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The boys from Kansas are at it again
masracingtd1167:
Comp Eliminator has always been a class that is near and dear to me and I agree that there are a lot of guy's with a great amount of money that race in it .There are also a lot of Comp racers who do not have big bank rolls that spend a lot of time working on there combo.s to make them quicker . I agree that it is not a cheap class to run buy what class is ? I have worked on a Comp team for the last ten years and it has been a great experience for me . I have learned from some of the best in the buisness and met a lot of dedicated racers along the way !
rooman:
Bruce,
$75 to $80K small blocks have been around in A/ND etc for a lot of years now so the Parks deal is not out of line money wise. Frank and Scott's package is a case of a couple of really smart guys looking outside the box that a lot of racers put themselves in. If you have the same package as the guy in the other lane and he can get it down the track as well as you then luck becomes a factor in the outcome of the race. Those Kansas guys don't rely much on luck to win races.
Sure, they would have to charge like the proverbial wounded bull to duplicate their entire car for a customer but a lot of it is simply the fact that they are willing to dedicate the time to be better than the rest. They don't go to the local bar when they get off work and they don't drive high dollar street cars or take vacations in exotic places--they work on their race car.
Remember the NHRA slogan from the early 60's? "Innovation in action" is these guys personified.
Roo
wideopen231:
Takes two things to go fast.Money and talent. Lots of money nornmally has advantage.Someone has to have the skill to build it.Even with skill it takes a fair amount of money . Don't believe me. Try building anything from ground up.Materials and tooling cost will amaze you. Parks have amazing skill and that hs gotten them the tooling to make aliving and some badass parts. If I had the tooling and a business that relied on me showing how good my stuff is I would spend a ton of money and time building the product to drive my business higher. Exactly what the Parks do and judging from internet chatter about the car it works.
My hats off to those guys.They get to build and drive race cars for aliving.I think they call that the american dream!
hotrod316:
Roo
your right on $70,000 to 80,000. 70,000 was 6 years ago and 5000.00 for a intake that we never got the bugs work out of before it was outlaw owell it just paper thank god it was not my paper. 8)
steve m
dreracecar:
Bob McKray builds his own engines, and does all his own head deveolpment, could prob build 2 (if not 3) engines for that cost.His car runnered up at the MM, His Driver (Don Enriques) drove it out the back whereas the "boys" shut off early and dropped mph to 162 and still maintained a lead. The 3 layer class handicap tree was supposed to bring all the classes of JF closer together in order for the class to survive as a true heads-up class.
I have nothing against them and what the did or how they did it, and as a NHRA Comp dragster its going to be killer, but will be racing simular minded cars and really trick an inovated engine builds and race budgets. What happens at the MM and CHRR is club racing
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