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why would someone go to indy to just race in a hemi shoot out.it's indy.my dad would rather win on monday and get the big wally than the 10 grand.he's been at this way before shootouts.see how many purpose built shoot out cars go up for sale when mopar bails out.most guys driving them can't race the finish line .indy class is a big deal to him of course,bigger than any race.but he likes it all.



I do not want to start another big internet war, but I have a few things to say.

Why would anyone spend 150K+ to build a car to bracket race. I built my car for the heads up racing, we built another one so my dad could do it. I am in the process of building another one now. I (we) do this cause we like to race heads up, no breakout. If I just wanted to bracket race I could do that close to home with a pick-up. Racing in general is driven by the male ego, we all have one, and when things go our way we like to let everyone know how cool we are. When people cant go fast they tell stories about why they should have went X amount faster, and if they had this and that fixed they would have won. I get sick of hearing all of it. It happens every year. Everyone had since bell-rose to get ready for indy, alot of people didnt even attend that race, so they had longer. There is no reason that someone cant be prepared. everyone had the same opportunity that we had. We had about .05 more performance advantage than we usually do. It was mostly related to the weather. I work hard on a hot weather engine package. when the air gets good, the spread will be narrowed considerably. That brings me to point 2. Bucky went the 8.46 with the "bracket motor" last year. now it is a dog. I dont get it. evidently it is a good air motor.
As far as purpose built cars, you guys just got one, mine is turning into one of the older cars anymore since it was built in 03. My Gary Jennings chassis works just fine, and if people were more interested in winning the race, instead of a car show, they should call him.
cw

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