Great answer Greg. Daryl, the winning of a race is a great goal. For most of us, it dosent happen that often. If your only goal is winning the race and nothing but total victory is unacceptable, you will be dissapointed more often than not. The idea of racing stock, compared to pro ET, or bracket 2 is that we can work on our cars and it means something. If you find a tenth, it can be a competive advantage, bragging rights, or personal pride.
With the brand new cars that are coming in, and the performance they have just started to show we are all in trouble. I'll still race, work on my car, and enjoy the people we race with. When it comes time to go heads up with these new cars, our chances of winning are slim. Like a Sherman tank trying to stop a Tiger tank.
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Originally Posted by Greg Hill
To some of us being able to compete for class at Indy is important , having a fast car is something we strive for and work for and spend money on. Ask Bruce Parsons how much time I've spent on his Dyno. I realize that's not what's important to some folks who race stock but it is to me and most of the older guys. The difference between how fast your car is and how fast my car is could be narrowed considerably if you chose to do so. The difference between how fast my car is and the new Mustang or Challenger is a half a second and there is nothing I can do to change that because the hp ratings for those cars are so soft. What got me to thinking about starting this thread was the fact that this winter I have to freshen up Andrew's motor and I was going to do some work on mine to try and make it faster. Should I spend several thousand dollars to try and make our cars go faster or should I just leave mine alone and put rings and bearings in Andrew's car? I'll probably spend the money and see if I cand squeeze a few more hundredths out of our old cars, but I realize it's probably a waste of time and money. In the end I get some satisfaction out of seeing how fast we can make our cars run.
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