East Coast Nats Heads Up Class Suggestions?????

hey guys,
work is well underway fro teh 3rd annual east coast nats. we have our date, august 23, 2003 and we have a really good idea of teh direction we are heading in.
one thing tha tis lacking is a good heads up class. last year there were only 2 cars that ran in teh torque arm class.
any suggestions? any direction or concept that you guys woudl liek to see pursued?
one thing tha tis definate is tha tit has to be a muffled class, e-town enforces teh 95db rule on saturdays.
ideas that seem popular from what i am seeing around:
small tire, 10.5 inch slicks
street legal, all cars have street legal runnign/safety gear

anything else that may be able to be folded intoi a winnign idea?
i woudl liek to see the appeal of the class as broad as possible, i knwo that is hard in heads up racing, but any help in teh effort woudl be great.

thanks
tim

Could you elaborate on what you mean by "heads-up"? My understanding of the term is that heads-up racing is when both cars leave at the same time - IOW no brackets or dial-ins. This is the most exciting form of racing, but amateurs don't like it because it's hard to get everyone on the same playing field and have some way to prevent it from being "may the most expensive set-up win".

The best way I know is sort of complicated, but may be attractive to potential competitors. It involves a point system and some simple classes. Classes could be something like: street tire, race tire NA, and power adder. I think that tubbed cars should be in a different class, if any show up.

The first way to earn points is during qualifying. Award the #1 qualifier with a point value equal to the total number of cars entered in that class. The #2 qualifier will receive a point value of 1 less than this number. And, so on, down the ladder. For Example: In a 50 car field, the #1 qualifier would receive 50 points. The #2 qualifier would receive 49 points, the #3 qualifier would receive 48 points, etc.

With that system it is important to qualify as fast as possible to receive the maximum amount of points possible. This part of the points system favors the faster cars but discourages sand bagging. In the elimination rounds, each entry is paired up with the car that has the closest time and they run "heads up".

During eliminations each pair of racers will be racing for the same number of points. The point value of a win will be one half of the total number of carss entered in that class. The two fastest carss, as well as the two slowest cars are racing for the same point value.

I am not sure if this makes sense. In the end, the final winner may not be the fastest, most expensive car - you need to beat your next closest competitor and hopefully there will be enough cars in each class so that everyone has a chance to win at least one round.

Rich Krause

that sounds interesting. do you mena that anyone who shows up is basically makign qualifying runs for heads up? or actually have a few heads up classes? i liek the idea of jsut tapping all the fast cars on the shoulder and asking them if they wanna run heads up. that coudl lead to some guys getting their first shot at heads up, :)
i only really have time and space for one heads up class. we have established what we think is a well rounded bracket program, so all we need is a heads up class that wil eb exciting to watch and attractive to racers.
does anyoen have an opinion on an outlaw style class? something liek 10.5 tire, head lights/turn signals/horns("street running gear), through mufflers(must meet 95db rule). make the interior stuff optional and allow back halved cars? this woudl lead to soem very fast cars i think.
power adders are wide open. any competitor can use as much of any oen power adder as they want. no combining different power adders though.
does this sound fast and fun to you guys?