[Robert Swartz]

Thank you for the replys, both good and bad. This was enlightening. Whether I decide to go ahead with my plans or not, nothing written here has made up my mind or discouraged me. I now have some insight.
I'd truly like to think I'm not as naive about this as I may appear. Back in the 70's, I ran with some guys that held a few records in both NHRA and IHRA. It was alot of money, work and sweat then, no doubt it is little different today.

As far as the 20K number, well, that is the amount that generically keeps surfacing. I use it as a mark. Does the amount of money to build a car, any car scare me, yes, we're not in boom times, economy wise. As I'll be upfront, I'm not a rich man, from what I'm reading here, a bunch of you all must be. If, and this is a big If, I do this, the only way I can do this is to build a car. Does it mean I'll have a stocker (I already have a go running bracket car and I'm presently updating it) on the track next year, likely not. When or if I do get one completed, will it immediately be competitive, again, likely not.

If no one builds any new cars, what's the fun in that? Otherwise, all you're doing is recycling the same old worn out cars that have been thrashed for the last 10-20-30 or more years! I want to do something besides bracket race, for all the potential headaches, I want to give this a try. I want to come play in the sandbox, it's just my bucket and shovel may not be as nice and shiny as yours.

Hope to meet some of you in the staging lanes, someday.

Robert Swartz