Ken

The secret in racing next to having a good driver is definitely good set up. We have been using shocks built by Corey and Chet almost since their inception when they were rebuilding, custom valving and selling Carrera Shocks. There is a big difference between expensive and price effective. We have shocks that are 10 or 12 years old. Once a year or when they get messed up we send them back to ARS. And for a fraction of a new shock they come back ready to race again. If they have made improvements in valve technology (and they sure do that a lot) they tell us about it and by doing it this way we stay on top of things without buying new shocks all the time.. Like the old guy said You will get my ARS shocks from me by prying them from my cold dead hands, they are just that good.

To have a successful race car we need >>>>>first a good driver, then we need a good handling well set up race car, followed by a good set of tires, then in forth place we have a well tunes smooth running motor. Without the first three requirements all the horsepower in the world is going to go up in smoke at the back of the pack.

A big reason for us looking at Midgets is the Mini Sprint people decided to outlaw cockpit adjustable shocks because they might cost a racer too much money. This coming from the mouth of guys that easily spend over the cost of good shocks on Body Wraps and other no go show boat stuff for their car.. Racers need options, if you want to look pretty at the expense of performance be my guest but don't "ASS"ume I feel the same way.

Rules need to be simple, to the point and easy to enforce. Montpelier has such a rule package.

Rickey Bobby said something about the growing numbers of motorcycles being imported into the USA, the problem with his numbers is that only a fraction of a percent of these bikes are the $16,000.00 pocket rockets that we as well as Dwarf cars, Mod Lite, SCCA formula 1000 and Drag racers are bidding for. The big number in bikes are the Mo-Ped type get me to work for a gallon of gas a week I hope type, and a big number of them come from China and very seldom reach 1000 miles on their odometers before heading for the scrap heap waiting to be sent back to China so they can melt them back down (in Coal Fired Smelters) and sell back to us dumb greedy Yankee's.

Honest Dad himself