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Originally Posted by MarkM66
That is strange considering a Tri-5 has won the event before.
Definitely not as many contenders this year. Truck should not of been allowed to compete IMO. Will half the field be trucks next year?
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Originally Posted by DOOM
 Jeff politics for sure that's part of it. I also think most people who know the players are tired of seeing the same guys . It's the same with NHRA , I used to eat sleep and drink drag racing now its the FORCE SHUMACHER Show . I have zero interest . As soon as I seen who the players were this year I knew exactly who was going to be in the top five and who was going to win SMOTY. There were a lot of nice cars there that were very well done, but as nice as they were the off the shelf parts, as nice as they are can't compete with CNC built cars. But like with everything else the everyday guy is not going to be able to build a million dollar CNC masterpiece so I think peoples interest just goes away after time , Just my thought not saying anything bad about any one builder. |
You want to know what's even more strange? The owner of X-Box that Rodger mentioned is the same guy that won SMOY with 56 Shoebox you are talking about. I was involved with X-Box and was there with the car last year. He was told they don't consider a shoe box a street machine. (After the awards) He even told them, I've won SMOY with a shoe box???? So basically it wasn't even considered. X-Box had many many handmade and cnc'd one off parts as Mario mentioned. I'm not throwing stones at any builder or owner, but there were more one off pieces in X-Box than a couple of the top 5 last year. SMOY may be losing it's luster.