The Future Of Stock

[Ken Miele]

Evan Smith wrote an interesting article on the future of Stock. Its interesting and maybe a little controversial. Leave a comment and lets us know what you think.

http://classracer.com/magazine/?p=6037

[Bruce Noland]

Will the folks paying $30,000.00 to $40,000.00 for a 396/375 Stocker motor please speak up. Hybrid Stock is DOA!

[House of Darts]

Sounds like crate motor might come back and now with NHRA. CM is a cheap fix.Who doesn't want the flexibility of a 750 or 850 Holley with a choke. Aftermarket aluminum intakes and reasonable cam profiles. The only pricey item is the required pistons and that can be changed.Ken, I had a legal CM motor that I drove on the street for a whole summer. Put it on the turnpike and raced it at the Grove. Only problem that I had was the EZ Pass fell off, probably after a nice 10" wheel stand, and I got gigged by PennDot the next month. Easy to accrue parts and a fair amount of flexibility.

[BRETV]

Why make more classes when NHRA keeps lowering the quotas for Natl's?? Stock is one of the most populated classes. I think we need to move the Factory cars to Comp and combine sticks and autos and have less classes. I've been around stock and superstock for 40 years and I can't even keep up with all the classes. So how can a newbie?? Less is more!!




Bret Velde
2003 SS/LA

[rick winchester]

Already done,its called Pro ET.

I like combining sticks and auto's. Maybe 1 pound weight breaks. Not sure about the crate motors. Not sure about GT stock.

The guys for the crate motors think it will be cheaper are in for a rude awaking. Guys will spend money on crates and the guys racing engines as purchased will be complaining about money and cheating. What ever happens to stock will happen.

With the top brass running the ship a ground and taking as much money as they can before it happens this sport is not long for extinction. Like some of the guys I work with, all they are worried about is retirement and nothing after.

[HR9121]

^^^^^^^ What Todd said and maybe move the Factory Shootout cars to Comp.

[David Lee]

i have no problem with any of his suggestions. I would actually add a pure stock section.

[House of Darts]

Stock Eliminator keeps changing. Cars go faster. Cars get more expensive. Costs more money to race with little payback.Turn S SS to NMCA? NHRA with higher round payouts and or car win payouts? More contingencies with cash not merchandise? New President and maybe some help.... You can declare yourself as a gambler and deduct you losses. This is an actual federal law. Change the tax code to allow racers, must race X amount of races per year to qualify, and the racer get to deduct from gross income 50% of their yearly race expenditures. Low payouts, contingencies, etc are problems of the past. With SEMA figures, the auto racing industries contribute big dollars to the economy. Now, massage the rules to allow substitution of parts and you have opened the door to new blood. Clear up the crazy rules. One day tech and qualifying. One day eliminations. Many problems solved.

[brent flynn]

GT Stock would be ok, as long as it would allow me to run my 400/327 combo in my '62 Catalina... I'd be all about that...