They work very well as a non wing car. In our series (Rocky Mountain Lightning Sprints) in Colorado, we run half our races winged, and half non winged.
We have now two Henchcraft cars in our association and they do quite well non winged. One has won many races, a championship, and a 2nd place this year in our only non winged race so far and I have the other Henchcraft , but in our only race non winged this year I wadded it up (not the cars fault though- it was the drivers fault).
Just tighten it up and stand on the gas.
I just bought mine a few weeks ago, and it sure is a far better driving car then my previous lightning sprints that were not Hench cars.
Two of our next three races are non winged, so we will see how I can make it work.
Steve Becker
RMLSA car #31
ssmbecker@msn.com