top 3 things i miss the most about stock

[Harry 6674]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

Buy or build a sreet rod???? No rules per say. As long as its safe and DOT legal build it how you see fit. You can use it 7 days a week and the rod runs/shows dont cost you $200-$300 per even to enter. You not going to win all the time anyway if ever. No expensive tow rigs/motor homes required. Maybe not as much fun as making a pass down the track but its still fun and a lot less work. Resale value is worth more also if your into the popular years and models. WTF ! Im going racing....dont pay attention to this.....lol.

I bracket race my 31 Ford at the nostalgia races. Allmost as much fun and like you said a whole bunch cheaper but if you have to hire some one to build your hot rod the cost far surpasses the DPs and CJs in a heart beat.

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Harry 6674

I bracket race my 31 Ford at the nostalgia races. Allmost as much fun and like you said a whole bunch cheaper but if you have to hire some one to build your hot rod the cost far surpasses the DPs and CJs in a heart beat.

Cool....I can build a hot rod far less expensive than a DP OR a new Mustang or even a 69 Camaro . I wont even think about a Hemi $$$$$$ car of any kind. I guess it all depends on what your able to do on your own and how fancy you want one.

[Paul Ceasrine]

I'm starting to see more and more Drag Racers on the Golf Course.
Someday, someone will figure everything out.
Fore,

pc

[Evan Smith]

Kenny,

You are dead on. There are plenty of affordable combos. The 5.0 Mustang is just one, and it would be a fun 12-second, or high 11-second ride, which is cool. I bet you could do it for under $10,000 and run pretty far under. And there are no DPs and CJs to contend with. You could also build a '80s Malibu with a 305, parts are everywhere.

Maybe I didn't race 40 years ago in the golden era, but I'm having plenty of fun and I really enjoy the friends I have made racing and the car I built, which is from my era, in fact I drove it to college.

Sure there are issues, there always were, and always will be. Life and racing isn't perfect. You can be a part of the problem, or part of the solution. It seems there are a lot of old-timers on here, and with all due respect, maybe they are just burned out and need an excuse to quit. I get it, NHRA tech isn't perfect, there are underfactored combos, the economy sucks, etc. But blaming NHRA for every single issue is lame.

Here's a fact, there are far more complaining people on the Internet than at the track. But some never get out to the track, they just sit at a computer and boo hoo about what they don't like, instead of finding something they do like, be it racing or otherwise. I'm not saying you shouldn't raise a stink from time to time, but some people just complain, complain, complain. If I was that unhappy with racing I would get out. I don't have time to be miserable over a hobby, life is too short.

Evan

[Frank Grossi]

Evan, One of the most common sense post this board has ever had.

[Ken Miele]

That's my point Jack, if your not going to pay a decent wage, that means they don't want to hire.

Jack, when are you and Terry going to figure out how to use a quote. I fixed the one that you quoted me on.

Its simple, do not remove these tag, [/QUOTE] [QUOTE]. They must be in front and after the quote. I had to reverse them or it would have looked like a quote. If you looking to quote just one sentence, put the first tag in your quotes before the sentence and the last tag after the sentence.

Also, do not modified the first tag, example [QUOTE=Ken Miele;211286]. After the equal sign in the tag is the code to quote the proper post.

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by Ken Miele

That's my point Jack, if your not going to pay a decent wage, that means they don't want to hire.

Jack, when are you and Terry going to figure out how to use a quote. I fixed the one that you quoted me on.

Its simple, do not remove these tag,

[QUOTE]. They must be in front and after the quote.

Also, do not modified the first tag, example

Originally Posted by Ken Miele

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Originally Posted by Ken Miele

After the equal sign in the tag is the code to quote the proper text.

Yes Teacher -- I promise never to screw up your quotes again ..........You'd do better with me if you told me you're going to beat my knuckles with a ruler like the Nuns did ---- opps , you won't get this unless you're Catholic ..........

And as for the NHRA paying better its never gonna happen - you have to love what you're doing - not the money you can make doing it ! ! !

[Chad Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Evan Smith

Kenny,

You are dead on. There are plenty of affordable combos. The 5.0 Mustang is just one, and it would be a fun 12-second, or high 11-second ride, which is cool. I bet you could do it for under $10,000 and run pretty far under. And there are no DPs and CJs to contend with. You could also build a '80s Malibu with a 305, parts are everywhere.

Maybe I didn't race 40 years ago in the golden era, but I'm having plenty of fun and I really enjoy the friends I have made racing and the car I built, which is from my era, in fact I drove it to college.

Sure there are issues, there always were, and always will be. Life and racing isn't perfect. You can be a part of the problem, or part of the solution. It seems there are a lot of old-timers on here, and with all due respect, maybe they are just burned out and need an excuse to quit. I get it, NHRA tech isn't perfect, there are underfactored combos, the economy sucks, etc. But blaming NHRA for every single issue is lame.

Here's a fact, there are far more complaining people on the Internet than at the track. But some never get out to the track, they just sit at a computer and boo hoo about what they don't like, instead of finding something they do like, be it racing or otherwise. I'm not saying you shouldn't raise a stink from time to time, but some people just complain, complain, complain. If I was that unhappy with racing I would get out. I don't have time to be miserable over a hobby, life is too short.

Evan

good points all around Evan, and one that most of us could learn from time to time. The "fun" is one of the reasons we've got the 92 camaro I/SA car now. Its almost as much fun as the vette, and a whole lot cheaper. Heck I've been testing it on pump gas even, lol. Sure, things have changed, and some things are worth taking a stand over, but if you're not having fun, you really should find something else to do

[Paul Ceasrine]

Anyone remember, when the cars classed in Stock had to driven to the track.
You had to have license plates on the car, and a legal registration.
Also, the exhaust sytems had to be retained.
Even the steel wheels had to be retained. You couldn't use after-market wheels that were lighter than the stock wheel.
Thats when Stock was Stock.

pc

[John Quinn]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

Anyone remember, when the cars classed in Stock had to driven to the track.
You had to have license plates on the car, and a legal registration.
Also, the exhaust sytems had to be retained.
Even the steel wheels had to be retained. You couldn't use after-market wheels that were lighter than the stock wheel.
Thats when Stock was Stock.

pc

I remember those days well, all the guys who could afford a trailer towed to the track, unloaded the race car and drove it into the track. I remember at Amarillo they announced that they would allow the trailers into the pit area because the highway patrol said the trailers were blocking the roadway and would be towed if they were not moved. That was the first year of the current incarnation of stock eliminator.

It wasn't a disadvantage to use the steel wheels as the lighter aftermarket wheels didn't exist. You could disconnect the exhaust from the manifold but no headers.

For most of that first year you had to run street tires also, at the world finals they allowed slicks because they didn't like the idea of the low horsepower cars outrunning the high power cars due to traction issues and they didn't want a Pinto world champion.