[Angela Macy]

To be quite frank, we're not interested in racing a car we could only put 100 passes on. We put over 240 on the Volare this year, not only class racing with it but bracket racing as well. Of course in our situation we also raced old faithful, the Coronet, putting nearly as many runs on it as well.

For us, we race 40 plus weekends out of the year. Most times we're racing both Saturday and Sunday, and often on Friday as well. I believe this would be the case for Michael as well, and Jamie Southards isn't far behind with her schedule.

A lot of our class racing friends only race 14ish times a year. In part because of what their schedule or finances would allow, and in part because of being limited as to what kind of racing they can do with their car.

I will say that the fact that Scott is "in the seat" as much as he is, keeps his skills honed and in the end gives him an advantage over the competitor who isn't "in the seat" as much. Just a simple fact.

My point basically is your traditional stocker is all fine and dandy, to each his own. But if you want to race full time/over time and get more bang for your buck then the crate motor is the way to go. Unless of course you are loaded and can afford to have two cars. Obviously in our case we have access to two race cars, but we only own one, and couldn't afford to have both of them if we wanted to. A Traditional Stocker is about as useful to us as having a Top Sportsman car. It's only good for that type of racing. I'd like to know how many races Mr. Holmes goes to each year in his traditional stocker.

P.S. Marc Kinston - We'll stick with our home at IHRA where we are appreciated and welcome, it's the only way to go if you're a sportsman racer.