on the smaller tracks i have been told that this motor would compete with the usac cars if we were to go to say eldora we would be hurtin but in my time wtching racing which has been a little while its not always the big motor that gets the job done evryone thinks you need a huge ground puonding motor but when it comes down to theres enough horsepower and then there is to much... i mean hell the cars only way 1300lbs roughly so theres a breaking point there somewhere, just my opinion....