A WIN-WIN SITUATION
I just read your editorial on Pro Mods and
I say "RIGHT ON!" You hit the nail on the
head. Make it two classes of Pro Mods if need
be. . .more cars, more parts sold, etc. --
all pluses for the fans.
Let's see what those blower cars can really
do!
Thanks,
Bob Mencel
AN OPEN LETTER TO BOB
RUNNE
[Ed. Note: Bob Runne's letter "A Few Changes
Over the Years" ran in our previous batch
of letters]
Mr Runne,
It gets exhausting trying to explain Super
category racing to the ignorant, and someday
I will tire of it and give up, but not yet.
For you to say it simply shouldn't exist is
narrow minded and short sided, to say the
least. It is not as simple as setting up a
computer and
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letting
the car run 9.90 (or 10.90, 8.90, etc.) If
it was, it wouldn't be all that competitive,
would it?
We have to have reaction times in the hundredths
of a second (preferably thousandths), compensate
and adjust for wind, track conditions, sunlight,
air quality, and our opponent. We then have
to decide at the finish line what to do, and
execute the plan, with very little room for
error, usually the same hundredths or thousandths
of a second I was talking about earlier. Yes,
it looks a little strange when the cars slow
down, and if you don't know what is going
on, I understand the confusion. However, you
should do a little research, maybe talk to
or go to the races with, a Super Gas racer,
about how difficult and complicated this form
of RACING is before you spout off and insult
hundreds of us around the country who work
very hard at this exceedingly difficult form
of racing.
I'll tell you what, if you are at a race
in Division 7, come find me, I would love
to show you around, show you some races from
the finish line, show you my car, and try
again to open that closed mind of yours. Better
yet, send me 200k and I will go Comp racing
and do away with my delay box and timer.
Tim McCain
Super Gas 7131
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