You are correct about Shasta, we brought dull knives to a gun fight. But also keep in mind these were Focus powered dirt cars that we put some slicks on to drive in circles to support the show. With that said we had some fun, and added to the car count for Rick which I know he appreciated. Remember without us it would have been a 9 car show, not good for the fans. Also we were running on 2-3 year old Focus pavement tires (harder than hockey pucks) as we were not going to go buy a bunch of new tires to run one race. If we go back to Shasta on September 12th with the EcoTec, you can bet I will put sticker tires on all of my cars.

As for Placerville?? Which show? I have never finished the main more than 1 lap down and the last time I was there we beat a couple of full midgets in the main. Yes Marguson put us a lap down, he was on rails. We do have a few rookies that are struggling a bit more and thus are getting lapped a couple of times, but that problem could be resolved by car count as it would create a semi that they could race in to get more experience.

I think over time you will see the gap decrease, but lets face it on a tacky track we cannot compete with the current cars. Also, we have to run a 50 durometer RR, which also hinders us on slick tracks. It is more difficult to hook up the cars, if we went to the same tire it would also make the race closer, maybe something that we should think about.

It is true that we are running two different classes together and on some tracks we will be "competitive" (i.e. close to the lead lap) on others we are going to get spanked (especially with the Focus engines). But in the end we are having fun and isn't that what it is about.

Thanks for clarification on where you saw the races, that helps put it in perspective.