Crabman! Dude! you ok? I think Monte said that if you are bracket racing it's fine. I don't run one and I've never had an issue. Although, I intend to do more bracket stuff next year and less division stuff. I've always thought about running one, just never got around to actually doing it. I have a very close friend that runs one on a bracket '69 Dart. He actually went some rounds one day and when he went to start going to the water box in the 4th round the car wouldn't start. He depended solely on the Alt. to charge the car which is virtually impossible if you are constantly running the starter moving up through the lanes. It only charges going down the track and what little idle time it is to and from the pit spot. You probably run the starter 4-5 times just making 1 run! Any alt. is going to need some help trying to recover the amps lost in the short time that the car runs. Guys that run an alt. and go rounds still use a generator and batt. charger.