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Date Posted: 05:27:47 07/02/00 Sun
Author: Dave
Subject: Re: Fuel
In reply to: A.P. 's message, "Re: Fuel" on 21:53:48 07/01/00 Sat

Good point, There are lots of ways to skin a cat. I never intended to imply that my opinion is the only correct one. I believe I stated in the beginning that these are just OPINIONS.If the way you are doing things, isn't good enough to win every race, then maybe some re-examination of the skinning process is in order.On the other hand, If you are dominating, perhaps you can sit back and relax in the knowledge that you have a superior package. Most drivers fall somewhere in the area of needing to improve the overall package configuration,sometimes just to STAY AHEAD of the competition.I suppose it also has something to do with the competition also. heck, If you are not being challanged, why worry about improvements.
When WE were actively racing, we never went a week without learning something.I'm not saying we CHANGED something every week. We just tried to have a better understanding of how things worked and we were always looking for some competitive edge. Working within restrictive rules such as these was a challange in them selves. Challanges that didn't necessarily depend on a bottomless check book,as in some classes, but rather a bottomless pool of imagination and innovation.Racing against some very good racers made us stay on our toes.The Gould family of racers CDarrin and David in particular) had a well earned reputation of being able to get the most out of nothing !If you slacked off one week on car prep., They were out front !Damn that was fun !They were very hard to keep in the rear view mirror!
I wished there had been a forum similar to this one where some racers would willingly swapped information and opinions.There wasn't, so we had to gather our information from magazines,seminars,observation of other cars etc.

Those other racers are not our enemys,they are fellow competitors. No one knows anymore about how passsionately we feel about racing than those other racers.Not our Moms, not our Dads, Not our wives.....unless they are racers too.

I don't think that any of the opinions that appear here are intended to be a formula to build to, or should be immediatly applied to you car. Rather these are things to CONSIDER and perhaps learn from. Knowledge is Power.

Street Stocks forever !!

Dave (fsstek)

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