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Old 09-29-2009, 06:23 PM   #5
Michael Beard
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Default Re: Combine sticks & automatics

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Originally Posted by greg fulk View Post
If this was to be done the powerglide car would have to be let have 3-speeds! ! example just look @ Div 3 Donnie Beeler & Tom Rambo... same car same engine SAME engine builder! Donnie is a atleast a .10 if not .15 quicker all the time. Ok got my Nitro Joe here Donnie ran a best 11.028 to Tom's 11.269 last year
I run an identical combination to some other cars in my class, built by the same engine builder, that are .10-.15 quicker than me. And we run the same trans, too. So? Somebody's always faster than somebody else. Heck, I've seen some cars go faster with a different driver in the seat of the same car!

If Sticks have an advantage... great! I think it'd be great to see more stick cars out there, as well as more heads-up racing in general.

Aren't there already some Super Stock classes and FWD's that have them combined, and just give a weight break to one trans? Or as someone else said, combine them, let 'em eat, and they'll sort themselves out.
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