Originally Posted by v8Fiero
Im not a circle track racer but I can understand how tough must be to see your car get scrapped because of somebody elses stupidity. but I think the majority of racers understand and respect the work other people put into their cars.
The way I see it, your only competition on the track. if your in the pits and have a problem with your car I will bend over backwards to help get you back on the track so I can compete against you again because racing is where the fun is at! and others have done the same for me when I have had problems with the car.
Off topic of thread a little but on topic with the above post sorta...
My uncle and cousins run in a dirt car class that has a claimer rule for the motor or just heads. I'm sure all of you know what that is..If I am racing and you decide I may have too much in my motor or just heads you can offer up your motor and x amount of money and I have to sell or be baned for the year.Well most all those guys have more in them than they should. My Uncle had a strong 406 in his with dart heads...he was doing well enough he was afraid he would get his motor claimed. He took an old 350 he had in the barn and re ringed it and put some old double hump heads he had on there and just hand lapped the valves and stuck it in. Well he continued to do good..better actually because the car didn't spin as much on athe slick track. He was very close with another guy in points , a guy who hated to lose. Well one night that guy claimed his heads. 500 Bucks and his heads...they had to pull em off and trade right then at almost 1 a.m. I hear the look on his face was priceless when he was handed the old basicly garbage double hump heads and had to fork over his heads that had been ported and polished AND $500 !! He later told my uncle that he didn't figure they would allow him to claim them and would be forced to leave for the year. To me that is just a low down way to try and win a points race....serves the guy right, In my opinion..lol