Any time you do anything that causes new rules to be written, you are doing something right.

Only late model video I’ve watched all the way through. This is really cool. Unfortunately big teams love to hate when small teams figure something out to be fast.

You sir are what the sport WAS all about, shade tree engineering at it’s finest, keep dreaming and making things happen, you are one of those rare persons that can think something out, see it in your minds eye and make it a reality, very inspiring. Blessup

Wow. This is possibly the best 29 minutes I’ve ever spent on KZread. Amazing, informative, and very funny all at the same time. New subscriber and fan here.

Great video. I applaud your approach to trying something different. It’s funny how the teams with the most money get butt hurt when they get out done by hard work.

I love what you did. When we raced factory stocks at our local track, we played the grey area like you did. The following season, there were FIVE new rules just from what we did. It's aggravating to get DQ'd or overlay teched but yet satisfying at the same time. We were running against the promoter's nephews that were grossly illegal and beating them so they had it in for us. You're video was really cool and makes me miss the sport and the competition of it.

Well done. I raced radio control dirt modifies. I built a straight axle EDM (Eastern dirt modified). That car put 2 laps on second place, and was banned from competition. I was planning a Ford twin I beam version, but a rules update was added that required all cars to be based on an off road buggy counterpart. The twin I beam reacts more like a straight axle than a arms do, with active camber and caster. Food for thought from another rule twister.

I'm gonna be honest I've never really paid that much attention to the dirt late model world until of late, so I've never heard of you before, but this was quite frankly one of the best engineering videos and motivational racing videos I've ever seen and I'm going to subscribe to your page now in hopes for more content like this. I hope you continue your success of building cars and being different and not afraid to try things out of the ordinary... good luck 👍🏼

Austin, we raced karts together, that one night at Dirt devils when they airlifted that guy out of there, i knew then you were going to do great things, im so proud of you for what you have accomplished, best of luck!!

I'm a development engineer/ Toolmaker, been doing it for 40 years so I know exactly how frustrating it can be struggling toward a goal, but also how satisfying it is when a plan comes together.

Flex plate swap on the side of the road might be the most impressive part of this entire saga.

Great story, it reminds me of a Bill Murray quote. “It's hard to win an argument with a smart person. It's damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person.”

I was there at Cherokee for that win. We had went to run street stock and I remember every lap of the feature. Never heard your name but man you made a statement. Tried to make my way to meet you and figure out who you were. If you done it once you’ll do it again. I remember following the story about them banning the straight axle and just thinking about how one guy changed the whole SLM scene. Awesome job man keep digging!

Love the innovation and I love the technical discussion. The racing community needs more of this. My old man built top fuel engines in the 70's and late model engines until he retired in the late 90's. He told me do something different, if you just copy what every one else is doing you will only be as good at best. He also told me having rules written because of your ideas is an honor. Great work and I can't wait to hear more.

That’s great to know backyard engineers still do exist , and keep pushing the rules to the edge. Great job ! 👍

Anyone else watch the whole damn thing? EPIC dude! My brother worked at Jeff Smith's shop in Kings Mountain that manufactured and retailed GRT Chasis in the early 2000s and this was a facinating video my friend. They really made the wrong move in banning your car. The instance you outlaw innovation and true competition to be best at something you end up with NASCAR results. Where you just cant seem to figure out why less and less people devot their time to your craft, and the make so many changes, nearly every year, that youre literally tearing down stands so that your crowd optics look better, turning lap times that are slower than previous technlogies and where Busch leauge is now faster than the cup series.......when you could just be like sprint cars and the cream rises to the top..........Keep it up dude, you will change everything.

This absolutely has to be the best video I’ve ever seen. Edge of my seat start to finish as someone who loves designing/building and who likes underdogs. Was incredible to see u take an idea everyone dismissed n turn it into a night win and a 2.5 sec lead in ur heat. Pleaseee more technical videos and would love some long format racing stories like this

I love this kind of stuff. My grandfather added to a lot of sprint car rule books. This is the kind of racing I grew up around. Our family has always raced under the idea that we could build something faster than everyone else was buying. I just stumbled across your channel. I'm now a new subscriber. I hope to see some more innovative ideas in the future.

Don’t give up , not many can build their own car , skin it and drive the wheels off of it like you , can’t wait to see the next AK car

Awesome! I drew a straight axle latemodel suspension up 50+ times as a kid between 1998 (15yrs old) and 2006!!!! My boss and I discussed designs for hours while I was supposed to working/welding. We knew it made sense and was going to work and you proved it!