When was the "Golden Age" of Stock Eliminator

art leong · 03-30-2009, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by treessavoy

Mid-'60's through mid-'70's...you could build a competitive car cheaply, drive it to the track and win with it. Rules were simple, cars were simple, racing was fun and you didn't have to mortgage the house to buy the next super trick gadget in order to be competitive.

I remember a typical weekend at Atco, teere would be 300 cars and you might have 20 cars in your class and it wasn't a special meet...just the regular weekly turnout.

And NO fuel cars! Super Stock and the Gasser's were the "Pro's" at the time.

I tried that and was fairly sucessful at it from 96 to 02. I generally drove the car to the track. Spent next to nothing on the car.
Got thrown out for having to little compression. And for the most part I wasn't really appreciated. LOL
I could have spent some money and really gone fast. And passed tech. But I chose not to.
I think most stockers like to spend money,

Bob Pagano · 03-30-2009, 03:58 PM

Fred that is not what he asked, the key is Golden Age the best of times, they wont come in the future.

art leong · 03-30-2009, 04:03 PM

My Golden age was the mid to late 70's when you went to the junkyard for most of your parts. People towed with open trailers. Acid porting was in it's infantcy. And t didn't take a years salary to build a car. It was more what you know rather than how much you spent.

Billy Nees · 03-30-2009, 04:07 PM

Art, I still manage to drag cars home from the junkyard and "play" with them but most of them never make it to a real race. It's still fun though!

art leong · 03-30-2009, 07:24 PM

Yes Billy. But as we talked about in Fla.we are "dinosaurs" In todays world it's so much easier to just go out and buy performance.
The standard question about my car is "why don't you put a turbo on it" they have no comprehension about rules, or anything like that. It's just go buy something.

Frito · 04-01-2009, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by art leong

I tried that and was fairly sucessful at it from 96 to 02. I generally drove the car to the track. Spent next to nothing on the car.
Got thrown out for having to little compression. And for the most part I wasn't really appreciated. LOL
I could have spent some money and really gone fast. And passed tech. But I chose not to.
I think most stockers like to spend money,

In 1970 I won class ( G stock, I think) at the local strip(Riverside) with a 383 roadrunner. Drove to the track, installed slicks (bought used), opened headers and ran. These were the only changes to the car as it came from the showroom. TWENTY ONE cars in class. Just a normal Saturday night!!!!!!!!!!

art leong · 04-01-2009, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Frito

In 1970 I won class ( G stock, I think) at the local strip(Riverside) with a 383 roadrunner. Drove to the track, installed slicks (bought used), opened headers and ran. These were the only changes to the car as it came from the showroom. TWENTY ONE cars in class. Just a normal Saturday night!!!!!!!!!!

That was BBR (before bracket racing)

art leong · 04-01-2009, 08:06 AM

In the 70's Englishtown used to have 2 seperate eliminators one for trophies one for cash. You had to win class to run the elinimator. There was only class racing no brackets.
National record holders were allowed in the track for free.

Frito · 04-01-2009, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Frito

In 1970 I won class ( G stock, I think) at the local strip(Riverside) with a 383 roadrunner. Drove to the track, installed slicks (bought used), opened headers and ran. These were the only changes to the car as it came from the showroom. TWENTY ONE cars in class. Just a normal Saturday night!!!!!!!!!!

Still have that trophy as it was the first!! Trophy, no cash but I was happy.

Drove around town the next day with the shoe polish still on the windows.

S.E. Buchanan · 04-01-2009, 09:33 AM

I agree with X-TECHMAN in his first reply. I think the best years were when stock was really stock.

You use to have to run original type valves,cam specs, pistons,etc. After cam rules were changed
cheating really took off because of what he said. Also, by then alot of the original techmen had
retired and the new ones did not have the knowledge to check cars.

When money became the predominate interest of Glendora in the late 80's they started letting
too many changes take the stock out of stock because it took money to train and keep
people who could check engines,etc. properly.

That's my 2 cents worth and I'm sticking to it. lol

03-30-2009, 03:58 PM	#2
Bob Pagano VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: New Holland, PA Mooresville,NC Posts: 1,163 Likes: 241 Liked 16 Times in 11 Posts	Re: When was the "Golden Age" of Stock Eliminator Fred that is not what he asked, the key is Golden Age the best of times, they wont come in the future. __________________ Bob Pagano A/SA

03-30-2009, 04:03 PM	#3
art leong VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Richmond Hill, Georgia Posts: 2,003 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: When was the "Golden Age" of Stock Eliminator My Golden age was the mid to late 70's when you went to the junkyard for most of your parts. People towed with open trailers. Acid porting was in it's infantcy. And t didn't take a years salary to build a car. It was more what you know rather than how much you spent. __________________ Art Leong 2095 SS

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Billy Nees VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: On a hilltop in Pa. Posts: 4,496 Likes: 3,600 Liked 7,768 Times in 1,741 Posts	Re: When was the "Golden Age" of Stock Eliminator Art, I still manage to drag cars home from the junkyard and "play" with them but most of them never make it to a real race. It's still fun though! __________________ Billy Nees 1188 STK, SS I'm not spending 100K to win 2K

03-30-2009, 07:24 PM	#5
art leong VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Richmond Hill, Georgia Posts: 2,003 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: When was the "Golden Age" of Stock Eliminator Yes Billy. But as we talked about in Fla.we are "dinosaurs" In todays world it's so much easier to just go out and buy performance. The standard question about my car is "why don't you put a turbo on it" they have no comprehension about rules, or anything like that. It's just go buy something. __________________ Art Leong 2095 SS

04-01-2009, 08:06 AM	#8
art leong VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Richmond Hill, Georgia Posts: 2,003 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: When was the "Golden Age" of Stock Eliminator In the 70's Englishtown used to have 2 seperate eliminators one for trophies one for cash. You had to win class to run the elinimator. There was only class racing no brackets. National record holders were allowed in the track for free. __________________ Art Leong 2095 SS

04-01-2009, 09:33 AM	#10
S.E. Buchanan Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 37 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: When was the "Golden Age" of Stock Eliminator I agree with X-TECHMAN in his first reply. I think the best years were when stock was really stock. You use to have to run original type valves,cam specs, pistons,etc. After cam rules were changed cheating really took off because of what he said. Also, by then alot of the original techmen had retired and the new ones did not have the knowledge to check cars. When money became the predominate interest of Glendora in the late 80's they started letting too many changes take the stock out of stock because it took money to train and keep people who could check engines,etc. properly. That's my 2 cents worth and I'm sticking to it. lol