An Idiots Guide to Super Class Racing

[Jason Oldfield]

Originally Posted by Tom Goldman

Gary, that was Greg and Ernie Horrocks Nova, but it had 180 degree headers on it that made it sound like a six.

I figured that's who he was talking about, but I wasn't 100% sure. I remember the first time I saw their car many years ago I thought the same thing until I looked under the hood. They went Comp racing, didn't they?

As for Big Block vs. Small Block / High MPH vs. Low MPH, yes, you CAN be competitive with a slow car. But please, I wasn't born yesterday. Everyone in the .90 categories haven't gone faster and faster over the years just because they like to spend more money and run a 90 at a higher speed. Every good driver knows that it's easier to chase, and that there's an advantage to being the faster car at the top end (to a point - obviously that advantage goes out the window to a certain extent if its a close race and you're running against somebody that's 30+ mph slower than you).

If that's not the case then I challenge all of you to either move up to the fastest class that your car can currently run (I should be running S/G at 138 mph), or better yet, sell your expensive big power motors and build a near stock 454, pocket the extra cash, and go out and be competitive.

I don't think I'll get many takers...