[jjones752]

Pat
It's not bad at all, Brother; you did good. I'm right there with you one the cheap scale, and I think you know that the grin under my helmet is as big as yours, especially on those rare occasions when we get to go wheel-to-wheel.
Brad, I respect your opinion a great deal as someone who's been around this sport for a long time. I may seem to get all wrapped up about this "chain or no chain" deal but most of it is with my tongue firmly in my cheek, and it's the path I chose to take to (relatively) inexpensively participate in a sport that I'm passionate about. After around 2 years of getting back into the fellowship of racers and knowing what I know now I may have gone a different direction (i.e. a more "traditional" driveline, with automotive power) but it is what it is and I aim to make the most of it until the Zonker blows. I'm appreciative of the opportunities I have to race, whether it's at my home track or those times I've been welcomed out on the road. I probably won't travel as far as Wisconsin this year so my opinion really doesn't matter; I just know that a very simple, open set of rules seems to be working at Montpelier. It's sure working for me and Pat, and that's really all I wanted to communicate.