Nascar

**hevyboy** · 08-27-2005, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by thepyrofish

I don't follow NASCAR much, 'cause I'm too busy following CASCAR (NASCAR's Canadian little brother) in which my favourite driver would be #74 Dennis Masse (I'm biased. I'm on the pitcrew). Favourite track's probably Sun Valley Speedway.

That's cool!
Do you run a Chevy, Ford or Dodge?
What's your job on the crew?

**thepyrofish** · 08-28-2005, 12:26 PM

We run a late model Dodge Intrepid on a McColl Chassis, I think the motor we were running this season was a 377...but we blew it up.

We boosted our redline to 7000 from 6800 this year, and that might have had something to do with it. Big boys are running 7200 or higher I think

We only ran one race because of that "little" problem. We're a fairly small team so money gets tight sometimes. It's hard for a team thats owned by the driver to compete with the big guys like Ron Beauchamp who has something like 300 grand a year for operating expenses.

This was my first year on the team, though I coded their first website back in 98 or so when I was just in junior high. I was on fuel this season, probably will be next year too.

**hevyboy** · 08-28-2005, 02:32 PM

Originally Posted by thepyrofish

We run a late model Dodge Intrepid on a McColl Chassis, I think the motor we were running this season was a 377...but we blew it up.

We boosted our redline to 7000 from 6800 this year, and that might have had something to do with it. Big boys are running 7200 or higher I think

We only ran one race because of that "little" problem. We're a fairly small team so money gets tight sometimes. It's hard for a team thats owned by the driver to compete with the big guys like Ron Beauchamp who has something like 300 grand a year for operating expenses.

This was my first year on the team, though I coded their first website back in 98 or so when I was just in junior high. I was on fuel this season, probably will be next year too.

It's always tough trying to compete against big $$$$.
My brother ran a ministock dirt car for a few years.
Seems like the guys with most $$ get the breaks most of the time.
My brother did get his day in the sun though.
1996 World Four Cylinder National Champion, at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, SC.
paid $12,000, don't know what it pays now.
You guys keep racing hard.