Rules Verification for a Newbie

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Tony Corley

As I've already stated in my build thread, I'm going to pull it apart and hone it, new rings and bearings, valve job, new springs, etc. I'll cc the heads, verify stroke and rod length, and run the cam through the Cam Doctor and make sure what it is. Also go through the trans and rearend, just to be sure. And lastly, going to bring the rear suspension into this decade. The engine was built in 2014, I want to verify condition of everything as much as legality. I think it will be 2 weeks well spent, and I would do that even if I was only going to bracket race it. Last year the car was brought out for test and tune. Supposedly was at legal weight, on old slicks, and ran .6 under GT/PA index. We'll see, soon enough. This isn't my first foray into drag racing, just first time into Stock/ Super Stock. I grew up with my Dad building and racing legal gassers. My first drag car was a B/MC VW bug, when that class still existed under the modified/gas umbrella, and they ran NHRA classes locally on a weekly basis,before bracket racing took over. Been involved in everything from NMRA heads up stuff to Pro Mod since then. But my local heros were guys like Mike Saye, Bill Howell, Everett Keesley, Ronnie Courtney, Boobie Hornaday, etc., and I've always wanted to run a Stocker, or Super Stocker because of them. I'm just trying to get a handle on how the rules are interpreted, from people like you that have been running the class for awhile. Thanks

Obviously, I'm behind on my reading...
There are quite a few guys here that will help you spend your money, but it sounds like you've already got a handle on that. ;-)
Good luck