Junior Stock vs IHRA Pure Stock

[ALMACK]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

Man, Alan, that's cold! LOL
Stock & Super Stock has been populated by guys that live to make their cars faster since I started racing in 1961. Then bracket racing came along, that is where most of the guys that couldn't keep up moved. Most of the faster guys have the money to do it, and most run the higher classes. Many are capable of doing their own engines, etc. Should not be too much of a problem in the lower classes, I wouldn't think.

I sure wouldn't think anybody would take a second mortgage on their home to race. LOL

We do have the problem of check book racers buying the new bogus cars with the funny HP ratings, but probably not in R/SA.

Ed:
There's not alot of the class racers mortgaging their future for 15 minutes of fame.

I admire and respect the racers that slowly work their way up with hard work. I was referring to the newbies that burst onto the scene, spend a wad of cash to run at the top, and within a few years they are filing for bankrupcy.

I saw alot this with the NMRA about 10 years ago. I couldn't figure out how the 20 and 30 something year old guys were getting their money for the fancy rigs and 100K race cars.
Come to find out they were financing their hobby. Now that's insane !