Super Stock Trivia Question...

[boostedf22c]

Originally Posted by Eddie Rezac

Someone correct me if I am wrong! I believe the MX class cars were created in the late 70's, for ex pro-stock cars, to use in Comp eliminator, with 4&6 cly engines. In the early 80's they were moved into Modified. After the demise of Modified eliminator, they were then absorbed into the Super Stock ranks. The cars themselves can be built very close to the early Pro-Stock rules, with complete tube chassis, fiberglass fenders, doors, hood, deck lid, lexan glass, etc.
Eddie Rezac

As far as where the class started and where it went throughout the years I'm not sure of as I was just a kid in that era. But yes, the cars can be built as you described. However, mine isn't one of those cars. Imagine how it'd run if it were.

[Bret Kepner]

Actually, the first year for MX was '75, IIRC. It was always a Modified subclassification and it was originally named "Mini Experimental". The first entries, (at Pomona that year), were two SCCA Toyotas. It was designed as a place for the non-VW four-cylinders so they wouldn't affect the Modified Compact (MC) classes. The NHRA later expanded the parameters to accommodate the V6s which became rampant a few years later.

Originally, the cars weren't permitted tube chassis. That came when "A" was allowed V6 engines and the class pretty much went full-tilt Pro Stock configuration around 1980. Many of you remember Mick Lieferman's white/orange Trans Am MX car; it was originally Ed Dixon's Hardy-built Pro Stocker.

BTW, I don't know why the current announcers call 'em "Modified Experimentals".