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[hucktyson]

He fella work 80 hours a week running your nationally reknown deck business , do everything on your pierce car your self and race 5 times a year and show me how it’s done .... you can’t compare the best effort of a the best teams in the country to a guy like me racing 5 times a year as a hobby who’s just not willing to pay 50k for a xr1 rolling chassis set up for me . I have not come close to be 100% at eldora yet but I won’t stop trying

[super_latemodel_fan]

Preach it !

They look like they have been wrapped around a telephone pole

Amen Brother !

[CIRF]

They look like they have been wrapped around a telephone pole

I'll 2nd that!

I would add that the left rear corner of the car raising a foot or more upon acceleration and 1/2 of the left rear wheel and tire disappearing ahead of the wheel well and the right front wheel hanging a foot further to the right than the right rear and the right hand portion of the front valance being 8" shorter than the left side valance tends to make them look a bit clownish, as well. But I reckon that's all in the eye of the beholder.

[Cardirt0]

May be great for the 2 big groups WoO and L but not do good for small tracks on weekly

[hardracer32]

CIRF and golddirt I agree with you guys. Look at one of these cars from straight ahead and it looks like a cross eyed 3 year old hung the body. Right side caved in, left side bowed out, nose all jacked up. It's ridiculous. The cars look wrecked before they ever roll onto the race track. They need to go back to a more symmetrical body, and bring the bodies back inside the box a little. I remember reading where Steve Francis made the comment quite a while back that some guys had to go out and buy longer trailers because the old double deckers wouldn't fit 2 cars up top anymore because they had gotten so long.

[ZERO25]

He fella work 80 hours a week running your nationally reknown deck business , do everything on your pierce car your self and race 5 times a year and show me how it’s done .... you can’t compare the best effort of a the best teams in the country to a guy like me racing 5 times a year as a hobby who’s just not willing to pay 50k for a xr1 rolling chassis set up for me . I have not come close to be 100% at eldora yet but I won’t stop trying

So, why don't you see its hard for some of us to take you serious when you only race 5 times a year?Thats cool if that's all you wanna race, but you're spending a lot of money going to the World knowing you don't really have much of a chance to make the show. Isn't that hypocritical?

No disrespect for you, but Id like to hear from some racers that race every week or at least every other week. I agree with some of your body rule suggestions, just not the hard tires all way around. Heck, most Lucas races, they only allow 2 compounds on the rr!

[chupp n bloomer fan]

Zero

But he does race, and isn’t bad at a local to regional show. And his ideas are good.

You have priorities in life, I make mine running equipment, he makes his with decks etc. That is what pays your bills, whatever hobbies you have in life are second to your job. You have a point if he is comparing himself to national talent, but he isn’t, so he is just as qualified as anyone yet on here and more than me and most.

[Zonks32x]

Kazual...better racing is exactly the reason the bodies on these cars need to change. I don't go to the track for aesthetics. I want to see good, hard, side by side racing, and that happens less frequently these days b/c of the cars!!

Today's door stop cars are so aero-dependant that the clear advantage goes to A) the high $$ teams who have the time/funds to test on the track & in the wind tunnel and B) whoever starts up front b/c the wide nose pieces, flared side panels, etc. make it much more difficult to race side by side and pass in dirty air.

But truthfully...it doesn't even matter anymore. The people with the power to regulate and improve the sport won't, so the hell with it. Enjoy what we have, while we still can.

[Barbecueboy]

It's rarely about hucks racing skillz.

It's almost always his " look at me" mantra that gets him the grief he gets.......and he knows that which is why he does it so often.

[Clayton_Wetter]

Had the old body mocked up on my '04 Smackdown... my non-racing neighbors couldn't ID it as a race car... or even a car.

Wanna save LM racing? Make them look like a real car again not a refrigerator laying on it's back.

You own a wedge shaped fridge????

[Raceready]

You own a wedge shaped fridge????

I guess that puts it all in perspective !!

[Clayton_Wetter]

It's almost always his " look at me" mantra that gets him the grief he gets.......and he knows that which is why he does it so often.

He's retired from racing and going full time 4M Ape!!!!!!

[Mod Runner]

The SLM race cars would still look cool with the nosepiece two to three foot shorter. A shorter nosepiece would make it easier for the racer to weave in and out of traffic instead of waiting for an opportunity to pass.