Re: 2011 4.6 3 valve Ford Ok'd for stock
 

NHRA is quickly making Stock and Super Stock nothing but a joke. Very sad that they don't realize they are shooting themselves in the foot, or maybe they do understand and they are just padding their bank accounts before they economy tanks our sport. That would explain why they are taking no action to try and promote sportsman racing. Maybe they just think we are dead men walking? In any case it just proves that their moto is still "show me the money!". Jim

Wally would be so proud



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Re: 2011 4.6 3 valve Ford Ok'd for stock
 

This combo has been on the books for over a year now.

Re: 2011 4.6 3 valve Ford Ok'd for stock
 

Same group off people bitching about the same thing over and over again.

Re: 2011 4.6 3 valve Ford Ok'd for stock
 

I think the new cars are great for drag racing.Who wants to build a 50 year old rust bucket into a NHRA Stocker?

Re: 2011 4.6 3 valve Ford Ok'd for stock
 

How about saying nothing for once. You seem to have an opinion about everything. Right down to what brand of toilet paper Tom Compton uses to wipe his ***!

Re: 2011 4.6 3 valve Ford Ok'd for stock
 

Compton doesn't have to wipe his ***, not while he still has racers who are willing to wipe it for him. Jim

Re: 2011 4.6 3 valve Ford Ok'd for stock
 

Racers wiping Compton's ***? Are you referring to participation? Elaborate please.

Re: 2011 4.6 3 valve Ford Ok'd for stock
 

Not trying to play the devil's advocate here, but..

Ah, I just deleted a long post. I'll sum it up so it won't be too inflamatory;
Not too many years ago I remember being on here (along with others) thinking how cool it would be for the factories to get involved in S&SS racing again. We had all kinds of great reasons for them to dump money back into our favorite sport, win on sunday/sell on monday, exposure/bragging rights for ad's. Oh it was going to be great.

Guess what. They did come back. Only they want ensure they get a good ROI so they ensure their cars are seen and seen winning. yes factors are a bit skewed..ok, a lot skewed, but since jumping back in, ford has continually made more and more racing parts available. Heck look at the street cars, as soon as chev announced that the 2012 camaro will be 550hp to beat the gt500's 525hp...ford announced the 2013 gt500 will have 600hp! That's 600HP!!!! With a warranty!! Available at any dealership!!!
Is the HP war on again? HELL YEAH! Chev has a 397hp diesel, ford puts out a 400hp. It's crazy.
You want to buy a drag car from the factory? Done.
You want to buy a body in white to build a dragcar? Done.
You want to buy the latest/greatest engine available? Done.

Yes heads up sucks if they're in the other lane. I feel for ya. It's not the racers fault for having a car that is slowly becoming obsolete. It's also not the racers fault for wanting to race a new car. Yes it is the *HRA's and the manufacturer's "fault", but look at it from their side for once and not only your own side.
Would you dump massive amount of time money and effort into something knowing that the only area you didn't put 100% was where it would count the most to get a ROI? Of course not.

At least they didn't just update the cutoff year! How much crying would there be if they said "20 year old cars maximum"?
The guide would start in 1990.
I'm just saying, it's not good, but it could be a hell of a lot worse.


(I thought this was going to be shorter??)

Re: 2011 4.6 3 valve Ford Ok'd for stock
 

I think most would have no problem if the factory was behind people racing the cars that are on the lot with the motors that came with them. Not special built engines that do not come in the street version.
It is just a slap in the face when they get a pumped up version of the street engine and it is rated well below the street versions HP numbers.

Re: 2011 4.6 3 valve Ford Ok'd for stock
 

Quote: How about saying nothing for once. You seem to have an opinion about everything. Right down to what brand of toilet paper Tom Compton uses to wipe his ***!

Thank you Sean Cour!!! About time somebody told that bloviating gas bag to shut up.

Mr. Bell needs to get a life. He seems to spend most of his miserable existence being a derisive wet blanket, here and on the H.A.M.B. He and quite a few other douchebags on here are why many more people don't participate on this forum. Between the continual bitching and talk radio politics it's not somewhere you would want to go for any intelligent discussion about Stock/Superstock racing!!!.