Originally Posted by dirtrack:
Allen was a smart man. He went to the stock R1 at a time nobody thought you could give up 200cc and win. He won. He also saw tough times coming for the racing economy 10 years ago. The last time I talked to him he said, "If you keep mini sprints affordable, this class will grow and grow." He passed a lot of that on to Andy.
Dirt
I don't know who you are but when Allen put that stock R1 motor in a mini sprint, the 1200cc mini sprints were on a respirator. To heck with the 200cc's those were $10,000.00 racing motors with a life span of only half a dozen races. You did not race with only one motor you needed one spare and one back at your engine builder.
I still remember Allen's first R1 test race at Thunder Valley. He put his car on the back of the field and took off like a bat out of hell. Well his driver-mechanic whose name we will not mention here did not tighten the counter sprocket and the test race was over in a few laps. He went on to win countless AMSA races.
Honest Dad himself
