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Originally Posted by chrispattinson
yeah, thats what I thought it was about in the brushed motor days . . . . but now, my car is as fast as Neil Cragg's, and its all about the driver's driving/car setup, hence he p#*s*s all over my laptimes at Worksop.
And with all the dynamic timing tricks available, it seems that stock class encourages more voodoo to make your car better than the others than mod racing.
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No more voodoo, as you put it, than was involved in tuning a stock brushed motor. Part of the rationale for killing BR was that BL was easier, and now people are moaning about the speedo voodoo!!
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Originally Posted by DCM
I think it has more to do with the slick tracks too, where you still get reasonable speed out of a stock motor too...
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Slick tracks in off-road, and small club tracks in TC and 12th. Most racing in the US is at small clubs. They have three or four Regional events each year, and one National. We have a National series and Regional series for each class, most of which are on the same tracks. Those tracks are usually the same ones, large, and well laid out. Running Mod os no problem here, but on most US tracks it's a waste of time and costs loads in spares, etc.
So, because Stock is easier to drive on smaller/slicker tracks, and because it keeps running costs down, it is very popular Stateside. Also remember that it is very popular in track classes in mainland Europe, too.
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Originally Posted by Garry
And the American mentality of everyone having to be a winner.
I kid you not, at the International Indoor Carpet champs in Vegas last year (my bro went over and did 2 classes), they had the following all taking place at the same event:
Amateur 17.5 Rubber Tire Sedan
13.5 Rubber Tire Sedan
Modified Rubber Tire Sedan
17.5 Foam Tire Sedan
13.5 Foam Tire Sedan
Modified Foam Tire Sedan
17.5 1/12 Scale
13.5 1/12 Scale
Modified 1/12 Scale
World GT 13.5
Expert World GT 10.5
40ish heats...first heat on the line at 7am.....last one starting gone 7pm.  |
That's another American speciality - running a class for anyone who wants to race. They don't push people into one class at the expense of others, they cater for lots of classes. That way they get big entries, and they have lots of funds. Again, in the UK we are unusual in insisting on single classes at meetings, most others run multiple classes.
The USA has stock classes because it attracts the biggest population of drivers by far. The biggest class at Vegas was 13.5 TC, followed by Amateur 17.5 TC. The smallest class was 12th Modified! Vegas was a fantastic race, and some of the best racing was in the Stock classes. They like their Stock, Stateside...
