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Terry, Your telling them what I've been doing for twenty years. (check my photos) And I'm still doing it in the design and build of the 60 Corvette. Believe me I'm "choppin at the bit" to compete in the Super/Stock arena, but there's a hell of alot more to this car than that! All of my eggs are not in one basket. I'm one of those guys that was never the best at one thing. But could do alot of things pretty damn good. Hey that's what it takes to be a good Fireman!

P.S sorry to the stock racers about getting off topic

Wade Mahaffey

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I'm starting to see more and more Drag Racers on the Golf Course.
Someday, someone will figure everything out.
Fore,

pc

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Kenny,

You are dead on. There are plenty of affordable combos. The 5.0 Mustang is just one, and it would be a fun 12-second, or high 11-second ride, which is cool. I bet you could do it for under $10,000 and run pretty far under. And there are no DPs and CJs to contend with. You could also build a '80s Malibu with a 305, parts are everywhere.

Maybe I didn't race 40 years ago in the golden era, but I'm having plenty of fun and I really enjoy the friends I have made racing and the car I built, which is from my era, in fact I drove it to college.

Sure there are issues, there always were, and always will be. Life and racing isn't perfect. You can be a part of the problem, or part of the solution. It seems there are a lot of old-timers on here, and with all due respect, maybe they are just burned out and need an excuse to quit. I get it, NHRA tech isn't perfect, there are underfactored combos, the economy sucks, etc. But blaming NHRA for every single issue is lame.

Here's a fact, there are far more complaining people on the Internet than at the track. But some never get out to the track, they just sit at a computer and boo hoo about what they don't like, instead of finding something they do like, be it racing or otherwise. I'm not saying you shouldn't raise a stink from time to time, but some people just complain, complain, complain. If I was that unhappy with racing I would get out. I don't have time to be miserable over a hobby, life is too short.

Evan

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Evan, One of the most common sense post this board has ever had.

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That's my point Jack, if your not going to pay a decent wage, that means they don't want to hire.

Jack, when are you and Terry going to figure out how to use a quote. I fixed the one that you quoted me on.

Its simple, do not remove these tag, [/QUOTE] [QUOTE]. They must be in front and after the quote. I had to reverse them or it would have looked like a quote. If you looking to quote just one sentence, put the first tag in your quotes before the sentence and the last tag after the sentence.

Also, do not modified the first tag, example [QUOTE=Ken Miele;211286]. After the equal sign in the tag is the code to quote the proper post.

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Jack you are correct, I worked for Div 2 for a couple years. It was a very low (what pay) paying job with long hours and time away. I really liked it and enjoyed it. I liked working in the teardowns since I am into stock and super stock, I took a interest in it. Alot, of tech guys take interest in a class or two and those are the ones that they really focus on. I had health issues come up so I had to stop going. But, I do not know of any division that LOOKS for people to join the tech crews.

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[QUOTE]. They must be in front and after the quote.

Also, do not modified the first tag, example

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ken Miele (Post 211286) .

Yes Teacher -- I promise never to screw up your quotes again ..........You'd do better with me if you told me you're going to beat my knuckles with a ruler like the Nuns did ---- opps , you won't get this unless you're Catholic ..........

And as for the NHRA paying better its never gonna happen - you have to love what you're doing - not the money you can make doing it ! ! !

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good points all around Evan, and one that most of us could learn from time to time. The "fun" is one of the reasons we've got the 92 camaro I/SA car now. Its almost as much fun as the vette, and a whole lot cheaper. Heck I've been testing it on pump gas even, lol. Sure, things have changed, and some things are worth taking a stand over, but if you're not having fun, you really should find something else to do

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There are Division tech directors who could and would straighten this out.

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Anyone remember, when the cars classed in Stock had to driven to the track.
You had to have license plates on the car, and a legal registration.
Also, the exhaust sytems had to be retained.
Even the steel wheels had to be retained. You couldn't use after-market wheels that were lighter than the stock wheel.
Thats when Stock was Stock.

pc