This is something I've thought about over the years.
Most are aware of how the 1 to 1 car guys got creative with rules way back when, Smokey Yunick, Garlits with his "in plain sight" extra fuel line, Sox and Martin running a titanium K member and so much more.
Like most motorsports there always seemed to be the same guys near the top.
With so many people racing slots back in the day at so many tracks you would have thought there would be many more top contenders.
Many racers were engineers, car manufacturer guys, machinists etc. Many were very skilled with no such vocation as well.
Did the big guys have secrets up their sleeves?
Did they build a little camber into a certain wheel position,grind a tire with a special profile, stagger a wheelbase, build some twist in or anything else like that? Of course, so slight that the untrained eye would not notice.
Or were they just superior drivers with really good motors and prep?
Like the licks on a Tootsie Pop I suppose the world may never know.
Anybody want to spill any beans after 50 years