Another low car count?

[Marvin Robinson]

Originally Posted by THE LEGEND

You can take a $10,000 bracket car and run SST with it maybe even SG.
You can also build a stocker for less than 10k also.
Both cars can be raced but are they competitive probly not.

A used S/C dragster will go for 20k plus
A new one 50K plus

How many of you have that much in building a stocker not counting CJ,DP, not many.

My 10.90 camaro in it's condition would go for $20,000plus(other similar cars have sold for more in the off season)
To build that car new would cost much more.

My dragster I won it oh well I guess it would fall in the under 10k argument.LOL
After initial investment some ss cars are costly to maintain, but I would think rebuilds are comparable.

The comment about brackets and .90 another clueless statement. You can use buttons and boxes in both. In the East double entries, 2 rounds of buybacks, and having to go 5 rds to get paid are why people are migrating to the .90,td,ts events.

I guess things are different out west.
Chip Johnson

The cost is not an absolute... or course you can build a 10K stocker... it will either be slow, or uncompetitive. I know there is much science & sophistication in the .90 cars, but getting what you need to do what you want to do is accessible and relatively cheap compared to a lot of what you need to do with S/SS stuff, especially if you are not racing a SM/BB Chevy (or one of the other 3 or 4 mainstream combos). I'm not knocking Chevys, I'm actually a diehard Chevy fan, always had them, owned/raced at least 11 of them. (If I had my ideal Stocker, it would be a 69 396/375 Chevelle) But having built/raced bracket cars for 30 years, the cost for finding performance/consistency compared to S/SS is startling.... I know a 10K ST/SG car is not going to be state of the art, but at least you could be competitive if you're smart about your combo. No dice in Stock. (SG/SC is expensive, period, just due to how fast you have to go... we all know speed costs money, just the same speed costs a lot more in S/SS.

[THE LEGEND]

Jeff,
When I started back running IHRA in 2002 it was in a crate motor stocker.
Chip

[Rich67stang]

I know alot of racers in both sanctions that just do not race classes anymore, everyone has there personal reasons. I am sure if every racer tried to get just one additional racer
to enter these events the car counts would be up significantly. I am running s/c and ss/modified, and I can tell you I could have bought 2 tk dragsters for what is in the ss motor, but thats just me. I do miss alot of the racers and big parties @ the races.

[art leong]

Originally Posted by Marvin Robinson

The cost is not an absolute... or course you can build a 10K stocker... it will either be slow, or uncompetitive. I know there is much science & sophistication in the .90 cars, but getting what you need to do what you want to do is accessible and relatively cheap compared to a lot of what you need to do with S/SS stuff, especially if you are not racing a SM/BB Chevy (or one of the other 3 or 4 mainstream combos). I'm not knocking Chevys, I'm actually a diehard Chevy fan, always had them, owned/raced at least 11 of them. (If I had my ideal Stocker, it would be a 69 396/375 Chevelle) But having built/raced bracket cars for 30 years, the cost for finding performance/consistency compared to S/SS is startling.... I know a 10K ST/SG car is not going to be state of the art, but at least you could be competitive if you're smart about your combo. No dice in Stock. (SG/SC is expensive, period, just due to how fast you have to go... we all know speed costs money, just the same speed costs a lot more in S/SS.

Marv you are not correct. The car you picked has been beat to death by the racers, You have to keep up with the jones's. $5,000 cyl heads etc.
If you choose a soft factor, less popular class. It does not cost near as much as you think.
I have less than $20,000 in my superstocker, (you can have it for $15,000) and "Trust Me" I can run with the CJ's
If you read the rules and the guides you can run fast without spending a lot of money.
How much do you think Bob Shaw has in his rides?