Crate Motor Class

[Mike Carr]

Too many Mike's...I don't know who is talking to who...lol.

It still amazes me the number of Class Racers who hate using the terms "shoe polish" and "bracket racing". Amazing, because for the majority of us, that's what we do 90% of the times in the eliminator. I'm sure everyone likes being the fastest car in his/her given class. I know myself it's been gratifying to look in copies of Nitro Joe's end-of-year stats and seeing myself in the top spot. And, sure, we all love to win class or a heads-up run or two. But still, it's mainly a, *gasp*, shoe polish bracket race in the eliminator 90% of the time for most of us. Doesn't matter whether it's NHRA, IHRA, Stock, Super Stock, GT, hood scoops, Production, FWD, Pure Stock, whatever. And, we all have our given rules we have to comply with, in regards to chassis, engine, still have to pass teardown, etc. Just because some racers to choose a different route than you, does that make them better, or worse, than you? Certainly not.

And, for the life of me, I still don't know why some want to change the way we do things in Class Racing. Maybe I just don't "get it". If you like to go fast, qualify high, and win class against other fast cars, if that's your bread and butter, you can do that. If you can not either afford, have the knowledge to, or choose to willingly go fast but prefer the skills it takes to cut a light and drive the stripe against some of the best in the world, you can do that also. Some can do both very well. There is something here for everyone, it seems to work for the most part, and I say don't change what isn't broken?

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