After reading 7 pages of arguements...I say,
1. There are two types of racers.... The ones that like a challenge and will practice until they beat you, and the ones that like it easy and will make excuses like he has better stuff, I'll peg him around that corner to win.
2. The first type is the guys we want in our hobby, the second quits after not winning for so long with so much money invested...so who cares.
3. We run stock cuz our track is little, mod motor speeds would be useless.
Heck, I can lap nitro cars on our track with a stock motor. One of the fast guys at our track tried running his mod motor with us stock guys and still lost.
4. Mod motors require the same amount of work the stock do, but more often, although I hear those new round brushed motors last as long as stocks so that's just moot.
5. We race for the fun of competition, for trash talkin' rights, and frankly that comes from racing what everyone else is racing...stock.