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For those of you involved with local or regional stock car racing...A group of Virginia and North Carolina track owners met a couple of weeks ago to discuss how to increase car counts in the NASCAR late model stock car class, namely by reducing costs. They see a $3,500-$4,000 crate engine as helping reduce costs and enable more people to participate than the current LMSC engines which run $15,000-$20,000 or more. They all want to use the GM ZZ4 crate engine, an alum. head 350 that makes 355 hp. Aside from the apparent ridiculousness of having your top race class use engines that make just 355 hp, they would require these engines in all cars regardless of bodystyle. So, Ford and Dodges would have Chevy engines. :: Apparently, GM has beefed up the ZZ4 with an "oval-track special" version and marketed it to tracks and teams.
I've posted on a racing board about this issue and the fact that Ford and Mopar make crate engines, too, but get no response. I guess I'm the only one who cares. What do you guys think of requiring GM ZZ4 engines in LMSC regardless of bodystyle, and have you heard of any moves by Ford, Dodge or others to promote their own crate engines to local stock car teams or tracks? Is this move toward crate engines going on at tracks in other parts of the country?
Doug
P.S.: I e-mailed Ford Racing and Performance Parts about this, but the e-mail was returned as and unrecognizable address. I also tried an "Ask Jack" post on the Roush Racing site, but it wouldn't go through either.
I've posted on a racing board about this issue and the fact that Ford and Mopar make crate engines, too, but get no response. I guess I'm the only one who cares. What do you guys think of requiring GM ZZ4 engines in LMSC regardless of bodystyle, and have you heard of any moves by Ford, Dodge or others to promote their own crate engines to local stock car teams or tracks? Is this move toward crate engines going on at tracks in other parts of the country?
Doug
P.S.: I e-mailed Ford Racing and Performance Parts about this, but the e-mail was returned as and unrecognizable address. I also tried an "Ask Jack" post on the Roush Racing site, but it wouldn't go through either.