[Dean Feiock]

Thanks everyone for the replies. If I've stirred up a hornet's nest, I apologize for that. That was not my intention.

I got introduced into racing many years back helping the Ryan's with their racing program. Car maintenance and the thrashing to make it faster for class was always my calling. I have very fond memories of helping those friends. To my own determent, when I started racing a few years later, I never let go of that desire. I was always focused on going faster, even between rounds, than I was on the driving. Back then, trying to run with Div 5 people like Peter B and Glen D who ran in my classes was always my priority. When I moved out west it was the Irvings, Don Forester, and Jody Lang that I was chasing. That said, I do not ever see me racing in a class where I can't go full out, with my right foot the only means of controlling the cars performance. The thought of a throttle stop is just not appealing to me, at all.

I do not race for the possibility of winning money. I have no expectation to win or even go rounds. It has always been and probably always will be about the car performance for me. My stuff was never 1.20 under capable. At least not in the air I typically race in. But I could go 1 under in the air I race in. With exception of the paint and the engine machining, my car is all built by me. I have two complete engines with sleeved blocks, name brand internals, total seal rings with spacers, schubecks, and so on. Both engines have heads and intakes done by people who do these items for a living. I have two complete metrics, aluminum drums, low gear sets, and so on. Obviously, I need to reacquaint myself with a rule book. But it doesn't look like I would need to completely revamp my program.

Thanks again for the replies.