I up for finding out where these cheap thunders are!!! I'm just going from what I can see I figure it's prolly close to $14g's first year to run up front in a thunder then all your cost after the fact. I figure if that good guy you know spent $10g's over 4 years he wasn't doing too bad racing @ $2500 yr it cost almost that amount for a simple rebuild on virtually any engine!
Larkin won the Flamboro mini stock championship with a Charger a few years back that cost less then $1500.
Minis are suppose to be a starter class. Not too many starting off in a new sport are willing to shell out $5000 or more on something they are not sure they can do or afford everyweek. They usually start off with something cheap and then once they get the experience they build their own later or buy a chassis to finish.
If I was going to spend $6000 I would buy a crate engine and then a cheap thunder roller before a mini stock. Except for fuel, I think thunders are getting cheaper to run now.
Bottom line is Racing isn't cheap get used to it or get out! and yeppers there is a few decent deals out there but none in the price range we're talking about, as for previous yrs they really don't count, hell in the early '80's you could actually make money racing but let's be realistic here that's not today so it your friend or his friends buddy sold a car for $1500 that he won the champioship with 5 yrs ago it doesn't count we're talking about today 2008 not 2003!
let me remind you wade, steve penny sold his championship winning car with a kick ass new hosking engine for $3500. i believe you can buy a used car and engine for $6500 and kick some ___!( i'm not allowed to say it or i'll get another email) well you know what i mean.
Ohh yeah I remember that and if I recall correctly it went directly to the back of the pack where it has resided since! Although I can agree on most things with you, I know that nobody knows better then you the difference you get when you spend the bucks!
We got 1500 into our engine last year and ran well towards the end of the year....its hw you spend it, not how much, now Nick French is tubing the front of our car, and is doing a damn fine job and I hipoe since i don have to do much to the motor this year i can spend money there to improve it some more...brick by brick my friend, rome was not built in a day...lol
