Getting into Stock Racing
 

im Jacob im 19 I wanna get into Stock racing any advice

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start with a big wallet

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Buy a competitive car from a reputable owner who has raced it recently and can demonstrate it. It would help if it's in an uncrowded class so you don't have to worry so much about getting beat heads-up and being tempted into "keeping up with the Jones' ". It's basically a dial-in bracket race unless you have a heads-up run. But it is important to be capable of running under the index under the worst weather conditions. (LNorton has similar advice on another thread.)
Building from scratch, learning and trying to stay ahead in your specific class is where it gets much more expensive. Just remember that eventually you will need the cash to rebuild the engine, converter and trans and need someone "in the know" to do it right.

Local bracket racing experience is important to hone your driving skills before investing in class racing.

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Read the post titled Cylinder Head Runner Volumes. My advise would be to just bracket race locally and have fun. Buying a new car will cost you 12 to 30K, as a 19 year old your parents would have to be rich. Then you have to buy a truck and trailer to get to the track. Unless you have 50K just laying around Bracket Race.

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.....yes,and how do you get your bracket bomber to the track?

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This is a 19 year old kid. He can drive it to the track.

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IHRA...build a pure stocker or FWD......NHRA build a FWD.

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as a guy who has just finished his rookie year, ask A LOT OF QUESTIONS BEFOREHAND. i spent a lot of years researching stock and i figured i was ready to take the plunge late last year. i have never felt like i knew so little so quickly, and i was lucky enough to have some class racers related to me. my first race got me really aquainted with the division and track directors in a hurry, but the other racers gave me pointers and help where needed. it is costly in time and money but what a rush when you run under your index for the first time (by the way i built my car, would have been WAY cheaper to buy an existing car)

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Buy a car ready to go. My son (20) wants to build his 70 Nova into a B/S car. It will cost a ton to run that class. First a 402 and then a Jerico and then you get the idea. Ed

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Buy a 402 from Jim Cimarolli. Have Fun

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08 was my first stock year, Like Myron said, buy a legal car a bit more on the obscure side so you don't have to run heads up. I think the mustang for sale in Arizona would be perfect, it would likely be a class winner too, which would increase your fun factor by 150%.

Its all about the $ today. You will still have to get to the track, and you can do it with an open trailer, pulled by the family 1/2 ton or as in prior posts go the FWD or PS route.

Hope this isn't your education money!

At any event, hone your skill bracket racing, whatever you can get your hands on.

Good luck

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Does this mean that anyone else that is not 19 has to buy a truck and trailer???????/

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2008 was also my first season in stock (although I only ran 3 times), but I have been driving down to the home track every weekend for three years in my street truck to hone my skills. There is nothing better for a person who will be racing against some of the best (especially if they have a really slow car) to do. Find a good reliable street vehicle to race on weekends you don't have a stock race, (if you make it a truck then it serves as dual purpose...I towed my brothers car to the track all year). Or even better race your stock eliminator car at the home track, which will familiarize you more with your car. Stock eliminator is full of great people and very good racers. Experience and a reliable car are necessary to be successful in the eliminator.

Ellis V. Buth
3655 W/S Pinto SW