[Ron Middleton]

I think too many focus on what you could spend trying to be a "big dog" in stock instead of a player. Number one qualifier is nice but how many times has Jody and Toby Lang won from the bottom half of the ladder? How long have these two been running the same cars? Evry sport you can get into costs way more today than it did 20, 30 or 40 years ago. Try any of them and if you get serious about you can spend your life's savings in any sport these days. Yac has a car someone can get into relatively economically. I bought my 1980 Camaro stocker with some spares for $6700(350 for H/I or J/SA and a base 305 for K/L and M). I haven't run in it the 1/4 mile but it has run .2 under in the 1/8 and I have started upgrades on the car and the getting the driver (me) back in shape by bracket racing as I have been out of drag racing for many years. I look forward to running some events and like Michael Beard I'll run NHRA/IHRA events and brackets. I like to race and it's all about the fun and racing on a budget for me. JMT.