Whither 1966 D Darts for Stock

bill dedman · 03-02-2009, 02:38 AM

Jim,

It took me two weeks of phone calls, and talking to three different people at NHRA Tech, back in November, to finally get an answer on the "Stock = NO, Super Stock = YES" question.

Their answer after all of that?

'WE DON'T KNOW." (The "now, leave us the F**** ALONE" was implied....)

The main problem, I think, is time. None of those people were BORN yet when the D Darts were released.

I would imagine that if somebody who has some clout with NHRA decided to build one of these little jewels for Stock Eliminator, there's a good possibilty that they could get NHRA to come off their current position (since they can't even explain how they got there), but THAT's not gonna happen unless NHRA takes some HP off it.... like about 30-40. The 340 Dusters and Demons would eat it alive at its current factor of 275...

So, it's probably just going to slip into obscurity;a failed project that could have made some waves if the people responsiblle for the program had REALLY wanted to to succeed. But, obviously, they didn't.

And, so it goes....

Bill

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bill dedman VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 1,739 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Whither 1966 D Darts for Stock Jim, It took me two weeks of phone calls, and talking to three different people at NHRA Tech, back in November, to finally get an answer on the "Stock = NO, Super Stock = YES" question. Their answer after all of that? 'WE DON'T KNOW." (The "now, leave us the F**** ALONE" was implied....) The main problem, I think, is time. None of those people were BORN yet when the D Darts were released. I would imagine that if somebody who has some clout with NHRA decided to build one of these little jewels for Stock Eliminator, there's a good possibilty that they could get NHRA to come off their current position (since they can't even explain how they got there), but THAT's not gonna happen unless NHRA takes some HP off it.... like about 30-40. The 340 Dusters and Demons would eat it alive at its current factor of 275... So, it's probably just going to slip into obscurity;a failed project that could have made some waves if the people responsiblle for the program had REALLY wanted to to succeed. But, obviously, they didn't. And, so it goes.... Bill __________________ Bill Last edited by bill dedman; 03-02-2009 at 01:17 PM.