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[Racer17L]

Sprints this week.

[MeXican_BOB]

It's 305 sprints, not 410. major difference... Mercer runs those 305's and I talked to some drivers tonight and they arent even coming down as they will be at mercer.

[scruffy1a]

Aren't the latemodels racing this weekend? May 9th ...... I'm pretty sure I read that .....

You did.  The flyer also says sprints.  The must've been trying to save room, because they decided not to include "crate" and "305" in front of those division names.

[Walt Wimer]

I think the PPMS race is for the Racesaver cars and the Mercer cars aren't legal.

 

Walt

[old man d]

The Laurel Highlands Sprint Series are at PPMS on Saturday. Locals, from Mercer Jake Gomola and Darrin Pifer. Drivers from Sportsmans, George Frederick and Ralph Engle. also Glenn Nolen. The list is from PPMS and they are calling for 22 Sprints. This was taken from Matts post.

[The Legend]

Those bone stock iron 305's REALLY twist on the GO ROD !!!

[Space Racer]

Bedford had them last weekend and had 15 cars.   Pittsburgh is more out of the way for these drivers.   The Mercer cars are not legal.

[The Legend]

Putting a 305 in a sprint car on a track like Bedford or Pittsburgh where guys run 410 Don Ott motors WFO is about like putting a lawn motor engine in an Indy car to drive on 79 north

[old dog 62]

as far as people in the stands, erie price is $10.00 a head and the stands are full, whats that tell you?.

[race ace]

Lets see, how many times have I been through the "we are doing this to save the racers money" Well I had a spec motor (home built) and won, okay u need and "economy" engine, even though I had to basically scrap the spec. Built an economy engine  (home built and won). Both costing less to build and made more power than a crate engine, what was wrong with those engines other than they required a tech inspector to do his job. So with all that money spent they want you to buy this junk crate engine that for what it costs I could build a legal engine and make more HP for the same if not less. This sport has evolved from people that could build things ,engine one of the most expensive items of the car and( if tech is done right could compete with the bought engine), to basically forcing those people out of the sport for having to buy a piece of junk that you can't fix yourself. Most automotive repair shops or gas stations use to have a race car, why? because that's what the people who worked there did, fixed or built them. Not had a big pile of cash to buy.   I have been hearing talk of crate engine in the Stock/ Sportsman class, what do you think that is going to do to the car counts?  Also make the track smooth and slick, then you have to drive not hold the gas pedal down and hang on. I would rather watch cars going 80 mph and race side by side than watch "Hot laps" at 110mph.

finally someone gets it, i like it!!!