Even though we didn’t get to race on May 14^th, the day was productive as the racers got a chance to talk with Doug Hobbs about the rules for the 4-race “Big West” series that begins on May 28^th and continues on June 25^th, July 30^th and ends on August 27^th.  The “Big West” races combine the Evergreen Speedway Super Late Model crate motor cars with the more powerful cars from other tracks in the Northwest and Canada, some of which ran in the now defunct NASCAR Northwest Series.

 Even though last Saturday’s race was not part of the “Big West” series, it did combine both classes of cars and would be used to iron out the rules going forward.  Unfortunately, many of the racers didn’t know the rules until the last minute, and were unhappy with them when they found out what they were.  The 2 biggest issues were the weight of the cars and the number of tire allowed for the race.  Specifically, the crate motor cars could reduce the weight of their cars from what they typically run on a Saturday night.  And, all cars were allowed 6 new tires for this race, with a break near half way to change 2 tires.  This gives the big motor cars a huge advantage as they will eat up their tires and be in desperate need of fresh ones had there been no break in the race.

 To Doug’s credit, he took total blame for the lack of communication between himself and the race teams.  He listened to many suggestions on Saturday night about how we can have a competitive and successful Big West series.  We will see what they come up with.