part 40 enter at your own risk
if you decide to try dirt trackin as a racer instead of a fan, its a different world. its a very hostile invironment. it don't matter to some guys if you are a beginner or a vetran. if you get in their way or slow them down, they'll nail you, whatever it takes to move you out of their way. back in the old days, a major incident on the track, usually meant a fight in the pits. most tracks have reduced this problem slightly by inforcing the no alcohol in the pits rule. but it still happens. some fans actually like the fights. they think it just adds to the excitement & entertainment value of the sport. but i'm a gearhead, i like the competition. now if your going to get into dirt racing with a pontiac, i warn you, its an extremely hostile world. its world ruled by chevy. & they don't take kindly to a pontiac trying to enter their kingdom. all the rules are geared to favor the small block chevy, using a 350 block. many chevy boys try to say that all pontiac motors, including the 350's are big blocks & therefore not allowed. 1 very popular class specifically excludes all bop motors. in the rules, when listing the legal blocks, it reads gm(chevy only) some classes allow bop--but 350 block only, some just show a max ci limit. before you enter, check out the rules. if you doubt that its a chevy world, look thru a circle track parts catalog. except for a few ford parts, its nothin but chevy. this is such a well known fact that many of the parts are not even listed as chevy, its just assumed that everybody knows its for chevy. several classes allow any iron head. look at the list of hp aftermarket iron heads for chevy. brodix, dart, & on & on. but at this time, if you run a pontiac in an iron head rule class, you are limited to 40+ year old iron heads, which must be ported to make any decent power. of course, if you have the big bucks you might be able to find a set of ra4's before the deep pocket collectors buy'em all up & lock'em away. that may have already happened. but there is a good side to this. it is very rewarding to beat a chevy on his home turf!
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