Is there any hope of NHRA separating traditional Stockers...

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Originally Posted by VE6DRW

Let's be realistic. With a few exceptions, this is bracket racing for National and regional events. Where else can you race on a budget for that kind of exposure and fun? If some guys want to spend well north of $100k on a factory hot rod for stock, let em. I agree with the comment "a round win is a round win" - I don't care who it's against.

And for context, racing a '79 Aspen wagon in O and P/SA, so know all about having the air sucked out when they pass at 140-plus mph.

The factory stock cars were not meant to run in FS/AA like most are they were built to run heads up in FS/XX but there is no factory showdown events anywhere near the west coast NHRA went from 5 events to 7 events all in the mid to east coast NMCA completely abandoned the west coast so what is left for the factory cars but stock eliminator. Maybe NHRA will wake up and run it in every event next season and NMCA will come back to the west coast it is now the most popular new class but with very limited places to run and if you are in the west coast you can't race what your car was designed for. So for now stock eliminator is stuck with the new factory hot rods with all the latest equipment but so what it is just a glorified bracket race. It is not fun when a factory hot rod runs 8.50 against another car running 17.50 That's how I wound up at the AZ points meet. Would I have rather been in the factory showdown you bet.