[Rory McNeil]

You always want to have the ability to add or subtract weight when attending races at different tracks, or even the same scale having some leeway, since many scales at tracks are graduated in 5 pound increments. Like Chris Barnes noted, I have seen the scales at Pacific Raceway vary a fair bit from one day to the next, so be prepared. In my Mustang, I was always able to add a fair bit of weight in fuel, as I still have the stock gas tank, and between a full tank, and adding a spare tire, I was able to get enough weight to drop down a class. If you are not about to have a heads up race, I see no good reason to always be right on the edge of being at the minimum legal weight. It would suck to have a run DQed for being 5 lbs light, especially in eliminations.