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Originally Posted by hackster
...But being honest, I am pretty frustrated with my driving ability and being at the bottom of the standings. I don't do at all well with that and I am very competitive. I had a really good time at the Optima events and met some awesome people since February but I am not sure its the right place for me at this point in my life. So that leaves me wondering what should I do now....Do I keep going on the truck, knowing it will likely never get me to even mid pack and just be happy with that or do I start on something else, something with more power, lower lighter weight more track oriented but still not mainstream?
I know I need more seat time, and lots of it. That leads me to think Track Car....
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Sean, I've got some advice on both of these subjects.
First, you have to know that your truck will never be in the top half of the field. The weight, balance, and aero will never allow it to compete with the more highly refined cars. If you love competing in the truck, you can either be happy with it as-is, rebuild it at a huge cost only to be 70% up the field, or retire it to fun runs and develop another car. A truck, as cool and easy as it is, just isn't the right choice for competition.
Next, seat time. We have some customers that have built some fairly powerful and fast cars. Cars that are much faster than their skills. They weren't able to develop their driving skills in those cars. So we built each of them a simple trainer car with safety, consistency and low maintenance costs as the focus. Both of them do a huge number of track days with instructors and are able to push the boundaries in these slow, small-tire cars. When they run their FAST cars, they can now push them much harder. I'd recommend the same. Buy a ready-to-run, simple, small-tire, low-power track car and get some instruction so you can drive it at the ragged edge. This will help whether you end up sticking with the truck, or going for a more competitive car.