10.59 @127.67

[Chris "drooze" Wertman]

Originally Posted by SS Engine Guy

Thats what makes this challenging in my eyes. 25% car and 25% driver and 25% engine tuner and 25%chassis tuner.


De-valuing property of customers is not a good way to sustain customer loyalty.

I dont disagree with anything you said, none of it, in our case there is a "race" to win, but its really a sideline for you and other class racers, WE NHR are up against other teams with the new cars...simple....

As far as 25/25/25/25 In our case thats all us, the only thing mechanically we didnt do 100% ourselves is the Tranny. The rest, rear setup, engine, suspension items, all us, tune us.

Im happy with the time "Out of the box" but if I cant get it into the 9's in short order Ill be dissapointed. Thats a personal goal. Something I have set for myself.

I do believe its easier to make a fast car consistent running it slow, so to those ends I want it as fast as possible. Ill dial back from there. Also I subscribe to the philosophy you can make it fast, or reliable you cannot do both equally as well. So dialing a fast car back buys me some of that reliablity back. These are lessons earned over a lifetime of wrenching 30 years solo, when I was 8 or 9 the old man threw a new Chiltons bike manual on the counter and said go at it....BEST Present he ever bought me.

Customer base ? Well I agree with that statment, but it seems to me , and I may be wrong, its making a subsidiser happy. KNOWING The customers are participating in a monopoly of sorts. BUT It has the potential to also bring in much needed new blood, not us DP or CJ people but others who the older Stockers have no appeal to.

I guess I agree from a personal perspective.

From a business perspective, well I can see the NHRA's thing too.