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10/16/07, 3:54 PM |
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I don't believe anyone mentioned rear steer. Hard tires save money. No debate there. No cockpit adjustable anything. Good idea. And okay, no claim rule. That can be taken care of by using crate motors. Cheap, reliable crate motors. The racing in the classes that utilize those motors is extremely competitive. The fans love it, the fields are full, and the best drivers still find their way to the front. Sprint car people need to look outside of their small, and getting smaller all the time, group, to see what is working out there. There are classes that are thriving. It's all right there in front of us if we take a look. |
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10/16/07, 4:25 PM |
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Kevin you are exactly right on everything you've said. The little guy is being pushed out and is has happened in just the last few years. In my opinion sprint car racing is heading now were the Indy 500 has went the last 25years. In the late 70's and early eighties it was common place for Grant King, A.J. Watson and many others to take a 4 or 5 year old Indy car, haul it to the speedway on an open trailer and make the 500. As the technology continued to evolve, with skyrocketing costs the 75-95 cars that would show up for the 500 has now dropped to 35-40, with several of them being backups that don't even try to make the race. Sprint car racing is heading down this path. A path where someone with desire and technical ability willing to use and work with equipment not necessarily level witht he top teams, doesn't have a place any longer. As Kevin said there are many drivers at all levels of racing capable of racing in the big leagues. In the mid eighties I worked with a low budget Indy car team that Ken Schrader drove for at the speedway, passing his rookie test and being at a speed to make the race in an older car before it was wrecked in practice. Kenny said something then that I have always remembered "There's a lot of guys out there across the country that have the ability to drive these cars or Nascar that will never get the chance." Unfortunately we may be saying the same thing about sprint car racing in not to distant years to come.
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10/16/07, 6:35 PM |
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here we go again...
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10/16/07, 7:33 PM |
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10/16/07, 8:15 PM |
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I like the Midwest All Star tire rule. Whatever tire you qualify on you have to run the heat and feature on the same tire. It would help with costs.
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10/16/07, 8:26 PM |
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Could you also give a rundown comparing prices of Transporters in 1986 vs Today??
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10/16/07, 9:00 PM |
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10/16/07, 9:10 PM |
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What are the cost difference between a Steel Block "race ready" and an aluminum block "race ready" ? How much difference is there in cost between fixing a steel block and a Aluminum block ? Are Steel Blocks fixable? Besides weight what are the advantages of using an aluminum block vs a steel block? I have my theories but would rather hear from an expert. Tim Clauson |
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10/16/07, 10:31 PM |
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I for one would love to race a sprint car, even if it's a once a month deal at a local track, it doesn't matter. What seems to be the trend is the people who want to race sprint cars either for a living, or for fun, cannot afford to even come close. I might be able to straggle enough money to buy a frame with a motor plate, but I severely doubt it. The guys going from micro's to sprint cars are moving on at an astonishing rate that Kevin's right, who are the next Darlands or heck for that matter, Briscoe's going to be? |
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10/16/07, 11:22 PM |
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