What's up with comp ?

[MR DERBY CITY]

Wow, only ten comp cars at the div one race. D one usually has a strong turnout of comp cars.Is comp eliminator on life support ? ....M.J.

[Stock 608]

Not sure what's going on in D1, but comp is hurting everywhere. I love it, but honestly can't see it lasting much longer. I know the new fuel isn't helping car counts any...

[HR9121]

M.J. I will volunteer to field a comp team if you will sponsor it I figure a million a year should be sufficient. I will even put one of them red bird license plates on the front!

[Mickey Whaley]

George washington sucker

[HR9121]

Mickey will be crew chief and in charge of beverages and we'll name it Mr Deez.

[Mickey Whaley]

Im in baby

[Bryan Worner]

Originally Posted by Stock 608

Not sure what's going on in D1, but comp is hurting everywhere. I love it, but honestly can't see it lasting much longer. I know the new fuel isn't helping car counts any...

How can you blame a car count on the fuel?

[rod butcher]

The low car counts might be the cost factor? A small block comp motor is in excess of $80,000 for a good one. Add the car, trans, convertor a couple gear sets and spares and your $300,000. lighter, to start.

[HR9121]

Originally Posted by rod butcher

The low car counts might be the cost factor? A small block comp motor is in excess of $80,000 for a good one. Add the car, trans, convertor a couple gear sets and spares and your $300,000. lighter, to start.

This is what I was referring to in my earlier post, the cost is got to be astronomical to run a real competitive car.

[Stock 608]

Originally Posted by Bryan Worner

How can you blame a car count on the fuel?

I am not blaming just the fuel, just stating that it's one of the contributing factors. I run comp and the fuel is def not the same. We haven't had a chance to figure it out since we've been dealing with other issues. Comp has many problems but the cost is probably the main one. Why do we do it? Probably the same reason every racer races because we love it. The challenge of making changes every run to try and pick up small amount. Comp is near the end and I can only see a few more years max. What will we do then, I guess take up fishing.