CLASS RACER FORUM - View Single Post - With PINKS ALL OUT gone...how about this!

Wade Mahaffey · 12-21-2010, 03:44 PM

The key is k.i.s.s. keep. it. simple. stupid. as Johnny D. would say. AMC runs with mopar, Olds/Buick runs with Chevy kinda like SS/GT. Crate engine companys like Edelbrock, Patriot, GM Performance, Blueprint, Roush, Indy etc could be the engine suppliers. They could rent the engines and make money. If a guy will spend $500 to go to a National event he most likely would spend $500 to be on TV, him and his buddies would split the money anyway. The engine companies would get the exposure and Sell,Sell, Sell on Monday. It would be the big three again...sorta like the old days. You figure half of the rental engines would only get two runs on them, then go to the next race. If they rented them for $400 thats $200 a lap for half of them (1 time run, 1st rd loss). They probably only cost the builder $5000. Aside from loosing first round all the time, would'nt you like to pay for your motor in the first 25 laps. I'm talking some basic engines that could run 10 seconds. No wheelbase, trans gears etc. No electronics (transbrakes, timers, delays, T-Stops etc). All of the stuff that makes racing cost so much is gone. The folks that run Pinks All Out, can afford to run this too. They don't need a 25K stocker engine, to have a fighting chance. If the fans came to watch Pinks.....They'll come to see this. it's the same people plus more sponsers and built up big three rivalry...AND BETTER HEADS-UP RACING.

P.S. Tell SPEED to give me a call

Wade Mahaffey

12-21-2010, 03:44 PM	#6
Wade Mahaffey Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 581 Likes: 0 Liked 18 Times in 8 Posts	Re: With PINKS ALL OUT gone...how about this! The key is k.i.s.s. keep. it. simple. stupid. as Johnny D. would say. AMC runs with mopar, Olds/Buick runs with Chevy kinda like SS/GT. Crate engine companys like Edelbrock, Patriot, GM Performance, Blueprint, Roush, Indy etc could be the engine suppliers. They could rent the engines and make money. If a guy will spend $500 to go to a National event he most likely would spend $500 to be on TV, him and his buddies would split the money anyway. The engine companies would get the exposure and Sell,Sell, Sell on Monday. It would be the big three again...sorta like the old days. You figure half of the rental engines would only get two runs on them, then go to the next race. If they rented them for $400 thats $200 a lap for half of them (1 time run, 1st rd loss). They probably only cost the builder $5000. Aside from loosing first round all the time, would'nt you like to pay for your motor in the first 25 laps. I'm talking some basic engines that could run 10 seconds. No wheelbase, trans gears etc. No electronics (transbrakes, timers, delays, T-Stops etc). All of the stuff that makes racing cost so much is gone. The folks that run Pinks All Out, can afford to run this too. They don't need a 25K stocker engine, to have a fighting chance. If the fans came to watch Pinks.....They'll come to see this. it's the same people plus more sponsers and built up big three rivalry...AND BETTER HEADS-UP RACING. P.S. Tell SPEED to give me a call Wade Mahaffey