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Originally Posted by Tom Broome
... My only beef is the manner of inclusion and style of execution that makes it seem beyond the reaches of the "normal" racer....
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That's where you miscalculated, GUMP is not a normal racer, and I'm glad he isn't.
The normal racer (me) would build the same old beat-up sh!t box that's already had it's hp dinged many times and that there has been 500 iterations of already. He would build something unremarkable but affordable.
GUMP is a man of means and connections that he fostered over decades, giving him the ability to build something completely different and new. Something that I now get to admire from the bench seat of my station wagon. This car is built to the rulebook NHRA provided, but maybe not quite in the spirit of the class. Maybe it's time the spirit of the class changed. I'm hoping that this ushers in a new era of performance oriented class racing and the introduction of many new combinations.
You may not like that this combo GUMP is building isn't attainable for the average guy (not that much of class racing is anyway) but you'd better be glad men like him exist. I know I am. I work at Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation building RV chassis for million dollar motorhomes and coaches. Can I afford to buy the product I help produce? Hell no. But I sure am glad there people out there who can, otherwise I'd be looking for work.