What is the Most diverse class in stock eliminator?

[Dick Butler]

I guess the joy of finding a combination which is overlooked by NHRA and fellow competitors can be rewarding. Just seems in some ways a different challenge than building the quickest (fill in name of car or motor)in a class where most are the same.
Billy my true reward in SS was running the same Camaro BBC in GT/AA as everyone else and winning CLASS, heads up , no Break out in affect. At that time the rectangular port 454 and the oval port 454 were very close in et, MPH and it took a combination of Engine, Trans, Chassis, and Driver to win class. Then diversity came into the class. Congrats to the tech manual guys who found the added motors to use and the rule change to allow BBC in a FWD car as a California racer hoped so the low hp motors could enter the class.
Now many combinations are "competitive". Some are also ran. Luckily most of the "olde guys" had moved on, retired or just stopped racing.

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Dick Butler

I guess the joy of finding a combination which is overlooked by NHRA and fellow competitors can be rewarding. Just seems in some ways a different challenge than building the quickest (fill in name of car or motor)in a class where most are the same.
Billy my true reward in SS was running the same Camaro BBC in GT/AA as everyone else and winning CLASS, heads up , no Break out in affect..

I couldn't agree more with you Dick. Winning a heads-up run or winning class absolutely pegs my personal satisfaction meter! BUT, I have also found a great amount of satisfaction in building something that no-one else could get to run or building a totally new combo that's never been tried. I also get satisfaction out of going rounds in the the eliminator. I should also mention that I'm painfully cheap! And there's a lot of satisfaction to be had there too!
I guess that personal satisfaction is where each individual finds it.

[Dick Butler]

Billy, We agree......

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

I should also mention that I'm painfully cheap! And there's a lot of satisfaction to be had there too!
I guess that personal satisfaction is where each individual finds it.

Billy - Painfully cheap ???? Tell us how much you paid for your cellphone .......My memory isn't as good as it once was .

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Jack Matyas

Billy - Painfully cheap ???? Tell us how much you paid for your cellphone .......My memory isn't as good as it once was .

Cellphone???

[Robert Simpson]

I believe E,F and G are the most diverse. Every car manufacture except Cadillac has a car/combo that fits in these classes. I think that is really cool, but a crazy amount of cars can show up at any given time. But, I would agree the most unique would be the classes I would say from Q on down, very cool!

[Dick Butler]

Diversity for its own sake is neat to see as a non class person. The major and I mean MAJOR is if its your class with a sudden low factor entrant and you have beaten your horse for years and hundreds of $

[Rick Leininger Jr.]

Dick, if you were a GT/AA front runner in the previous century, why did you quit?

And how is complaining on this site about any GT/AA combo that showed up almost a decade after you were long gone, or pushing your "combos need to be the same" agenda going to be productive? Classracer.com, nor it's members make or enforce rules for any NHRA class, the NHRA tech dept. would be your best bet.

[jmantle]

Originally Posted by Ellis V Buth

I agree completely Billy! Just some people were saying stuff like "all the lower classes N to U" or "N to V" which I took to mean that's where the classes cut off in general.

In NHRA, W is not diverse really...the cars are unique but the engine is almost always the 2.3 (140 CI) FORD except for a couple of guys running the 2.0. I haven't checked the stats in a couple of years to see if those guys are still running the 2000 or not.


I've always wanted to build a "U" car because of the diversity and competitiveness of the class. Maybe one day!

Rick Green ran a 2.0, haven't seen it since they put their Mustang together. Had to run him a few times, seemed strange not getting to leave first.

Jim Mantle V/SA 6632

[Dick Butler]

Rick, you are right to question me. I have no current car and am retired. Diversity is topic which highlights good bad and ugly parts of class racing. History shows this and that was my point.