any Snow drag guys on here?

[Quicksand]

Entered my first snow drag race on the weekend, just for fun because it was close to home, and it was a good time, was a decent turn out despite the weather, and pretty well put on, my 5y/o daughter was looking forward to it all week and she had a blast, anyways, just a question on classes, is it normal to have a Nytro MTX 600 turbo running in the stock 800 class?

 

[Summitric]

Hmmm, through all our years racing, it should be running in the 800 mod or heavy improved class...a stock 600 4 stroke usually would run in the 500 to 600 class. Lots of variables to consider... They try to keep the hp fairly even when running 4 strokes into 2 stroke classes... I thought stock nytros were 1049cc engines? They run in the 800 class... The phazers mtx were 499cc... Never heard of a 600 nytro??

 

[Quicksand]

Ya I've never heard of an MTX 600 either but that's what he claimed and I wasn't gonna be the guy to call him out on it over a just for fun kinda event, I didn't see how you could have a mod 600 in any stock class, ya it was 800 stock class but a boosted 600 is gonna smoke a stock sled every time. Just seemed kinda dumb, anyway my sister ended up lining up against it twice on her 2010 xp 800 and obviously and got beat by a mile both times.

 

[Caper11]

Strange rules but that turbo should not be in a stock class. Most rules wont allow a can in stock class.

 

[sledneck__11]

Stock is how she drives off the showroom floor but in my area guys with cans were aloud to run stock class
still, any other work done u got bumped into improved

 

[TylerG]

The rules and classes for SnoMoDays can be found here. I'm not sure where they were adapted from but at least it's something you can compare to.

 

[Got boost want snow]

The stock unturboed nytro is a 1049 but is only 130hp which does make it a 600cc class sled. The apex was a 1000 cc at 150-155 hp which put it into the 800cc class. Once Turboed you should run open mod classes

 

[CatMan16]

Back in the winters of 1997 and 1998 I went to a few snow drags with my boss who owned Valley Performance Cat Dealer in Drayton. They had had a demo 97 440ZR and 98 Zr600. I raced both machines and took 1st Place in stock and stock improved 440 in Rocky Mountain House. 2nd overall in stock 600 in Wetaskiwin and I only rode one day of the two day event. Those were some fun weekends. I can still remember looking back at a guy riding a formula 3 600, wasn't even close. The mechanic they had taught me a lot about clutching a sled properly. He ended up winning the western Canada grass drag final on an improved 600 ZRT in 98 or 99. The Demo sleds were a great sales tool, I ended up buying a 97 Powder Special in the Spring.