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Originally Posted by Jim Caughlin
If you go back to the very beginning, Rick Voegelin from Car Craft made the original proposal. It was just the one class (for iron wedge heads, 750 carb, 10.5 tire) and was intended to be a stand alone heads up Jr Pro Stock sort of deal. When it actually got accepted by NHRA, it was just a class added to Modified Elim (not a separate eliminator). Fairly quickly after that, it expanded into 3 classes.
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Due to the dominance of the Ford Cleveland engine powered cars, they had to revamp the class.
The old class resembles more the current SS/Modified Stock classes than Comp Eliminator Super Modified.