SCR: According to the OSRCT website, drivers for the series have to be retired, part-time or past winners. I saw
Todd Bodine’s name as being signed up and he currently drives full time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, I was
hoping you could clarify?
NW: He wasn’t when we
started but he is definitely going to race full-time I think Busch next year too. So that would make him non-eligible but
he is all for the series. The drier eligibility is what it is (it can be found on the web site also). Drivers may move in
and out of the eligible driver list from time to time as their careers wind down.
SCR: How will points be awarded in the OSRCT Series?
NW: Nothing is down in stone
yet, but we have preliminary drawn up a system very similar to other popular racing series. We are planning on having
qualifying for each race but we are currently working on the race day schedule as we speak.
Drivers are only eligible to compete in 6 of the 10 races. This way there won’t be the same group of drivers
at every race. As far as the points are concerned; the point system will be the same for each driver, but never the
less we take the 10 races and the best five of a drivers six races would be your points, we give you a mulligan. After the
10 regular season races, we would take the top 10 in points and they would advance to the Championship Race to be held the
following February. Points positions 11-30 will compete in the Last Chance Race the night before the Championship Race.
The top ten in the Last Chance Race will be placed with the 10 drivers already in the Championship Race, for a one race Championship
shoot-out. And we’re thinking “Winner-take-All”. What a heck of a race that would be!
SCR: How many drivers can enter a race?
NW: 15
SCR: Is there a reason for having the championship race the February of the following year?
NW: There are a couple of things.
You have heard NASCAR talk about there Super Bowl being in February at the start of there season, we are going to make our
Super Bowl in February but it will be our last two races.
We are also going to do it at a time when race fans are in Florida but there will only be 10,000 tickets for these events. We think tickets will be hard to come by. Heck, when
you get 4-5 of these guys together just to sign autographs, you can’t get near the place. Just imagine what it will
be like to see them race again.
SCR: What type of cars will the OSRCT be using, do you have any specs?
NW: It is going to be a NASCAR
Busch North type chassis, but we are not sure about the bodies yet. We are talking with three of the, as I call it the big
four with Toyota being involved. We are not sure if one company is going to be the manufacturer of choice and want them all to look
the same, we just don’t know at this point. Heck, it might be truck bodies instead of car bodies as one manufacturer
has mentioned to us.
SCR: Will the cars be set the same like IROC or will teams be able to work on there cars like in ARCA or NASCAR?
NW: It will be more like IROC, all the drivers have to do is show up, they don’t even need their on helmet we will
have all that stuff, everything is supplied for them. The only difference might be that each vehicle will have a different
sponsor, unless one company steps up and wants them to all be the same. And that is a possibility with a small budget in this
series compared to some of the other series.
2006 StockCar Review.
