Originally Posted by Hamby812:
No offense, but to everyone who keeps bringing up the 60's, 70's, so forth is fine but really has nothing to do with this thread. Ya race cars(every part included) are far more expensive than they were, but so are regular cars, trucks, food, gas, everything. In all honesty some teams back then were probably no diffrent than now in that they had more money invested than others. And well as for the rigs i dont want to get into that because I do see that as a huge expense that really accomplishes nothing more than show. Its nice to have all that room and such but not mandatory.
And for someone who has raced on pavement, theres a big diffrence in missing the setup than having a bad set of tires, a bad set of tires wont cost you tenths it'll cost you seconds a lap, its literally like driving on ice, honestly a bad set of tires, with no option of buying more is just flat out dangerous. But then I guess they could do what BC and jones did that got them plenty of pats on the back and just load up and go home. Theres no good fix to the problem.
1. More races just equal more money spent.
2. One set of tires, and you get a bad set is just dangerous.
3. Combo cars, well honestly all I can do at that is laugh, were not in the 60's anymore.
4. Have a poll on what you prefer, Dirt sprint car shows or Pavement.....then think to yourself if youd rather have a dirt car or pavement.
WELL IN THE 60 70s THEY DID NOT HAVE ONE TIRE COMPANY AND YOU COULD RACE THE TIRES MORE THEN ONE RACE!!!!!!!!!!! I KNOW FOR A FACT THE LARRY DICKSON WON THREE PAVEMENT RACES ON A WEEKEND WITH THE SAME RT.REAR FIRESTONE!!!!!!!!!AND YOU DID RACE THE SAME CAR ON DIRT AND PAVEMENT SO YOU DID NOT HAVE THESE PROBLEMS!SO WITH ONE TIRE COMPANY THEY CAN BUILD AND SELL AND CHARGE YOU FOR ALL THESE JUNK TIRES!!!!! JUST LIKE NASCAR WHY DO THEY SPEND ALL THAT TIME AND MONEY TO RUN TIME TRAILS TO RACE 5 TO 10 MPH SLOWER IN THE RACE ON JUNK TIRE THAT FALL OFF IN 5 LAPS? WHEN IN THE 60 70s THEY COULD RACE THE DAYTONA 500 ON FIRESTONES AND NEVER HAD TO CHANGE A TIRE! YOU NEED TO OPEN THE TIRES TO THE BEST AND AND AFORDABLE TIRE COMPANYS!
