Sean ---
I will also ADD to this discussion because it needs to be said and read.
Anyone that THINKS they can build some bad ass car -- and go out and drive it 4 weekends a year - and then they THINK they can run with the top 15 or 20 guys that are driving WAY more often than that. Dudes gotta have his brains taken out because they're scrambled!
Let's just take Mister (I say Mister with the greatest respect) Stielow...... ZILLIONS of laps under his belt.... huge horse power cars for a number of years.... ADD to this the man just happens to be a suspension engineer so the cars are great.... He drives often enough to not be rusty. I need half a day to run the cobwebs out of my head when I haven't driven for months! (HATE WINTER!)
Okay --- I guess what I'm saying is that "being competitive" is always a matter of "how competitive". Personally I'd rather just go out and have fun. Beat who I can and let the others go by. There are many out there with lots of experience that have built cars just to run these events..... and very few have actually won.... and a winner at one event doesn't (as you know) put you in the top at the OUSCI in Vegas.
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