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Originally Posted by NJSPEEDER
Mark is an example of what an amazing driver can do. The first full season that Philly Region ran SM, Mark showed up with his old Neon ACR to sort out his new shock package for stock. He entered SM and ran times that would have won the class had he not run it as non-comp. He was racing against some fully sorted out, nationally competitive cars with very good drivers, and he just mad us all look ssssoooooo bad.
Just never talk to Mark about a line or try to get a driving lesson from him. His mind doesn't work like everyone else's. He talks about a foot or a few inches like that is something the average person can distinguish when exiting a slalom into a Chicago box at 50mph. lol
My idea of a fully prepped SM f-body involves a 3rd gen. It is just a lighter starting point with better update/backdate weight reduction options. Drop in an nicely built LS1 backed by a clutch-glide transmission. Keep the 10bolt in the back and through in some 4.33 gears and c-clip eliminators(yes, they are available). Sam Strano proved with one of his IROC's years ago that you can actually fit 315's all the way around on a 3rd gen 
Of course, that is a big money build that is currently a winning lottery ticket away.
-Tim |
What is non-comp? I might do that ... see if I can run in the stock class where I'd be close on times, just not get any winnings since my car "technically" doesn't qualify even though it would be close in terms of actual time potential. That way, nobody can rightfully bitch about it (after all, my car's in real rough shape) since I am just doing it for fun...