considering getting back into racing--many questions

jltefft1 · 11-30-2008, 05:21 PM

First off I have been reading these forum pages a long time and it helps keep me involved in the sport I love. Saw first race in 1964 and raced in stock and brackets until 1980. Live between 131 motorsports park and mid michigan dragway and am considering getting back into racing. I have been looking at cars for sale on various sights and it looks like $20k to $35k gets you a competitive car for stock or super stock. I read here quite often that it is better to buy a competitive car rather than to build one yourself. So with that being said I am looking for advise on which way I should go. Want something that goes at least high 10 seconds to anything quicker. See a lot of gt/da cars for sale and f/sa to a/sa cars for sale. When I go to the divison 3 race at mid michigan it appears that the big tired super stock cars are more consistent than the high horsepower stockers. I would prefer a stick car as it is always more fun and thats what this is all about. I see a lot of adds that say--"the car goes easy 6 tenths under in bracket mode" When I used to race you went as fast as the thing would go. Can you explaine how and what is done to put, lets say a 350 69 camaro from bracket mode to full race, class winning mode. Really enjoy all the posts here and thank you in advance for your replys.

11-30-2008, 05:21 PM	#1
jltefft1 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: grand rapids mi Posts: 7 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	considering getting back into racing--many questions First off I have been reading these forum pages a long time and it helps keep me involved in the sport I love. Saw first race in 1964 and raced in stock and brackets until 1980. Live between 131 motorsports park and mid michigan dragway and am considering getting back into racing. I have been looking at cars for sale on various sights and it looks like $20k to $35k gets you a competitive car for stock or super stock. I read here quite often that it is better to buy a competitive car rather than to build one yourself. So with that being said I am looking for advise on which way I should go. Want something that goes at least high 10 seconds to anything quicker. See a lot of gt/da cars for sale and f/sa to a/sa cars for sale. When I go to the divison 3 race at mid michigan it appears that the big tired super stock cars are more consistent than the high horsepower stockers. I would prefer a stick car as it is always more fun and thats what this is all about. I see a lot of adds that say--"the car goes easy 6 tenths under in bracket mode" When I used to race you went as fast as the thing would go. Can you explaine how and what is done to put, lets say a 350 69 camaro from bracket mode to full race, class winning mode. Really enjoy all the posts here and thank you in advance for your replys.