UMP "B" Mod ?? (Idea)

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Kromulous

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You UMP guys out there and others, you think a B mod class would help in UMP and / or IMCA ?



I was thinking a 360 cubes max, no rollers, 23* heads only and steel. Stk blk, no dry sump. Also would it be possable to limit the RPM's you can turn? is it possable?



Limting revs, i think would be an awesome way to keep spec type engine costs down. Very hard to do thou, not quite sure how to accomplish it wihtout the drivers being able to cheat around it with toggle switches etc.

Also for UMP have the B mods run the Hoosier "H" (Hard) compound tires all the way around.



Leave the A mods alone, the way they are now, but add this new class for transitional drivers and low budget racers.

What do ya think? I plan to call UMP and suggest this (for what good it will do) if it is practical and not drive up prices. Because i know that when you begin to spec engines it usually drives prices up (unintentionally, but it does) and the reason for the "low budget class gets lost. Just like Mods have gotten now.
 
I saw an article a few months ago in one of the racing magazines (Stock Car Racing or Speedway Illustrated) and IMCA has a B-mod type class they are trying out a few places. From what I remember, they only allowed one type of front clip, had spec heads, used a 2 barrel carb, no weight jacks, stock mount shocks, etc. One thing I liked was they had a few differences in the body rules so fans could tell the difference between the classes from the stands. The bad part is that people would have to build a new car from the ground up instead of picking up a used chassis.
 
IMCA already has a type of B-Mod. I think they call them SportMods or something.
 
I posted this out on a few other boards, i want to get a large gathering of ideas and then compile the information. Then i plan to write a report on it and send it off to UMP. UMP is the sanction i am concentrating on.



I'll post the report before i send it off. Tired of sitting on my rump and complaining about Mods getting out of control cost wise, and i plan on trying to do something about it. If somethings happens great, if not at least i tried.



So if you got any ideas on a B mod class for UMP, or any other ideas about trying to bring prices down to run Mods post them here, and i'll put your ideas to work.

Other ideas i am working on now is a Drivers association. Basic intent will be to control the sanctioning bodies and give some control back to the drivers & teams of what they can run and what the promoters and sanctioning bodies can get away with. Basicly its a drivers union in loose terms.
 
I think an important part of making this work will be to make the B mods look different enough from the normal mods so the people in the stands can tell. Something low cost like spoilers, a different nose, etc. would probably do it.
 
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