490 cubic inch * Dirt Tracker

[TheJet-09]

I thought Pierce liked smaller cubic inch stuff than most everyone else? Or was that just prior to changing chassis manufacturers?

[chopter33]

So many racers, both at the local and national level, are their own worst enemies. They see more power….low friction….less rotating weight….low drag….and their wallets open.

You keep telling yourself this.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

You keep telling yourself this.

He's not wrong. Magic axle, magic shock, magic spring, works too

[chopter33]

He's not wrong. Magic axle, magic shock, magic spring, works too

You keep telling yourself this

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

You keep telling yourself this

You keep telling yourself every trinket has speed in it.

Engine used to be the worst overspend, but they finally put enough down force on them where peddling isn't a very necessary skill.

[Henry Every]

Horsepower wise have we gotten to the point where building a similarly powered Big Block might be more co$t effective than the wide bore SBC stuff? Putting weight aside... I know the previously mentioned 1100 HP Big Block was insane and unmanageable, but would a 900 HP Big Block be less expensive to achieve than a similarly powered wide bore SBC?

[Tireguy17]

You keep telling yourself this.

If you don’t think there is a large cross section of short track America that doesn’t need to have the “trick” parts then I don’t know what part of the country and sanction you follow.

[84wedge]

The parts guy must love to see you coming... Just because a part is touted as being "trick" does NOT mean it in fact actually makes you one bit faster.

A good comedy gag would be setting up a booth offering a part guaranteed to make you faster or your money back and when they pull away the curtain its just more money. Or Johnathan Davenport. Either way the reaction would be pretty good.

[blncfn57]

exactly what 'trick' parts are you all referring to?

[84wedge]

The parts guy must love to see you coming... Just because a part is touted as being "trick" does NOT mean it in fact actually makes you one bit faster.

A good comedy gag would be setting up a booth offering a part guaranteed to make you faster or your money back and when they pull away the curtain its just more money. Or Jonathan Davenport. Either way the reaction would be pretty good.

[Highside Hustler25]

The majority of crate racers are beginners. I wouldn't necessarily label them as idiots.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

The majority of crate racers are beginners. I wouldn't necessarily label them as idiots.

Are they beginner though? An awful lot of the guys who used to run super are in them.

[Tireguy17]

The parts guy must love to see you coming... Just because a part is touted as being "trick" does NOT mean it in fact actually makes you one bit faster. The people that believe you have to have every trick to be fast are the same guys crying about absolutely everything. Mean while they haven't washed the car or scaled it in weeks...

Not the point I’m making, I agree with you. There is a lot of wasteful spending on the trick stuff, especially on the local level.

[Highside Hustler25]

Are they beginner though? An awful lot of the guys who used to run super are in them.

Probably so in some areas. Supers are still pretty strong in the midwest tho. Especially in the central Illinois area.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

Probably so in some areas. Supers are still pretty strong in the midwest tho. Especially in the central Illinois area.

Brownstown Indiana was once one of the 5 best weekly late models fields in America, but they have a field full of ex super guys in crates. Illinois has it as good as it gets these days, but a lot of the cars at a weekly show are arguably not that super, from what I've seen.