Thread: USAC RPM Story
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10/26/10, 7:35 AM   #11
Re: USAC RPM Story
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Originally Posted by ImissAscot View Post
I think the point is to try and increase car count's by Esslinger making a incredible motor for the Micro/Mini Sprint or TQ guy to go up the ladder and be able to afford to run a full-size midget in a competitive manner against some of the bigger funded team's. All the high dollar motors are by no means obsolete they are just going to be on the level now and the RPM limits didn't drop much HP on the dyno on any engine.
The problem with this theory is that people in the micro and tq world still aren't going to spend 18k on a motor, then another 5k to 10k for a car. That could be almost 30k on the complete deal with spares. It's great in theory, but just not feasible. The people that cannot afford to move up to the next level just can't afford it. A 10k micro sprint is usually a deal where it takes everything to keep it going. And the people that can afford to move up, aren't going to skimp pennies because they can afford what they want, and more often than not, they are going to go race a sprint car if they do anything because you can race them more than you can a midget.

Make the tires skinnier, and start running weekly shows somewhere, and you may grow car counts that way.
 
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