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Dustin Trost did run a non-wing car at Waynesfield Motorsports Park's 1/3 mile dirt oval last season with a crate motor in it against the 410's. He made almost every A-Main with it and was a competitive 4th to 8th place car with it. Cub Burden, who does the track prep there at Waynesfield and was one of the promoter's there last season, was the car owner. He wanted to start a class with them but got no interest from the other owners.
There are a lot of 305 and 360 cars close to that area, that usually run wings at the tracks a little farther north that would show up now and then, and the crate motor was as fast or faster. If you didn't know it was a crate motor, it would seem like it was just another 360 car.
I wish someone would start a class of the crate motor cars and run them as a support class to the 410's. With the amount of money many of the Super Stock and Modified owners and drivers have in their equipment those that are interested in running a sprinter would be able to and not have the expense of the aluminum 410's.
It would be a good starting point for many drivers wanting to move up into an open wheel class and much cheaper than running a midget also. I would also like to see them run these in a non-wing class, no wings.
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