New Ford 5.0 On The Books

Evan Smith · 07-03-2011, 10:49 AM

Drag racing is far from dead. Young people are just racing other places such as NMRA and NMCA, PSCA, etc. For the price of a Stocker, Super Stocker or Comp car, you can go heads-up racing and use easy-to-find aftermarket parts and be the show! Plus you get magazine coverage, the racing is intense, and the rules reflect what is hot today.

I am as much a purist about NHRA/IHRA Stock as anyone, but the current format has a shelf-life. Young people don't want to spend $40,000-plus to essentially bracket race and the folks building the new factory cars just want to run hard. So, where does that leave the future of Stock/Super Stock?

It needs to either evolve into more heads-up racing to attract sponsors or it will be a small side-show. Bottom line is that racers looking to go faster spend money and that supports what any advertiser wants. Racing is big business and we need the support of the aftermarket and the factories to make this machine go.

07-03-2011, 10:49 AM	#29
Evan Smith Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Tampa Posts: 400 Likes: 7 Liked 115 Times in 5 Posts	Re: New Ford 5.0 On The Books Drag racing is far from dead. Young people are just racing other places such as NMRA and NMCA, PSCA, etc. For the price of a Stocker, Super Stocker or Comp car, you can go heads-up racing and use easy-to-find aftermarket parts and be the show! Plus you get magazine coverage, the racing is intense, and the rules reflect what is hot today. I am as much a purist about NHRA/IHRA Stock as anyone, but the current format has a shelf-life. Young people don't want to spend $40,000-plus to essentially bracket race and the folks building the new factory cars just want to run hard. So, where does that leave the future of Stock/Super Stock? It needs to either evolve into more heads-up racing to attract sponsors or it will be a small side-show. Bottom line is that racers looking to go faster spend money and that supports what any advertiser wants. Racing is big business and we need the support of the aftermarket and the factories to make this machine go. __________________ Evan Smith 1798 STK