[shelby987]

I would venture to say that the weight of the truck is likely one of the last issues that should be addressed if you want to race it.....a good working setup (engine, rearend, trans, suspension....and brakes!) really should be the first thing to be addressed. If you are going to 'swiss cheese' the truck and not go into putting on fiberglass panels, you are only going to lose so much weight.
Depending on what you want the truck to look like (show racer, or just a beater) You can dump the bumpers, gut the interior of the doors and replace skins with sheet tin, single driver seat, ditch inner fenders, all accessories (outside of the alternator), tailgate, might be able to cut up the inside of the bed and cover it to keep it presentable, drilled rotors, alloy or even steel wheels....that should all be good for a couple hundred pounds....back in the 60's pontiac engineers used to actually drill 2"-3.5" holes in the frame of catalinas to make 'super duties' so I guess that is also a possibility....but not one I would explore.