CLASS RACER FORUM - View Single Post - Class pushed back at Indy Nats for Jegs Brackets?

Randall Klein · 06-10-2022, 02:14 PM

I get so tired of hearing class cars are JUST shoe polish bracket cars, and yes there are heads up runs and class legalities and teardown possibilities, BUT one thing never discussed is the real fear of engine-transmission failures....most bracket racers build for consistency and brag about how many runs they get before freshening up, make a run or two and bar-b-que....some class racers build on the safe side, some are on the ragged edge each run as a component of Performance Class Racing.
Many class racers if not all, carry gaskets, tools and RTV, let alone a spare trans and many an extra head...we don't usually do 2 & Q, too busy running valves: A BIG DIFFERENCE

Two big sources of anxiety, esp at INDY, teardown and will my on-the-edge, no oil bullet survive heads up class

06-10-2022, 02:14 PM	#21
Randall Klein Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 785 Likes: 45 Liked 316 Times in 67 Posts	Re: Class pushed back at Indy Nats for Jegs Brackets? I get so tired of hearing class cars are JUST shoe polish bracket cars, and yes there are heads up runs and class legalities and teardown possibilities, BUT one thing never discussed is the real fear of engine-transmission failures....most bracket racers build for consistency and brag about how many runs they get before freshening up, make a run or two and bar-b-que....some class racers build on the safe side, some are on the ragged edge each run as a component of Performance Class Racing. Many class racers if not all, carry gaskets, tools and RTV, let alone a spare trans and many an extra head...we don't usually do 2 & Q, too busy running valves: A BIG DIFFERENCE Two big sources of anxiety, esp at INDY, teardown and will my on-the-edge, no oil bullet survive heads up class