Question to Ford, CJ Owners and supporters

[Stewart Way]

My opinion. There is NO asterisk by John Calverts win at the Winternats. Why should there be. He has done it before and he will do it again. CJ, Dragpak or the Ole Stang. The factors are wrong, but to think that people build cars for the joy of qualifying low or not at all, or that they don't pick cars with an advantage is also wrong. Granted, some advantages are larger than others. How does Voth feel pulling his Monte up beside a Cobalt for class. Wonder if Cobalts should have an asterisk too? No.
Again, the factors are wrong but NO asterisk is by wins of these cars because they are LEGAL if built to the rules.
Just because you don't like the way things are doesn't put an asterisk anywhere.
Every winner has an advantage or every race would be a dead heat.

[Larry Munk]

This is funny. It's like the people left on the deck of the Titanic arguing wetheth they were First or Third Class passangers. At this point in time it doesn'y matter. 99 cars at Englishtown may seem like a high car count to some but it wasn't long ago when you had to qualify to get in. Where's the other 30 or so cars in stock that used to show up? Looking at the NA Ford, You can't blame a guy for wanting a latemodel roller cam smallblock with a huge throttle body and a powerglide (c-2) sounds like a pretty good bracket combo. Maybe NHRA is looking for someone to pay the fees for the Nostalgia progrm and will move all of the Antiques into Nostalgia Stock and Superstock and run them there.

[BlueOval Ralph]

You are right just look at Div3 it was not unuaual for 120 to 140 stockers and close to the same amount for stock. It lloks like to me that this Div has taken a even bigger hit than some of the others.

Originally Posted by Larry Munk

This is funny. It's like the people left on the deck of the Titanic arguing wetheth they were First or Third Class passangers. At this point in time it doesn'y matter. 99 cars at Englishtown may seem like a high car count to some but it wasn't long ago when you had to qualify to get in. Where's the other 30 or so cars in stock that used to show up? Looking at the NA Ford, You can't blame a guy for wanting a latemodel roller cam smallblock with a huge throttle body and a powerglide (c-2) sounds like a pretty good bracket combo. Maybe NHRA is looking for someone to pay the fees for the Nostalgia progrm and will move all of the Antiques into Nostalgia Stock and Superstock and run them there.

[Marine One]

Originally Posted by BlueOval Ralph

You are right just look at Div3 it was not unuaual for 120 to 140 stockers and close to the same amount for stock. It lloks like to me that this Div has taken a even bigger hit than some of the others.

The economy has been and continues to be in a hole. The midwest was hit hard by job losses...Div 3 = midwest.

[Sean Kennedy]

Originally Posted by Stewart Way

My opinion. There is NO asterisk by John Calverts win at the Winternats. Why should there be. He has done it before and he will do it again. CJ, Dragpak or the Ole Stang. The factors are wrong, but to think that people build cars for the joy of qualifying low or not at all, or that they don't pick cars with an advantage is also wrong. Granted, some advantages are larger than others. How does Voth feel pulling his Monte up beside a Cobalt for class. Wonder if Cobalts should have an asterisk too? No.
Again, the factors are wrong but NO asterisk is by wins of these cars because they are LEGAL if built to the rules.
Just because you don't like the way things are doesn't put an asterisk anywhere.
Every winner has an advantage or every race would be a dead heat.

John calvert winning the Sunday eliminator (read: bracket race) definitely should not have asterisk. Any heads up wins or lcass wins on the other hand.....

Not one person has given a serious attempt at answering this question, because they know I'm right.