Ford First "Stocker" Into The Eights

[Greg Hill]

I have one question for you guys that think these new cars are so dandy. Why don't the manufacturers race what they sell to the public like they did for the previous 50 years? Why do they have to have crate engines or put together motors out of aftermarket parts? And finally why do they need such bogus horsepower ratings? You all let me have a set of dart or brodix heads, a victor manifold, a roller cam, and rate my motor at 285 and I'll show you how to run 2 seconds under.

The 5.7 hemi is a prime example of how bogus the original hp ratings are. It came out at 305 and now is 404.

[Bill Howell]

Based on the heading that made me open this thread by the thread starter, I would like to offer my congratulations to the first 8 second stocker run.
I am glad I was there to see history made, just like I was there in Texas to see the first 4 second and in Gainesville to see the first 300 mph Top Fuel run.
As a stock racer, I am proud to see this historical accomplishment!!!

[Randall Klein]

Yes, congrats to Fezell, I certainly take my hat off to him, and anyone going all out. However, I am sick of the tired old threads that liken this situation to the 55-57 Chevs being outdated by the '60's muscle cars, and the later injected cars being misfactored, this is a whole 'nother ball game with the factors not even from the same planet....for years I have struggled against the "gifted" 307 Olds, then we had Shaw's Caddy, and now other Caddy's that are underfactored, but they are somewhat in the same zip code...this new blood is parking more cars than adding entrants, and add the yearly sight-of-hand of newer crate motors and the "simple" AHFS will never catch up

Wait until someone plants a bogus crate motor into the GT classes...then a lot of high dollar cars may get parked....$4 tow gas to get blown out for class or heads up....don't think so

Don't blame guys for racing 'em, just quit beating your chests....try a little humble pie for the gift you've been given

[boster]

Guy's get use to it the new cars are here to stay . Some of you guys think just because you buy a new factory car that its fast right out of the gate and that's just not true.

I can tell you we are working on our stuff 3 nights a week every week . I just spent 6 weeks on the chassis dyno with my super stocker to get it to run right , went racing and the air was real good and the AHFS that you guys say is so slow it me for 100lbs for my efforts first time out

What most of you guys that sit on here and cry or not race a lot don't know is that the air at Charlotte was 2 tenths faster then the Gators . It was the best air I have seen in 5 years and that's why the cars were fast .

Cry about the new cars all you want but don't say we don't work on are cars or that they are that super fast from the factory because they are not .

Greg , what or who's new car is 2 seconds under the index ?

Alan , we to are also building new engines as well and looking for the best C4 trans we can find

OMG , American band stand is off the air , Soul train is gone , Johnny Carson is off the air and the new factory cars are the talk of the town .