That might seem like a long time .
It 's really not when you take into account the need for a brief offseason , a sufficiently long base - building season , and a period of more intense efforts to get the engine ready for racing .
That might seem like a long time , but it 's really not when you take into account the need for a brief offseason , a sufficiently long base - building season , and a period of more intense efforts to get the engine ready for racing .