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I'm going to piggyback on 1121s reply a bit...
As much as I hate wings on dirt cars, I think they have done wonders for the state of pavement racing. When the tire and springs are your only source of grip good new tires are way way better than used... if everybody has and extra 33 sq ft of aero grip, the tire is a much smaller part of the equation.
Also seems that the wings widen out asphalt tracks quite a bit and allow much more side by side racing and passing.
And the first couple years of the Must See series and their TV deal the 2 fastest cars in the series were a couple of decades old dirt cars... the yellow 50m with Gerster and the orange 81 with Decaire were both reportedly 20 year old dirt cars that had been tinkered with.... so clearly as stated by 1121 a good driver in a dirt car and used tires can be competitive.. Thanks for the inside info man.
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