What about making it a bracket racing event with different classes? Say

15 and up
13-14.99
under 13

Bracket racing rewards the driver more than the car. So the 12.90 guy has a good chance against the 10 seconds guy (or gal, hey Marta?). Besides, pro-light quick 8 type of event is kind of strange unless you have REALLY fast cars...

We could make rules like : no tube or back-halved cars, no power adder (turbo or NOS) for the V-8 cars, must be registered and insured, etc...

Also, I find this whole "bring a V-8 pal" idea to be excellent!

Final tough. We shouldn't call is SHOOTOUT. We should come with an original name. Personally, I like the "DSM vs the world" I saw in one of the first posts. But then, I'm an old fart, so what do I know?

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Francois Villeneuve
Le Talon
Working on it...