Wally Parks editorial from Dec 1955

james schaechter · 12-08-2011, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Casey Miles

If I knew how to post a picture, I'd post a 1956 Merc with the 2 x 4 tea pot carb engine that was in my friends shop not too long ago.

Casey Miles
248H Stock?

Here it is Casey.

Dean3870 · 12-10-2011, 01:05 AM

Whats STOCK about stock eliminator any more any way? with all the valve train rules, light weight parts. 2 steps, metric tranys in cars that they did not come with. The hundreds of pounds of weight shoved behind the rear tires. Some one please answer the question! this is not what the class was made for. you can tell me a 4000 lb car with a 283 that has a 1.70 60ft should pull the tires 2 foot in the air. Not that any one cares what i think, nor would i expect you to. no one cares about the little guy trying to get into stock, or the guys that have suported the sport for the last 40 years that dont have the health and or the money to throw at the cars like every one else. you just want the indexs lowered to run them out! great idea! I think every one needs to take a step back and remember what stock eliminator was supose to be, Now its just super stock on a 9 inch tire. Well i said what i had to.
Mike Dean
3870

treessavoy · 12-21-2011, 01:27 AM

Mike,

You are right, back in the day a Stocker was stock. I remember a race at Atco where a Stock ' 50 Studebaker was disqualified because he had a non-stock muffler on his car.

When I left the country for my Southeast Asian vacation in 1969 the class record for SS/CA was low 11's if memory serves.

There will always be people that will push the rules, some that will cheat and others that will play within the rules and the HRA's will continue to amend rules to help Speed Equipment manufactor's make more money and appease some racer's need for more speed.

JimR

12-10-2011, 01:05 AM	#2
Dean3870 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: shelby, ohio Posts: 49 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Wally Parks editorial from Dec 1955 Whats STOCK about stock eliminator any more any way? with all the valve train rules, light weight parts. 2 steps, metric tranys in cars that they did not come with. The hundreds of pounds of weight shoved behind the rear tires. Some one please answer the question! this is not what the class was made for. you can tell me a 4000 lb car with a 283 that has a 1.70 60ft should pull the tires 2 foot in the air. Not that any one cares what i think, nor would i expect you to. no one cares about the little guy trying to get into stock, or the guys that have suported the sport for the last 40 years that dont have the health and or the money to throw at the cars like every one else. you just want the indexs lowered to run them out! great idea! I think every one needs to take a step back and remember what stock eliminator was supose to be, Now its just super stock on a 9 inch tire. Well i said what i had to. Mike Dean 3870

12-21-2011, 01:27 AM	#3
treessavoy VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Dunnellon,FL Posts: 1,103 Likes: 0 Liked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Wally Parks editorial from Dec 1955 Mike, You are right, back in the day a Stocker was stock. I remember a race at Atco where a Stock ' 50 Studebaker was disqualified because he had a non-stock muffler on his car. When I left the country for my Southeast Asian vacation in 1969 the class record for SS/CA was low 11's if memory serves. There will always be people that will push the rules, some that will cheat and others that will play within the rules and the HRA's will continue to amend rules to help Speed Equipment manufactor's make more money and appease some racer's need for more speed. JimR __________________ Jim Rountree