Pete,

Believe me as I have all kinds of experience with not being able to reach stuff. If you are 1 inch short , move back. 1 inch in weight placement is not going make or break your race result. Otherwise watch the technique and adjust for your physical ability. Moving when and where you need to with finesse will however make a difference. A guy like Ashby does not drive the same as Guck because he does not have the leverage, but is equally as fast.

Where you put it and how smoothly you move it, will always be more important than how much you are putting.