Thanks for the kind words Jay, this is what has drawn me to these chassis.
CR
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
EXACTLY Chris...glad someone else gets it. Let's not forget to mention better
potential reliability with the proposed "ALTERNATIVE" package. Honestly, what
other class spends more time working on their cars at the track than us?
None...including CSR, DSR, F1000 or those stupid mini stock car wanna-be's that
have motorcycle engines in them. We all watch them as they walk by us going to
the social on Saturday afternoon to drink free beer. We're usually the first to
get there, the last to leave and the busiest during the day...atleast if you're
running up front that is. It's been like that for the past 5 years that I've
raced 500's and I've seen if from others I've competed against as well. That's
why we do have the friendliest class b/c we spend all our time helping each
other repair our cars or loaning out spare parts to fix them. I know some of
you are laughing right now at the truth of this!
At the Road Atlanta national, Dan and Clint spent a boat load of time working
on his and my 500 (both engine related), not to mention Clint staying at the
track later that evening to help put a spare 494 in Chuck McAbee's car so he
could make the race. The next weekend at the regional at CMP, I watched Mark
Lindsey's team spend a good bit of time working on his two cars as well as Greg
Rheile having to leave early based on a component failure (not engine related)
that he was unable to repair in time to make the race.
I was able to observe all of this b/c all I had to do was check oil, lug nuts
and tire pressures on my Spec Miata that I was racing for those 3 races! I also
made every practice & qualifying session plus finished every lap of each race.
I can't say the same for the majority of the 500's I've mentioned here.
js
"Chuck, IMHO in the case of the F500 conversion, you end up with car you can
work on and tune without an engineering degree."
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