First, I take exception to the description of Q40's as beautiful. They're not. They are only slightly better looking than a quickie, and that's a small step up from a cardboard packing box.

If you are only getting 150 mph out of a 428 quickie, then you are doing something seriously wrong. Same with the Q40, if it is topping out at 170 - then it is time to take up knitting.

The club 40 event reminds me of the original quickie event, when Scat Cats and Spickler Quickie 500's duked it out every month at the club's monthly winter race at the old Pioneer field in Santa Clara. Big innovation then was building the Spickler upside down with the wing on top. With the awesome power from a K&B 40 combined with the latest in flow-thru muffler technology, speeds were a sedate 90'ish. Half the race was just diss'n the guy next to you, as you revolved in soggy shoes (it always rained during the quickie season in northern California).

Great fun, close racing, and cheap enough to have big entries.

Stick with the C40 or 424 quickie until you are winning all the time, mid-airing all the time, or hitting pylons all the time. When you have achieve that, then it's time to move up.