stock and super stock racing

[Geerhead55]

Welcome to the forum,, Frank. Sounds like you raced quite a bit after your service(thanks for that) was done. If you have any photos from those days,, you may want to post them in the nostalgia section, like many of us have. Its always great to check out what pics people have been sitting on all these years. Take care and thanks for chiming in.
Danny Durham

[Casey Miles]

There is a way to fix some of the dumping in Stock Eliminator, take out all the clocks execpt starting to finishing line. No reaction, 60', 330', 1000' times. Make it back like it was in the 70's.
Another part is all the professionals in the racing industry, I don't what to take jobs away from them but I (this is just personal) enjoy working on my own efforts. I think I'm one of the few who still does their dyno work at the track making passes rather then an engine builder giving them a new improved bullet. I'm not fast, but I can say that I enjoy what I do and how I do it.

Casey Miles
248H "F" NHRA Stock!

[ss wannabee]

Casey, you made some great points, but too late to turn back...what's done is done!

Sadly, Stock Eliminator was once considered an "entry-level" thing...a place to
learn "fine-tuning" with a production/showroom vehicle with mostly STOCK parts and
keep it affordable...

A stepping-stone to bigger things down the road...(higher classes).

Not anymore!

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by ss wannabee

Casey, you made some great points, but too late to turn back...what's done is done!

Sadly, Stock Eliminator was once considered an "entry-level" thing...a place to
learn "fine-tuning" with a production/showroom vehicle with mostly STOCK parts and
keep it affordable...

A stepping-stone to bigger things down the road...(higher classes).

Not anymore!

Oh really?

[ss wannabee]

Ok Billy...you're the EXCEPTION to the rule...LOL!!! (BTW, I like what you've done
so far with that piece...)

But you know what I meant...

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by ss wannabee

Ok Billy...you're the EXCEPTION to the rule...LOL!!! (BTW, I like what you've done
so far with that piece...)

But you know what I meant...

Ya know, it's a mind set kinda thing. If you tell people that they need a $125K car to compete then why should they try? Instead of telling people what they can't do, why not show them what they CAN do.

[Harry 6674]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Ya know, it's a mind set kinda thing. If you tell people that they need a $125K car to compete then why should they try? Instead of telling people what they can't do, why not show them what they CAN do.

Excellent post Billy. I like the way you think. I think you found the main reason we are lacking in young people. They seem to think you need 100k plus cars and 30k engines.

[ss wannabee]

Frank, good to have you on here...and THANK YOU for your service for our
country!

I saw you run at Indy in 1974 with the '55...

Think that York photo here...is '74 or '75...not a big deal...but here's what I
remember...

In '74 and '75...BOTH autos and sticks...ran TOGETHER...in SS/T and SS/U...
Starting in '76..and MAYBE running for a year or 2...they split 'em up...so there
was a SS/TA and SS/UA class for auto cars...and a SS/T and U...for sticks...
Around '78...they adjusted the weight breaks...so SS/T became SS/O...and "U"
became "P"...and so on for autos...

Willing to take a shot and say...it's York 1975...because that Class sticker on
windshield might be from Indy....think York ran a National Open...in June?

Maybe Frank remembers if he won class at Indy? I don't...

BTW...Jack Mullins was there (at Indy)...running SS/R?...with a '63 2-dr....the
"famous" wagon didn't arrive until a year or two later....

Yeah, I know..."useless" information....don't blame me!...it's those darn
investigative shows running on TV now....LOL!!!!!!

[Dwight Southerland]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Ya know, it's a mind set kinda thing. If you tell people that they need a $125K car to compete then why should they try? Instead of telling people what they can't do, why not show them what they CAN do.

X2 with a bullet!

[Peter Ash]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Ya know, it's a mind set kinda thing. If you tell people that they need a $125K car to compete then why should they try? Instead of telling people what they can't do, why not show them what they CAN do.

X a bunch more.

Without the WILL to do it, the money and whining shall not change your outcome.