What's wrong with Stock?

[Pedigo Perf]

Originally Posted by FS Fan

If NHRA decided the new cars had to be factory street legal combos what if they put all the old cars out to pasture? Stock used to be only back to 1960 and I believe that came about in 1972. If they decided that Stock Eliminator was only back to 2002 would that be ok with your sense as to the spirit of the class? One could argue that when that rule was in place it was the heyday of Stock racing. I see many posts about how great those days where, and the cars they were racing were actually fairly new. I can't think of any other motorsport where you could win a "world" championship with 40 year old technology. I can go to a dealer and order a new GM DR head from the performance parts catalog, I cannot order a 369 big block anything. If the factory doesn't support it any longer should it be relevant?

You have a good point here. However there is a lot of classic muscle car interest in the USA and it still a strong market for restoration parts. Thanks to NHRA approving certain aftermarket parts, you can buy about everything you need to build a classic "old car" if you want to.

For the record I believe the future of Stock Eliminator depends on having the "new cars" racing and I have no problems with that.

Oh well, at least I didn't build a Pro Stock Truck.