliminator in this series.

    The Jerry Barker Chevrolet ET Racing Series will be conducted as it was last season with the top 12 points earners (who are NHRA members and hold permanent numbers) in Super Pro and Pro along with the top 10 in Sportsman eligible to represent us at the NHRA Summit ET Finals, this year to be conducted at Atlanta Dragway on October 9 and 10.  The High School Representative will be the highest finishing eligible driver (as determined by finishing order and not total points) in either of the three Eliminators and will become one of the members of the team in which he or she has earned points.  All racing in this series will be one-eighth mile except for Sportsman.  The NHRA Summit ET Finals will be conducted entirely on the one-eighth mile.

 

    The Jerry Barker Chevrolet ET Racing Series begins with the first race for Summit points on March 1, and continues for 16 scheduled races through the '08 season.  Purses are guaranteed for all of these events.  Gold cards good for one entry in each of our '09 events will be earned by the Champions in Super Pro, Pro, Sportsman and Junior Dragster eliminators.  The High School Representative will also earn a gold card good for one entry in each of our events during the '09 season.  Entry fees at the '07 NHRA Summit ET Finals will be paid for all qualifiers.  Champions in S/Pro, Pro, Sportsman and the High School Representative will compete for "King of the Track" honors which include the coveted "Wally" trophy.  Junior dragster participants will run in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Junior Dragster Challenge on September 27.

 

    The points fund will again be guaranteed.  The top eight in Super Pro and Pro will receive the same amount they would have won for getting down to 8 cars in a 32 car+ event.  The top four Sportsman drivers get paid as if they had made it down to the semi's.  If the dial-in-for-dollars money goes beyond the guaranteed amount after paying ET Finals entries, the extra money will be paid to the top 20 finishers (8 in S/Pro, 8 in Pro and 4 in Sportsman). 

 

    Thirty points will be awarded for staging and ten points will be awarded for each round won.  Bonus points will be awarded with final round winners getting three, runners-up getting two and semifinalists getting one.  First-round buybacks will be allowed and buybacks will receive points for rounds won.  Rainouts WILL NOT be made up.  Points will be awarded and the purse split for any completed round of competition.  Incomplete rounds will not be counted.  Drivers will receive points for two less than the total number of events conducted.

 

    NHRA permanent numbers or track assigned numbers will be required for your points to be kept.  Track assigned number holders will not be eligible to participate in the NHRA Summit ET Finals.  Permanent number forms can be obtained at the track or on line from www.nhra.com.  NHRA permanent numbers and membership in the NHRA will be required to participate in the Summit ET Finals.  Racing will be conducted in accordance with Silver Dollar Raceway's "Competition Policies and Procedures".  Allowable devices can be found from our "Race fees/Payouts" page.

    Dates for the Jerry Barker Chevrolet ET Series:     March    1, 15 and 29

                                                                                    April     19

                                                                                    May      3, 17 and 31

                                                                                    June    7 and 21

                                                                                    July     5  and 19    

                                                                                    Aug.     2, 16 and 30

                                                                                    Sept.    6 and 20

    This schedule gives us a total of 16 races in the Jerry Barker Chevrolet ET Series.  Drivers can count their best races - two less than the total number conducted.  The NHRA Summit ET Finals will be held at Atlanta Dragway on October 9 - 11.

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CSR S/ST Series - '08

 

    Super Street Eliminator will be contested this year with sponsorship in the form of  products from CSR.  The points winner will receive a $500 gift certificate and the runner up will receive a $200 gift certificates from CSR.  The series winner will also receive a "Gold Card" for the '09 Season.  Thanks to Fort Wayne Cantina for sponsoring an increase in the winner's purse to $800. 

 

    Requirements for running this series will be the same as last year.  The 2,800 pound weight minimum will not be required in Super Street, but all other  requirements listed in the 2008 NHRA Rule Book starting in Section 6 on page 124 will be enforced.  Conduct of these races will be consistent with the policies and procedures which have served us well for the past few years and are common to our other series.  These procedures are listed on our web site under "Track Rules" and are available in the souvenir building.

 

    Thirty points will be awarded for staging and ten points will be awarded for each round won.  Bonus points will be awarded with final round winners getting three, runners-up getting two and semifinalists getting one.  Buybacks will not be allowed.  Rainouts WILL NOT be made up.  Points will be awarded and the purse split if a round of competition has been completed at the time of the interruption.  Incomplete rounds will not be counted.  Drivers' points will be counted for their best races, two less than the total number of races conducted.

