“Live from” the NHRA D2 Nat open series at Piedmont

[Bobby Butler]

James ,I emailed Rich back when this div 2 thing started he said not enough cars in pure stock

[Mark Lewis]

Any results?

[Bobby Butler]

his reply was not enough cars running in pure stock, Robbie Butler was starting a mustang pure stock car before IHRA ended

[gbur]

Originally Posted by Bobby Butler

James ,I emailed Rich back when this div 2 thing started he said not enough cars in pure stock

Fields are so large they can’t handle 4 or 5 pure stocks. Lol

[Cameron Collins]

What a beautiful day for Drag Racing. Couldn't ask for a cooler day in July to be at the track
Stock Eliminator Finals. Cody Phillips took the win over Terry Taylor, did i mention that is Uncle and Nephew
Super Stock Finals. Larry Leazer took the win over Brandon Peterson

[Duane Eiskant II]

Ok here’s the main problem with pure stock. SINCE NHRA OPENED UP THE CAMSHAFT RULE THE ONLY SPECS THEY GOT FROM THE MANUFACTURER IS LIFT. NO OVERLAP, NO DURATION. HONESLTY I DONT THINK IHRA EVER CARED ENOUGH ABOUT IT TO TRY AND GET ALL THE SPECS AS THEY NEVER HAD TIME WITH THE DOUBLE RACES TO TEAR CARS DOWN ANYWAY. I’m pretty sure Bobby could put a stocker camshaft in his car and run one to two tenths under. The main issue is having to put a roll bar in the car. Right Bobby? The only reason ihra had some specs on the camshafts is the competitor had the manufacture submit them or when he ran the sportsman side of things my father got them from the manufacturer.

[gbur]

Then let those that specs are available to run

[Painter]

Hats off to Rich and the D 2 crew for this series! I really enjoyed my first trip to Piedmont. Nice track, staff really great experience. It this pure stock stuff is cry baby to the max. If these few cars were PURE STOCK it would be one thing but Mr Pure Stock brags about the cams, torque converter, and all the other add ins these are hopped up street cars looking g for an advantage. If they were PURE STOCK that would be different. They need to play by the rules rather than try to get the rules changed to fit them. IHRA kept creating classes to fit cars for people that couldn't run within the established rule, did not seem to work out in the end. Guys, change your car to fit a class or go bracket race, QUIT COMPLAINING, there was not enough support for pure stock, send flowers, it is dead. Put on your big boy pants and get over it!

[gbur]

Originally Posted by Painter

Hats off to Rich and the D 2 crew for this series! I really enjoyed my first trip to Piedmont. Nice track, staff really great experience. It this pure stock stuff is cry baby to the max. If these few cars were PURE STOCK it would be one thing but Mr Pure Stock brags about the cams, torque converter, and all the other add ins these are hopped up street cars looking g for an advantage. If they were PURE STOCK that would be different. They need to play by the rules rather than try to get the rules changed to fit them. IHRA kept creating classes to fit cars for people that couldn't run within the established rule, did not seem to work out in the end. Guys, change your car to fit a class or go bracket race, QUIT COMPLAINING, there was not enough support for pure stock, send flowers, it is dead. Put on your big boy pants and get over it!

Research the history buttercup. Oh and don’ t get your panties in a wad

[Dan Fahey]

[QUOTE=james schaechter;566991]Dan, have you tried to contact Rich personally? With IHRA’s demise, the best pure Stocker move is to get together and see if Rich would consider allowing them. I don’t think anyone would have any trouble with PS cars running. I know for a fact that it won’t happen just by posting here. I would think that there would be no downside for the 1/8 mile open series to let them in. Especially to add a few cars. I know a phone call and e mail is a lot more likely then a conversion to a NHRA J/SA

Thanks JAMES!
It is not just the PS cars also the GT Stockers too.
Thankfully the CM guys stepped up to get venues to race in.
CM, GT and PS Rules are the well established, nothing to invent.
There is no down side except for the resistance of a few racers!
More cars, more revenue, more bench racing.

Just sad that there are motivated racers willing to support the sport.
Yet the decision makers decided to shut us out.
IMHO Not a smart business decision!

Before the IHRA announcement there were a handful of people building new Pure Stockers and received questions from others what to do!
My advocacy was working, had a small movement going too!

Converting to Stock costs a lot of money and especially time.
Not just about adding a cam and roll bar.
It is also getting the car to run 7 to 8 tenths under to compete.
If I was 50 years old might feel different.
PS was the perfect venue to get back into Class Racing.
At 67....too much right now to move to Stock.

Had NHRA supported GT, CM and PS a lot more racers would have built them.
They are cost effective low maintenance race cars.
I am not a professional mechanic so takes a lot to be prepared.
Only so much can be done in a driveway under HOA Rules.

Hello out there to Gray, Bobby and Ray!

Peace