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Originally Posted by Pvt Parts
It depends on how bad you want to win. The faster cars win more rounds, period. So if winning is your top priority, get a faster car.
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I have a friend and fellow racer who probably would disagree with you on the above thoughts, and he's wearing a big "3" on his station wagon this year to prove it..."Jody Lang"! There may have been two racers who finished higher than he in last years national points, but there were countless others who finished BELOW HIM...oh and by the way, no one out did him in Div. 6 AGAIN!!!
I too enjoy my slower roller because I don't need to spend as much money or time working on my car, to make it competitive, because I have one (of several) road less traveled kind of entries. I definitely enjoy(ed) the times when I beat the cars that are (were) supposed to beat mine because they have more money in them than the total financed cost of my '04 Chevy Colorado pu. truck (tow vehicle), which was $27K! Moreover, I know full well that most all of the races I've lost (since my car's become competitive), have been my fault as a driver, not my having a slower classed stocker...as ALMACK clearly stated, "many runs at the track", would help make me more successfull like one "Mr Jody Lang" has now been for three decades! Besides it will be a great enjoyment to me, should I become:
1. The first fwd stocker racer to win a national or a divisional event this century.
2. The only repeat winner of either of those types of races.
3. The first person to win a seasonal points championship (divisional or especially national).
4. The first fwd stocker participant in the "All Stars" race.
5. Heck, even becoming the first top ten national (if not divisional) points finisher would be something I'd really enjoy!
Most (if not all) of the above is out there waiting to be accomplished, and I have the desire, I just need more of the funds to get out there enough to improve my driving/judgement of the stripe skills...the rest would take care of itself as it has for Jody, Jimmy D., Fletch, Pete B., Mark F., Mike I., and Edmond & his brother Scotty R. (amongst numerous others). Most of the above named guys may race the faster stockers, but seat time is the primary reason they're so well known, and so good...not the car, but the driver...