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darnall

July 13, 2012 at 04:08:37 PM

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Posted By: TommyBahama on July 13 2012 at 12:04:44 PM

I would love to have at the very least a strong regional team, something like the Tim Shaffer team. However, I'm to much of a business man to piss away the kind of money it takes to race today, for basically the same purses they were racing for almost 20 years ago. I would not expect to make money, I just would not want to spend $150-$200k out of pocket to have fun. So instead I bought a second home in Hilton Head, South Carolina. That doesn't mean if someone can get some sanity back in this sport, I wouldn't jump at the chance to be involved as a car owner, it would certainly check one off the bucket list! Seeing a sprint car that I own and that has my name on it on the track would be incredible. However, I will wait this one out. Now the question is, how many more just like me are out there, and how strong could the sport be if common sense would just be put into play. What do I mean by common sense, tires and engines for a start, get this part under control and you've solved a majority of the problem. There is no way I'm spending $40-$50k on one engine, let alone 3 or 4 of them, and then the rebuild cost after only a few shows. Then $1,000 a night for tires. I can have one hell of a lot of fun in a years time for what it would take to field a strong regional team, so again, until some sanity returns, I will be a spectator and not an owner.

Thank you so much for sharing your point of view....as a driver who can't afford to keep his own car going to any extent it is comforting to know that there truly are still people out there who would love to be involved if the "fun per dollar" ratio was a little more in line with how it was in the 60's thru the early 80's. Back then damn near every corner gas station had a racecar parked in the extra bay of the shop, very few of which were driven by the owner, and anybody with a little bit of talent and a lot of balls could find an opportunity to get a shot at proving themselves as drivers. And the crazy thing is that the winnings pretty much kept up with the weekly expense of owning the car, even with the occasional engine meltdown or fence pounder crash.

Loose is when you hit the wall with the rear of the
car, tight is when you hit the wall with the front of
the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and
torque is how far you move the wall.

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