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Originally Posted by Don Kennedy
Don : You are a comp person do you think comp in the future is in a lack car count problem??
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IMO, Comp is unique for a few reasons, and those are directly affecting the car counts. First is the money it costs to run it. I do it out of my own pocket, but many of the guys are business owners and we all know how the economy is affecting everyone right now. The second part may be class structuring. So many new ones in recent years and soft indexes to start, many of the lower qualified cars just parked from being beat up or not even qualifying. And maybe the last thing that chases alot of people off is maintenance and the effort to run one. It takes alot of time and patience to run a car in Comp, especially ones like mine or some of the oddball combos. It's not a make a pass and have a hot dog category, and you need crew help.
I think it would be a real reality check going from SS to Comp. Lets face it, once you qualify in SS, it becomes a bracket race, unless you have a heads up. So essentially, you don't need to have the best parts and keep up on constantly changing technology to win. Not so in Comp. It may seem attractive to be able to put a SS/Mod car in Comp, but when the factors above come into play, that's where the party ends. It's the only class I've ever raced in, never even bracket raced, made my 1st runs in the class I run now. I've seen many people come and go, and unfortunately more are going right now. Hopefully the trend reverses.