Back from Indy-what's happened to Stock Eliminator??

[Nathan Stinson]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

I don't buy that, not at all. If you do a lot of work on your own stuff, as it should be, it doesn't cost as much. Certainly not as much as a new FX factory race car.

Further, the availability of money is no excuse for what we're seeing. What it amounts to is two specific cars dominating qualifying and several classes in class eliminations, making every thing else obsolete.

I know at least a couple of old school racers who could, if they wanted to, go buy several of the new cars, but they simply refuse to do so. Instead, they stay home, when they'd normally go to several races a year, especially Indy.

First of all not everyone does there own work. I have seen the bills on the head and intake work alone on some of these cars and it aint cheap. I guess I fail to see the difference in the first guys post about building a car for class racing. If I took an 60's model car and built a class car from the ground up, in the end I bet there would be very little price difference in getting a body in white and building a new car. By the time you disassembled the old car and acid dipped, replaced interior pieces, pulled out factory glass and bought aftermarket because it is lighter all the tricks you do to them to make the old car as nice as a lot of them that are out there it would cost a ton of money. Dont get me wrong I respect the old stuff, hell some of those cars are as nice as show cars, but if I was starting from scratch I know which way I would go.

[danny waters sr]

The problem is the hp rating . if that was truly corrected there would not be 2008-2012 stockers at all unless the NHRA does what IHRA did and make their own class and let them have at it. At least this way the older cars would not think they have to stay home since they are bringing a knife to a gun fight...... I still like the new cars and are not knocking them , they just need their own classes...

[Scott Loge]

Let me first say that the Horsepower factors are a joke..........
However it is not the fault of those that have them. They are i would assume having fun doing what they love to do. This has been going on for years. I can see Camaros and Firebird's that if i recall started as G and H cars now runnin C and D and still very competitive how many years later? There are a lot of posts on here about the olden days but there is a common theme to them if you look, the good and great ones either changed cars or combos regularly. Do you think that is because they got bored?

[Alan Roehrich]

I would reply to this again, but if you don't understand, it cannot be explained. It's one of those things where you either get it, or you don't get it.

[Greg Hill]

It's about greed and money.

[Paul Precht]

Originally Posted by Greg Hill

It's about greed and money.

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.

[Nathan Stinson]

Originally Posted by Greg Hill

It's about greed and money.

yep no different than it was in the 60's when the big three were battling it out. I dont see a problem with that.......kinda what started it all isnt it?

[vic guilmino]

billy nees number 1 quif. at cecil
does all his own work
no acid

[skills]

I understand everybodys point but like the first guy I would someday like to class race. I have the means just not the time or knowledge. I am a mopar guy so I love the new dp's but would build a max wedge since I was born after their high point. Nhra needs to move them into their own classes so we can get back to the variety that s/ss brings. Where are the guys like john shaul this week? Perhaps if the Dutch is a hit then glendora will listen.

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Nathan Stinson

yep no different than it was in the 60's when the big three were battling it out. I dont see a problem with that.......kinda what started it all isnt it?

Not the way it is now. Cars never sold for street use were not allowed in Stock Eliminator. It had to be legal to license it and drive it on the street in all 50 states. Not any more.


Go try to get the specs to race a production street legal new Ford Mustang to race in Stock. Then you'll see the difference.