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[bill dedman]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

But, Bill you don't race with us now. So don't worry about it.
I raced at Catlisle a lot, I don't remember you. Gordon Holloway teched me several times.

Ed,

I'm not "worried about it," except to the extent that I have been somewhat involved with Stock Eliminator (as posted) all my adult life, and don't enjoy seeing it become less popular as is has been, and look ffor ways to stop its decline because I don't want to see it lose even more popularity or go away. I love Stock and Super Stock class racing; it's the only TRUE drag racing left, for sportsmen. Everything else is just a Bracket race.

I think that's worth saving!!!! Big time!

Just because I don't campaign a class-legal car, now, doesn't mean I'm blind, deaf, and dumb, and brain-dead. My old brain still works (after a fashion) and tries hard to analyze what could be changed to make our favorite sport better.

Ken specifically set this forum up for non class racers to post their ideas on, and has another forum for people currently campaigning a car with a permanent number.

I think I have the right forum, don't you?

I'm not advocating a wholesale desertion of generation one Camaros... just posted a question as to whether having such a large percentage of ONE CAR in Stock Eliminator at a race was a good thing, and what reasons existed for its anomalous popularity.

Given the circumstances, I don't understand your objection to that.

Dunno when you raced at Carlisle, but I had three periods of time when I was absent from there; from February of '61 through August, I lived in St. Louis (MO.) Then, in 1962, I was in the Army on active duty from Feb. to September, then, in 1964, I was in Texas at East Texas State Teachers' College from Feb. to June... and then I moved to Colorado Spgs. CO for 6 months, and then on to Des Moines, where I stayed for 16 years.

Sorry for the impromptu travellog/story of my life...

Bob Ayers took over for me in the Stocker line at Carlisle when I left Arkansas for good in 1964. You might remember him; super nice guy who always wore a pith helmet... His son, Rob Ayers, posts on ClassRacer, sometimes. Bob raced a succession of Stockers, then a Super Stock car in about 1971.

[Mike Pearson]

Bill,

I own and race a 1968 camaro in super stock. I have raced this car since 1978. I think the reason you see alot of these cars is there were alot of them built. They were a quality built car so there is still alot of them around. They are extremely popular for street and race cars. They offered a lot of different versions and engine combo's. Right now the early camaro's dont have any soft combos. Any of these cars that you see at the top of the qualifying order are ones that have been worked and tested to the limit. Congrats to this group of racers

[bill dedman]

Thanks for your comments, Mike. You make a lot of sense.

[Ed Fernandez]

Bill,if you think there's too many camaros in S/SS just look at any other form of motor sports racing.Most races,even when mixed classes run together,are populated by the most dominant body style at the time.Drag racing probably has the most diverse
(sorry for using the buzz word of touchy feely among us),brands of vehicles in compitition.