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07-24-2014, 09:29 AM | #21 | |
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07-24-2014, 10:13 AM | #22 |
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Re: Erica pulls out of Sonoma & Seattle
Great driver and great team...and Bob Glidden is in her corner...nuff said!
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07-24-2014, 02:04 PM | #23 |
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I find it interesting that EE is getting bashed for sitting out a few races and not one mention of Rodger Brogdon missing a few and also being in the Top Ten. Professional racers have raced limited schedules for years. Stop the bashing and enjoy the racing !
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Well said Dave
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07-24-2014, 03:57 PM | #25 |
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Can someone explain to me why it takes 70K to run a race?
I guess if you have 3 crewmen whos job is to measure wheelie bars, and hold the car straight in the water, that would add up. I could say that it costs 50k per race to run a hemi too. Buy an engine, it blows up at the second race, you fix it etc. If everyone was able to build their own stuff, work on their own cars, it wouldnt cost anything other than diesel fuel and raw materials to run a car, but these days everyone calls up whoever is cool this week to get an engine, or heads etc, instead of learning it on your own. I can build a PS engine for less money than it costs me to build a hemi, thats why I am doing it. Its a science project that wont cost me much to complete. If it works, I will move forward. I know people that say it costs 25k to get their crew to indy for the hemi race. Give me 25k and I can race for 2 years. cw |
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You are correct I went back and looked at the article I mentioned. It said if a team is leasing an engine (45,000.00) per race add that to everything else gets you to 70,000.00 Elite could fund their season by leasing engines at 45,000 a pop
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07-24-2014, 06:59 PM | #28 |
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CW how about one more Hemi Shootout before you go pro.
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I don't think Charlie Westcott needs any luck !!!
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Too bad Erica won't be at the closest race to me. I understand the situation but i'm sure it'll disappoint a bunch of her fans.
Charlie, is this maybe the exciting news for Ford Pro Stock fans that Mark Wolfe has alluded to? |
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