The new Dodge Dart ? not what BS

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

I'm not trying to change anything. What's wrong with updating the guide? Updates used to be the norm not the exception. Heck, if we should keep anything newer than 20 years old (none of those pesky LT1s) out of the guide then why don't we just go back to the old valvespring and cam rules and be done with it. I'm good with that.
The bottom line is, we're all gonna die of old age sooner than later (even you and me!). At that point I really don't give a rats butt what happens to Stock and SS. So keep younger people out and we won't exist, we keep getting older and dying and we won't either. Same end result.

I never said we shouldn't update the guide.

I'm all for U.S. production cars being added as they are produced.

But you will not bring anyone to Stock Eliminator and Super Stock by adding Toyota, Hyundai, Honda, Nissan, Lexus, or Infinity. Those manufacturers couldn't care less about Stock Eliminator and Super Stock, and the guys who do race those cars don't give a damn about class racing either.

I have yet to hear anyone say "I'd come race Stock Eliminator if you'd let me race my Honda". Or any of the others. Put them in the guide and what you'll get is nothing. Except maybe a few of them whining about the rules and the cost to compete. They won't like the cost of pistons, or the approval process, or finding camshaft cores, or getting the right gear made.

If you want to race Stock Eliminator, or Super Stock, there are hundreds, maybe thousands of possible combinations in the guide. Anyone who is sitting it out because they can't race their 2011 "whatsit" because it is not in the guide is not going to race class anyway. They're not coming.

By the way, it has already been stated, by people who would know, that at the very least, it is Ford that is keeping their production street cars out of the guide. It is probably true of the others as well. I'm all for putting all their production cars in the guide.