Jim
That ain't a good excuse to miss a race hustle hustle>>>>
Red
First I don't stay on topic real well Bill got on me all the time, but it keeps things interesting
Come on down and bring Johnny with you If we got together we could probably fix everybody's problems and maybe invent cold fusion or something and cure two or three diseases.
cbaumeyer
It ain't Lightning or Mini that erks me. The thing I disagree with after 20+ years is Sprint. Try a sprint tail tank on for size? Now try a Midget tank on can you tell the difference. What kind of frame did your race car start out as? Why put on aires and call yourself something you are not.
We were sitting around in AJ's Race Shop a few years ago shooting at Bulls and things. Somehow Lightning Sprint came up. He had a Sprint Car and a Midget sitting side by side, They complement one another's size quite well and you can see the difference. We got out the tape measure and started measuring everything on both cars, wheels, wheelbase, radious rods axles etc. What we did determine that if we so chose to do so we could call ourselves "THREE QUARTER SPRINT CARS" and would be right on the money. To me it seems like a no brainier we are in fact racing Midgets.
Airsys
I love rules. Apparently 3 rules did not work well at Tulsa. What I like more is guide lines. If we said you could not have more than 10 to 1 compression ratio that would be a rule but we could not check it at the track. So it is not a very good rule. I did not like allowing the use of aftermarket Pistons and valves and springs and rods in one of the Midget groups. But if a large number of cars allow it what the heck. That group also says no porting. We can check that. If The rule calls for stock pistons I can bore scope it and pretty well tell the difference between Wisco and Yamaha. It the rule calls for no porting I can check that too with a bore scope. In the case of the little Honda motor if USAC stipulates a restrictor then we should make sure it is in place. Apparently these little farts have some serious beans on tap. As far as the free pass on porting the Focus Midgets, we raced with them this summer and they ran real well, in fact much better than the USAC cars do, but they did not lap us or anything If that it what it take to get them up to speed I am for it.
Honest Dad himself
