Originally Posted by SteveB31:
Bobby- you are correct. those 1200 cc hopped up motors did almost kill the lightning sprint racing. The BEST thing that ever happened was the 1000cc motors that evolved to be what they are.
Dad- you are correct in that the guy with the hopped up motors used them for 4-6 races then installed another. But, he did win a lot of races, but he had the whole package- hot motor, great car, great setup and great driver.
I am a shoe string guy myself. Just having fun in a great class of cars.
Dad- look forward to meeting you one day. I will have to come out to the midwest and race with y'all sometime. I read the MMSA rules and for the most part I love em.
Sometimes a few rules can say a whole lot. I think the race directors attitude has a whole lot to do with a clubs fortunes. We have areal good team in charge of the MMSA and that helps a lot. Nothing hurts a series more than a one winner all the time and everybody racing for second place. It is their job to prevent this from happening.
We have several 2 day shows this summer and a few of them will be a long haul for a lot of us racers. This would be a good time for some of you guys to come over and race with us at some of the great tracks in the mid-west. With gas being what it is we are all gong to have a tuff time racing this summer. Would be great to meet some of the IOW people. I'm a lot younger than I type.
Honest Dad himself
