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Originally Posted by Signman
Bob, the cost is a big part of why people don't run Stock. You personally have much of the money already spent on your car but the power train to be competitive with a Pontiac is quite a bit more than a Chevy with some inherent issues that are tough to overcome. Don't think many can build a Stocker cheaper than my Camaro have 60K+ in it and hundreds of hours, looked at reproducing the engine = 20K to go 11s? Plus it must be freshened every 150 runs. Then you have the lightweight transmission the differential........
As to the comment on the quality of bracket cars have heard some of the cars allowed to race at big money foot break races in the south is pretty bad. You personally do not field a car of low quality how about the guy who raced with lawn chair for driver seat? Both sides of the coin.
Back to cost: To attend an LODRS race with entry, expendables, meals, hotel, gas and tolls a 3 day race will eat up 1K or more. What's a bracket race cost 250? Less?
If you race to win money class racing is not what it was years ago, the contingency is not there any longer. Bracket racing is much more lucrative with much lower overhead.
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$250? Frank if you wanna compare big events such as a national or divisional costing money. World footbrake challenge is in a few weeks. That's gonna cost $800 just to roll through the front gate. Not counting the 10 hour tow. Gas and hotel. Buy backs. So you can triple your compared 1k investment to come race with us for the weekend.