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Originally Posted by RoyaltonMiniSprint
After reading 16 pages of post which took 1hr. and 1/2. Here are some of my observations.
1. Computer keyboard salvo wars never settle anything.
2. We need a common set of rules so we can travel to different race tracks if we want to.
3. I too have a Engler mechanical fuel injection system (oh my God!!!). My car is about 95% done getting closer to the other 5%. Probably be legal to drive around my back yard. Have to check with my Competition Director on that one ( Wife ).
4. Made two trips to MALS races Mark and Phil are real nice people they're passionate about saving our lightning sprint class.
5. Haven't ever met you Andy but have met your brother he's also a nice fellow hope he gets better and gets back to racing.
6. Went to two MALS races to personally meet with Mark & Phil to see if I could race my ENGLER ( oh my GOD!!! #2 ) injected car with them in 2014 with a 50 lb. wgt. penalty. Meeting was highly productive.
7. As far as the poor guy that started this thread on page 1 he inadvertantly started an uproar with keyboard salvos possible fist fights and whatever.
8. Mike Dicely builds nice race cars and they have won a lot of races but so have Stallard, Sawyer, Factor 1, Triple X and so on.
9. I too have a lay down radiator in my GRP Lightning Sprint my car builder has been putting them in his race cars for years (Champ Cars,Sprint Cars, Midgets, even my boys micro which I've started to put together.
10. Finally from what I see we all need to come together to save our class of racing. Too many people have left our sport for Sprint Cars. Some will spend a lot more money than we do but won't have the bickering and fighting that I have read for the 1 and 1/2 hrs.
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Mark
That pic would be a pretty good analogy for mini-sprint racers around the country. When you have "It is my way or the highway" attitude, or "water and oil", what it takes is a catalist like maybe acetone which we don't have.
When you get a bunch of Highly Opinionated people in a small room all you get is a a lot of hot air and in the old days smoke.
Papa outlaw went so far as to change his name on IOW and type of car he races, and is getting further and further out in left field with USAC all by himself from other 1000cc powered midgets, it works for him but it sure ain't going to work for you guys.
1. We got two types of people out there. Those that think wouldn't it be great if everyone felt and thought the same way as we do, and if you don't you are a no- good so and so.
2. Then you got those that think this works for us and we don't need somebody smarter than us making up or rules for us. If I go on vacation I will leave my race car at home.
3. Like I have said before you either need a millionaire making an offer we can't afford to pass on or one group that manages to come up with a set of rules so good that everyone uses them.
Jerry Teague had just about accomplished that goal with the AMSA, had he enforced his rules on weight a little sooner before it got out of hand he would still have the rules to copy. And if you look at your rules many of theme came from AMSA.
Bill May and Allen Ruppenthal took Jerry rules condensed them and came up with the MMSA leaving the old expensive 1200cc motors out of the mix.
You guys came along and came up with a new flashy name and your own idea of what it takes to make a good race group. You changed the basic AMSA rules the way you wanted to and it seems to be working for you.
When you get them purses up about 5 times over what they are now you might get some travelers to show up, they will come not because they like your rules but they like your money. Like the guys in Peoria.
Now for Royalton and all those other people that like to feel warm and fuzzy all over!
"Kumbaya my Lord, Kumbaya".
Honest Dad himself
