I agree with you Kristopher on the street stock stuffjust 2 cents........ There are guys willing to spend 15k-20k to have someone else build them a street stock... to race for a $150 to win nightly.... and this is happening in all classes below the Amods.....(upper classes, you just have to spend that to keep up)... how do we fix that? that is a core problem in dirt track racing.............. the reason the classes get paid differently is (ideally) if your racing for $150 to win you shouldn't have to break the bank to compete.......... but you've got..... bassholes out there willing to burn unrealistic $$ to buy wins..... so everybody else is forced to at least try......... really?? a new RR tire on your fricken SS every weekend??........ remember............ we are on hoosiers BECAUSE it was cheaper to buy used hoosiers than new DOT's...... the SS class might as well go back to street tires........
sorry to get hung up on streets, ( that's just my class) but its happening all throughout........ example....... Bmods,,, "well,, all these used cars have 4 links and QC rearends ...so lets just make them legal".....sure until some jerk calls down to elite and buys a brand new 20,000k Amod roller with all the bells and whistles and sticks a crate motor and say (Mike Harrison) behind the wheel of it....... Who's ganna be screwed then?.... the guys who bought old used stuff..... right..... so yea its the sudden influx of money (which is normally a good thing) that is hurting........... the barely making it guys, have no incentive, just say screw it and start leaving their stuff at home about midseason. why go broke to run for 8th and $30 start money?..... its frustrating I moved down out of the UMP SS class to get away from those guys..... and here i am 1 year later chase guys with the same unrealistic budget and racing for less money..... I don't need to win more money.... I just want to be able to compete for what little money that gets spread around.......... Sorry again that turned out to be more than just 2 cents.....ha there ya go......
Kristopher K Blankenship