Junior Stock vs IHRA Pure Stock

Ed Wright · 11-22-2012, 09:20 AM

Dan, I can tell you didn't race Jr Stock. Nothing cheap about it. My friggin pistons and rings cost (adjusted for inflation) as the stuff I use now in SS. They were not "pure stock" pistons. Money spent buying cylinder head castings for flow testing, since porting wasn't allowed (wink, wink) owning a rick of "cheater cams" to find the fastest, new valve springs every other race because the square lobe GK "cheater" cams kill stock (TRW lasted longer than GM's) valve springs in a heart beat. Cut & welded 3 speed cluster gears to get the ratios needed, etc, etc.
That, and we drove the tech guys nuts checking cams, policing heads, etc. Now, at least, only Stockers can lift is checked, right?
I don't see much Jr Stock & pure stock has that much in common, at least not my old Jr Stocker and the guys I raced. In my class I had Garley Daniels, Buddy Ingersol, Sonny Bryant, and the MPH record holders the Ronca Bros. (How the heck did they run that MPH??) nothing like pure stock. Certainly no picknic for the tech guys. Lmao

11-22-2012, 09:20 AM	#12
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: Junior Stock vs IHRA Pure Stock Dan, I can tell you didn't race Jr Stock. Nothing cheap about it. My friggin pistons and rings cost (adjusted for inflation) as the stuff I use now in SS. They were not "pure stock" pistons. Money spent buying cylinder head castings for flow testing, since porting wasn't allowed (wink, wink) owning a rick of "cheater cams" to find the fastest, new valve springs every other race because the square lobe GK "cheater" cams kill stock (TRW lasted longer than GM's) valve springs in a heart beat. Cut & welded 3 speed cluster gears to get the ratios needed, etc, etc. That, and we drove the tech guys nuts checking cams, policing heads, etc. Now, at least, only Stockers can lift is checked, right? I don't see much Jr Stock & pure stock has that much in common, at least not my old Jr Stocker and the guys I raced. In my class I had Garley Daniels, Buddy Ingersol, Sonny Bryant, and the MPH record holders the Ronca Bros. (How the heck did they run that MPH??) nothing like pure stock. Certainly no picknic for the tech guys. Lmao __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA