No Stock Eliminator at Winternationals?

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

And just what do you think stock and S/S does now except for the very rare (and I mean very rare) heads up run and the even rarer race that has class runs? Its a dying breed. Dont take this wrong as all I care about is stock and S/S but step back and look at the big picture. Theres a lot of money in stock and S/S but there is even more money in the pockets of Top Sportsman racers. The costs of these cars far exceed the cost of even a SS/AH car in a lot of cases. These guys dont understand building a class car by a set of rules and dont want to either. They are nothing but Pro Stocks with nitrous or a blower runing brackets but they are FAST, loud, pretty, and showey, and thats what appeals to the spectator. They are a lot less work to police for the racing associations as there are no rules except safety and wt, fuel. They only need to check the wt and fuel (no 10 or 20 % nitro allowed with the alcahol) during qualifying. No need after that during eliminations. I hope Im wrong but look for being excluded more and more as time goes on.

I'm just a dumb Okie. I though maybe it was a real heads-up race deal, the way they treat them like they are some kind of stars.

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

I'm just a dumb Okie. I though maybe it was a real heads-up race deal, the way they treat them like they are some kind of stars.

No Ed.....Your not a "Dumb Okie".....You just were not that familiar wih the class rules. I dealt with them for years in the past. Top Sportsman and Top Dragster are even allowed delay boxes just like any electronics fast bracket class. The sad part is they are treated as stars with the best pit parking and allowed tow vehicles to staging while the real racers are pushed to the "south forty".

[Chuck Norton]

Update on Winternationals entry: Word from racers at the track this morning indicates that there will be NO lockouts at the 50th event. Out-of-town racers who asked about leaving Stockers on the west coast over the winter were reportedly advised that Stock will be contested in February.

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[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

I'm just a dumb Okie. I though maybe it was a real heads-up race deal, the way they treat them like they are some kind of stars.

Ed,I wasn't trying to beat up on you.I didn't realise you weren't familiar with their format.We've had them here in Div 1 for quite a while and everyone is pretty familiar with how they run.And yes,they do get preferential parking when they race.
And Jack,is that with or without sand in the Vaseline?