 

    Entry for S/ST will be $50 car and driver.  Super Street will receive a guaranteed purse of $800 to the winner, $200 to the runner-up and $100 to the semifinalist.  A $50 bounty will be paid to any driver who eliminates the Silver Dollar Raceway Camaro during any round of competition. 

    Our CSR Super Street Series has been planned to allow drivers to compete in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series without conflicts with the Division 2 schedule and certain other races outside our division which are popular with Division 2 drivers. 

Tentative Schedule of 14 races for the '08 CSR S/ST Series - Drivers best races will be counted for CSR points - two less races than the total number contested.

  March 22, May 10, May 24, June 14, June 28, July 12, July 26, July 27, August 9, September 13, September 27, October 18,  November 15, November 16*.

*The Nov. 15 - 16 events will be a part of the Silver Dollar Finals and National Dragster Challenge.

"Wally" Trophies will be awarded on November 16.

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Quarter-mile Saturday

Open Comp

            Six dates have been selected to conduct Open Comp Eliminations in conjunction with our “Quarter-mile Saturday” events.  On Saturdays when the CSR Super Street Series is also contested, drivers will be allowed to enter both S/ST and O/C competition.  The same car may be used in both S/ST and O/C.

            No points will be kept in Open Comp competition.  Entry will be $50 and NO BUYBACKS will be allowed.  The winner will receive $600, the runner-up $200 and the semifinalists get $100 in these events.

            Open Comp indexes will be determined by two rounds of qualifying prior to eliminations.  A minimum of one qualifying pass must be completed by each driver in order to establish a personal index.  Drivers’ personal indexes will be one tenth quicker than their fastest qualifying elapsed time.  The breakout rule will apply to personal indexes.

            Open Comp is open to any year, make, and model door vehicles. Dragsters and roadsters prohibited.  Racing will be conducted on a Pro .500 tree, handicap start.  Nitrous Oxide will be allowed.

            Pairings, lane choice and bye runs will be determined as in our other series as outlined in the “Track Procedures” section of  this web site.

            Transmission brakes, delay boxes and “dead bolt” type throttle limiters will be allowed, but timed throttle stops or stutter boxes will NOT be allowed.  Crossing over on the tree will be discouraged by the use of directional LED amber bulbs and Compulink’s “Cross talk” system will NOT be used.

            The quickest qualifying ET permitted in this class is 8.80; the slowest qualifying ET permitted is 15.70.  Any driver qualifying outside of this range will be considered qualified at either 8.80 if running quicker or 15.70 if running slower.

            Deep staging will be allowed and Compulink’s Auto Start system WILL be utilized.  The starter will not HOLD the tree to facilitate deep staging.  Courtesy staging will not be enforced in order to allow deep staging to be completed before the second car stages.

            Dates for Open Comp are:  March 22, April 26, May 24, June 28, August 23 and October 18.

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ET Racing on Quarter-mile Saturdays

            We have decided to run two eliminators of bracket racing in conjunction with our "Quarter-mile Saturday" program.  Seven dates are available for these races in the '08 season.  Entry will be available to CSR S/ST racers who lose first round.

            Super Pro will be limited to cars running 7.00 to 12.99 ET.  Dragsters and door cars are allowed and electronic devices as outlined in the Jerry Barker ET Series may be used.  The Foot-brake-only class will be limited to 10.00 second elapsed times.  Door cars only will be allowed in the "Foot Brake" eliminator and electronic devices are limited to those outlined in our "Pro ET" section of the Jerry Barker Series from the "Allowable Devices" page of this web site.  The only exception to this is that cars utilizing stick-shift transmissions will be allowed to use two-step devices.

            No points will be kept in these eliminators.  Both eliminators will have the same entry fees and payouts.  Entry will be $50 and NO BUYBACKS will be allowed.  The winner will receive $600, the runner-up $200 and the semifinalists get $100 in these events.

            Competition policies and procedures will be common to other Silver Dollar eliminators.  Compulink's "Cross-talk"  will be utilized in Super Pro only.  Deep staging is allowed, but Compulink's "Auto start" will be used and the tree will not be held by the starter.  Courtesy staging will not be enforced to allow deep staging before the second car stages.

            Tentative dates for ET-style racing on Quarter-mile Saturdays are:  March 8, May 10, June 14, July 12, August 9, September 13 and October 4.

 

Revised March 3, 2008