Why so many disqualifications in Crate Late Model racing?

[kidrock]

CnB true that, the supers are in the same boat with low pay and high dollar cars.

[grt74]

trust me, i know for a fact there was cheating from the very start, i will not say names but a very well known racer that helped start it never had a legal motor

[Late_Model_Mark]

One of the big expenses from what the racers at TST tell me is the outrageous amount of cabbage the racers spend on the carburetors. When ever the top 3 after a main at TST have to get teched, and they do a extensive teardown, the racers bloody howl like Lon Chaney!!


Late Model Mark
TST Announcer

[Cooter Davenport]

The reason there is more disqualifications in Crates is because there is more Tech, plain and simple.

No disrespect, but that was a very poor article/blog or whatever you call it.....they sounded anti-crate and not very knowledgeable about Crate racing in general.

[fastford]

its not cheating if you can afford to stretch the rule to there very limit.......like mark said , with no carb rule , its amazing what a 2000 $ carb will do to one of these engines over a box stock 600 holley....

[i like racing]

They were cheating with the motors and then yes they started using shocks the supers were using and it got quite expensive to keep up with and be competitive. My brother decided it wasn't worth it with all the cheating and all the light weight expensive parts to win 400.00

Reminded me of this.

[EvelB7]

We won quite a few races and a series championship with straight from the factory sealed engines back in the 2010-2012 timeframe. We had great cars, nothing like the cars of today but those who say you had to 'cheat' from the start are wrong, train may have come off the tracks since but it worked somewhat to begin with.

[fastford]

good one i like racing , it defiantly is despicable ......

[dirtcrazy4u]

Crates started right. It was a cost effective way to get into late model racing. Technology has pushed the prices of a crate car thru the roof. #1, and I love the look of today's SLM, get rid of the bodies. The dished sides and interiors. Put them all on a shock that advance or Napa has on there shelves. Fastrack, Rush, go buy 100 holly 600 carbs. It takes no time to swap a carb. Seal them and Turn them back in at the end of the night. If a seal is tampered with, O well you lose.
I have seen guys, and I'm sure everyone has, come into the pits with a new stacker, 2 new xr-1s or longhorns at the disposal. It's unfortunate you can't easily check for a lite weight crank. The time it would take to do that you would be at the track till sunrise. I'd love to see the guy with the old rayburn just dust all the donkies with there check book race car get pounded. See simple. The next word is stupid. Neither rush or fastrack or nesmith have the lug nutz to do it. They can't get people in the stands as it is. Not one of them can make it as a stand alone show. I've been to Screven many times, the pits are full and you can count the people in the stands.

[kidrock]

Reminded me of this.

Now that's funny, good one I like racing!!

[kidrock]

We won quite a few races and a series championship with straight from the factory sealed engines back in the 2010-2012 timeframe. We had great cars, nothing like the cars of today but those who say you had to 'cheat' from the start are wrong, train may have come off the tracks since but it worked somewhat to begin with.

No your right back then there were probably more that wasn't cheating then were but, it was going on none the less.

[Clayton_Wetter]

trust me, i know for a fact there was cheating from the very start, i will not say names but a very well known racer that helped start it never had a legal motor

cj????

[moyerfan1]

Was it Jp?

[let-r-eat]

Better than buying a $50K bass boat to catch a 15 cent bluegill.

[chupp n bloomer fan]

Better than buying a $50K bass boat to catch a 15 cent bluegill.

I dunno, a XR1 or Longhorn ready to go with a Durham or Clements or Cornett, I’m venturing is $90k, to win $2-$10k. Hobbies, expensive hobbies.

My Dad quit racing, and switched to Walleye and Perch fishing on Lake Erie. So the correlation I fully understand. Less work and dedication fishing. And more relaxing. Still cheaper.