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Originally Posted by bobbyd
It is pretty neat when some of the older experienced drivers jump into these cars. The first thing that I hear is they had no idea these cars were that fast. I have Casey Shuman in my 49 at the Shootout to try and get some excitement about the Lightning Sprints at the Shootout.
To prove your point about drivers and setup and not engines: I remember the summer before Jesse Hockett passed, he was at Grain Valley with his non wing sprint to run a race and the MLS (with wings) was there that nite as well. He came over to me and said he would drive one of our cars that nite if there was an open seat. He jumped into 15 year old car with a keyed rear axle and a older engine. Started at the back of the feature and came to 3rd before the laps ran out. If there had been 2 or 3 more laps, he probably would have won it. We are talking about a car that probably had not seen a better finish than 7 or 8th.
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<<<<My avatar picture is of Jesse Hockett driving my car that night. Had the steering not broke in the heat race relegating him to tag the feature....I'm sure he would have won. It was the fastest my old car had ever gone. A yellow flag or 3 more laps and he had a chance. The feature went green to checkers.