Originally Posted by Jim Gardner:
The cars are a blast to run without the roof. We ran in Duquoin in January and February of 07 and it was by far the most competitive and most fun mini-sprint racing I've been involved in. If a nonwing race was held on one of the tracks near here (Lawrenceburg, North Vernon, Gas City, Moler, Osgood, etc...) I would definately dust off the 1000 car I have stored in the corner of the garage that has sat all year and is for sale.
I believe reasons that few (or nobody) has tried to put together races include.
- support from wing companies, parts distributors to the series
- speeds to put up better laps on the bigger tracks- only a few tenths off of non wing 410s at Lawrenceburg
- the safety aspect of absorbing energy in a crash
- there is already a large class of motorcycle powered non wing cars with the two tq series
- from what I understand the local tracks that run non wing sprints like the winged mini sprint as support to show the fans both types of open wheel cars
Maybe motorsportspr, Bill May, or somebodysmam could weigh in as they certainly have more involvement with these cars.
I would love to do it, just not at big tracks like Lawrenceburg or Twin Cities. At Lawrenceburg our car was running low 15 second laps.. not much off from the non-wing cars. A crash with one of these smaller cars with smaller tubing on one of these big tracks could be bad. I would love to do it at one of the smaller tracks, maybe Salem, 35, Moler, or Osgood though.