Best thing about U/SA?

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by RULER

I Think watching a mail jeep go from mail box to mail box in snowy Montana would be more Fun....

More fun? Maybe. More personal satisfaction? No.
IMHO, all of the lower Stock classes are the last place left where real HotRodders can play in the NHRA except for the occational Import in SS or Comp.
There's just something very satisfying about taking an old car that the aftermarket has no interest in, building your own parts, creating your own engine program and making it go 4 or 5 seconds faster than it should.
Or you could just get out your checkbook and be a StreetRodder!
(thanks to Bucky Hess for explaining the difference to me!)

[Jeff Teuton]

I like the wagons and large trunk vehicles cause they carry the beverages. You guys have too much fun, sorta like racing in 62 and 63.

[Paul Wong]

Originally Posted by Jeff Teuton

I like the wagons and large trunk vehicles cause they carry the beverages. You guys have too much fun, sorta like racing in 62 and 63.

This is hitting the nail on the head. I never thought of the beverage hauler idea.

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Paul Wong

This is hitting the nail on the head. I never thought of the beverage hauler idea.

Leave it to Jeff to think of that.

[Randall Klein]

More track time!

[GarysZ24]

Didn't Chevy make a Monza with a 28? V8? Or how about one of those AMC Hornet coupes or wagons with a 304 V8?

[Robert Swartz]

Originally Posted by GarysZ24

Didn't Chevy make a Monza with a 28? V8? Or how about one of those AMC Hornet coupes or wagons with a 304 V8?

Gary,

Yeah, the Monza had a 262 V8, most were 5 speeds, if I remember correctly. Am sure there were a few with automatics as well. A co-worker of mine at a plant in Greenwood, Indiana that no longer exists. Bought a new one in 1975. Raced him with my 74 Pinto 2000cc 4 cyl. His V8 beat me but not by much. Maybe a fender or so.

Agree with Billy. The lower classes are all that's left for those of us without fat wallets and deep pockets. I'd say in a couple years, the new cars will be dominate in everything from J-K on down thru A. Some of the guys with deep pockets or the ability to scrounge may keep a few of the older cars competitive. I'd be willing to wager they will become few and far between.

Another point to consider. How many people build their own cars today? They ain't no ready made cars for the lower classes! Maybe we can take a page from the local dirt track racers. Take our dime rockets and run a "Bomber Stock" class. Run N thru W, with the FWD classes thrown in as well.

[Ed Fernandez]

Can't speak for U but T I guess is close enough.I had a great time running mt 13 second slug for 11 years.Came out on top over some high doller rides,met the greatest peopke in the world and along the way got to use a 2 diget number,set three class records,win a divisional,runner up at one and go to the semis at a national.All for not that much money
compared to what some of these cars cost now.
I think I bailed at the right time.Now I'm futzing with a 1965 (sorry Billy) Mmmmmustang
and a 1965 Rambler American s/w.

[GarysZ24]

Ed, I don't know about the Mustang, but the Rambler sounds very cool. I thought of you when I saw a really cool looking Gremlin cruising westbound on I10 (west of I17) last week. That would be another out of the ordinary car to race stock with. Glad you had success with yours.

[boostedf22c]

Freedom.