This is what happens when the sanctioning bodies, mainly USAC since they set the standard, refuse to do anything to curb costs. The weight rule they put in a few years ago is a joke. It allowed their teams to build even lighter, more exotic cars. There are no engine constraints, other than cubic inch, as far as I know. Out at Williams Grove in their 358 sprint division, they are not allowed to run titanium rods or crank and must have an access hole in the pan to check. They also have a compression max of 10.8 :1, which are things that could've been done in midgets years ago along with a heavier weight minimum and $55 steel rear shocks. All of this I suggested to USAC and Badger 9 years ago when I was racing them, but it fell on deaf ears. Well look who turned out to be right...yeah, me that's who, not those rich snobby A holes. Rest assured they will do it their way until it ceases to exist.

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