Who will be the officials that will be monitoring rules, violations, tech inspections?
NASA will be our common denominator in this National Series. Each of the NASA Regions will use our Baby Grand National Road Race Challenge Specification Rule Book to regulate compliance. At each Point Event, NASA Officials will be given a mandatory tech list for at least the top three finishers. It will be different each event.
How will this new division be structured?
It will be an entirely new series separate from previous Baby Grand Road Racing series. Racers will join NASA and will compete for the Baby Grand National Road Race Challenge Championship in addition to various local and regional NASA titles.
How will the points system work?
Each NASA region nationwide will hold events as regional qualifier races. These events will all be posted on the NASA Region's website. Our Road Racing members can compete in as many of these regional qualifier races as they want. Timing and scoring will be consistently handled by each NASA Region.
Please note: You will need to race in 5 NASA regional road races in order to qualify for the nationals at Mid Ohio in September. We also need a minimum of 5 BG to enter prior to September to guarantee a spot in the national....
What will the rules be for this new series?
The Baby Grand National Road Racing Challenge specifications can be seen under RULES.
Who will operate the events?
NASA .These events will be run consistently by NASA officials.
Why NASA?
NASA is the Host Organization who provides us with all that it takes to put on a road race event. Track, insurance, course workers, registration, timing and scoring, safety equipment, etc.
NASA is a established national school and race organization. They are the only organization that can provide us with the consistency we need to name a National Champion while only running in regional events.
NASA membership is $35.00 Per year
www.nasaproracing.com to sign up
What will the class designation be?
BG
What about entry fees, purses, etc.
The entry fee for the NASA events has changed slightly since November 04.. All NASA Road Racers will be required to enter for the weekend. Approx entry cost is $275.00.
Purses: In road racing, it is not customary to include event "Purses".
Event awards will be given by NASA for their BG Class. As sponsorship is acquired for our program the announcements will be made. Sponsorship comes in the form of Hospitality, contingency awards, event awards and the National Championship awards.
How will this help to increase the number of Baby Grand road racers?
There is always strength in numbers. No one disputes that Baby Grands make tremendous road racing cars but with only one or two showing up at any one event, they seemed more like a novelty than a serious option. We hope that by encouraging our members to group together at specific events, we can see higher car counts which will attract much more serious attention from other racers.
What about when Baby Grands are run with several different types of cars at the same time?
We will only count our Baby Grand National Road Race Challenge NASA members in the race. As such, if there are 40 cars competing, but only 6 are Road Racing Baby Grand racers, we will treat that as a race among 6 cars. NASA will give the BG Class a separate rolling green start in their group. Which group and BG placement in the group is determined by each NASA Region. The Group and Start is subject to many factors, but safety is key.
How long will the season be?
The season will run from Jan 1 - December.
Will I also have to join NASA?
Yes, The membership fee is $35.00. you can join at www.nasaproracing.com .
See NASA Membership benefits http://www.nasaproracing.com/aboutnasa/member_benefits.html
What does road racing look like?
Click here to visit the "videos" page and scroll down to the road racing clips. With a high speed connection, these will give you a taste of what road racing a Baby Grand would be like.
Who will provide track support, service and parts and Baby Grands?
Baby Grand Holdings LLC, the manufacture for parts and Baby Grands has a dealer program. For a list of the dealers nearest to you visit www.babygrandracing.com . The Dealers are set up by "Tracks actively served".
We, Baby Grand Stockcars of CA, are not a Dealer. However, we have listed vendors to get all of your parts and service.
Parts, cars etc can be ordered through any dealer you would like.
Brett and I are here to help you out with all your road racing needs. Visit other portions of this site for all the up to date BG Road race information. www.babygrandracingofca.com
What do I do if I have more questions?
No problem - please send an e-mail to: gofast@babygrandracingofca.com and we will get back to you and probably also add your question and answer to this page as well.