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I thought about running a TQ, but the engines to me are behind the times. A good TQ engine alone cost more than I have in my whole car. You can get a low mile 1000cc engine all day long for $1000 to $2000. I paid less than that for my engine and it's a 2007 and had only 2000 miles on it. I got it on e-bay and parts are everywhere (headers, air boxes, wire harness, ect). I get to the track, flip the switch, and my engine adjusts to the conds. Truley plug-n-play. I don't understand why going through all the trouble to have the transmision cut off the engine, and then run hilborn injection. I think if the TQ's were like the Kenyon Midgets where you keep the trans and keep them stock 1000cc, there would be 60 car count TQ races again. TQ's have a long history and have been around a long time and that helps them, but mini-sprints can use more common midget parts and that is a huge plus. I liked the TQ pay back also. It's only $400 to win, but it is $100 to start and climbs from 18th on up. If it wasn't for the engines I probley would have bought a TQ.
I agree with wings at the Burg, that place is fast!
As far as the purse goes the new TQ series has it right to me. The winner of the race doesn't keep a series going, it's the cars that can show up every race that carry a series. $100 to start and in the future $40 for non-qualifiers, is enough to keep one of these cars going. I can pay for my pitpass, entry fee, and a little gas in the truck and a couple cheseburgers for a $100. I would be cool with $40 to start and $200 to win to get started.
We have a free weekend Sept 25th - 27th where both series are off, mabey try to put something together?
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