Bob how did you know I don't owne any black shoes. My cars are as odd as you can get. I never run what every body else does. My chassis is built by a young man that used to drive for me, his name Is AJ Felker he builds them the way we think will work best. I don't know about you but I can't see the crack to weld any more, I did however give him his first instructions in welding. My motors have always been out in left field when everybody else was running Honda's I was running a 600 Yamaha. When everybody switched to Yamaha's I went to Kawasaki's. I hate running with the crowd.

If I could find someone to split two of these old Kaw's take out the trans lay one down stand one straight up and tie them together with a timeing belt I would probably give Poweri Midgets a try.

Those old quick changes are so neat Bill May's MMSA has changed their rules to allow them this year. We are trying to get more like TQ's all the time. But you guys are stuck in the good old past. I understand the car AJ raced was 30 years old when he drove it. I guess that is a good thing but guy's like you even get down played when you try to do something different and good for the sport.

What I'm saying is sometimes change is bad and sometimes it is very good. The weight rule you were concerned about is a good thing but it has taken 50 years to be put to use. My car's work just like yours do . Some people are selling new cars that are not owner constructed, and some people are running cars that are 30 years old.

Three groups are great but sometime in the future car count is going to go down and there aren't a lot of people like you that can or wan't to build a race car from the ground up.

I just feel you guys are putting just a little too much importance in the drive train. Back in the 60's Ron Ambrose ran a chain drive in UMRA in fact too well they out lawed him, before that it might be chain drive or prop shaft drive. I think Al Davis ran several chain drive cars back in the 50's. At one time chain drive was OK in TQ's but thanks to Ron it was made Illegal. Does that really sound like a fair rule to you, just out law something if it out runs you. I think I would have to come up with something that would out run him and I know that is a very hard thing to do. I also know it is not all in the car or the motor or even the drive system. Sometimes it is just the man himself you got to beat and I don't think making something about his car illegal is a very cool way to out run him.

MMSA has changed it's rules to get larger car counts you guys want to run the status quo and try to keep car's out that might just upset the apple cart.

Bob when ever we are close to you, racing let me know. It would be my honor to have you there and to see how the other side lives. I would be glad to pay for your pit pass and maybe even a hot dog or two, I think we are probably a lot closer together on our racing than you might think.

It is hard for me to think that a young man with only a few races under his belt could be so down on another race car because of the way it drives the rear wheels, maybe we could get him a ride in one of these different cars that really does handle and run to change his outlook on racing. The older I get the less set in my ways I get.

Your old hijacking bud DAD himself.