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Originally Posted by B Parker
Tim First no where did I say you needed a 100,000 dollar car to race Stock. I think your car is sweet. And I don't care what class you run. You apparently don't know me at all. I ran a R/SA car for years and competed on a budget far less than most. I would think between your car trailer and tow vehicle that you guys have more than 25k involved. My point to this whole conversation was that Stock is not cheap!!! It's great that you work hard on your car. So do I. A lot of people think you just spend money and your car goes fast. Next time we are at a race together talk to me or my brother. We have been at it for a long time and could give you some cheap things to try.
Now lets set the record straight on the race you are talking about. It was a Saturday. The ASRA had a run off of the top 16 members that day and a members race on Sunday. And yes I'm a member and planned on racing on Sunday's race. I went on Saturday to do some testing. I heard that they were putting on a gamblers race for those that were not in the top 16. I don't get out to race much so thought I would join to get some practice. I believe we raced in the 3 round. I won. There was no bye the next round was the final. It was getting close to the end of the day and they wanted to hot lap the cars that were left. I had made the decision after that round not to run my car after making several test runs and then going a few rounds. If I remember the difference in money was 75 dollars. In my head I weighted it out and didn't think it was worth it to take a chance on cooking a trany or hurting parts. You said something to me and I said I didn't need the money. We were talking about 75 dollars. Don't know you well so I didn't think I needed to go into why I wasn't going to race the next round. Again I won the round with you so it was my choice. If it was the Sunday ASRA race that would have been different. If the seventy dollars was that important I wish you would have told me before the round. So I'm a littler confused why you are mad at me. Is it that I beat you or that I thought the seventy dollars wasn't worth me taking a chance on hurting any parts. It's just not a cheap class to run no matter what car you have. BP
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To cut costs...bring the IHRA CM and PS classes back.
The conversion to full Stock from PS for my Impala is $15k.
That is to be somewhat competitive, reliable and safe.
For me it is also the time and maintenance.
I love the S/SS association races.
They bring the cost to fun ratio closer in line with local bracket racing.
For long distances meets....couple nights at a motel !
Do not have to worry about fuel checks or tear down.
In the North East most races are within a few hours to a day of driving.
Anything South or West are days of driving.
I remember at 75&80 and other tracks S/SS was every week end.
It would help if all the XHRA’s would collaborate with each other.
Use / Rent each other’s tracks and personnel.
Make setting local and National Records exciting.
Map where one race does not compete with another.
Work with S/SS associations to fill in race dates.
Maybe Get them involved with Divisional Points
Get a marketing company to advertise S/SS for the public for all tracks.