Group formed to rescind 1975 9" tire rule!

[Dirk Olson]

Anybody out there who wants to, go ahead and run the 7" lower HP guys might even pick up, but I doubt you will any takers. Hell, I say we should have 10" tires! Is it bedtime yet?

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Dirk Olson

Anybody out there who wants to, go ahead and run the 7" lower HP guys might even pick up, but I doubt you will any takers. Hell, I say we should have 10" tires! Is it bedtime yet?

Umm, you DO realize that I started this thread about 4 months ago as an April fool's joke right?

[BG56]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Umm, you DO realize that I started this thread about 4 months ago as an April fool's joke right?

Size is everything!?

[Adger Smith]

Great Idea Billy....
That might stop the rush to make Stock into Super Stock...& equalize
the old combos with the new factory cars.
That is what we had when I started and somewhere along the way the high HP guys wanted 9".
Would love to see a COPO on 7" tires...

[Casey Miles]

I tried the 7" tires with no success, I know that the SS class of the Southeast Gasser Association mandates that the racers use the 7" tires. They only run the 1/8 mile and I know that some hook pretty well to allow them to run well into the 6,60 second range at 105 MPH.
I would try the 7" tires again, they were 5lbs lighter than the 9" tires which means more wheel speed.
Casey Miles
248H Stock

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by James Perrone

Easy slow pokes.
7 inch tire rule.
How about all stockers must have 8 working spark plugs
Also burnout with front tires illegal
It’s dangerous ��

Billy, I am glad this thread was an April Fool's Day joke, because I'd have comments/issue's with all three of James' comments:

1. The slicks that were on "Shark Bait" when I won the D7 LODRS divisional in October 2020, as well as the Arizona Stock/Super Stock Association combo race (both in 2022, and 2023), were 22×8×15.

2. If you "James" didn't put that laughing emoticon in your post, I would've thought you feel like many who might wish all FWD, and 4-6cyl Stockers would be banned from Stock (never mind the fact that several OEM car engine combos from the Muscle Car era, wouldn't run away and hide from my Z24 Cavalier that's still headerless)! Moreover, when Stock was really Stock, and not more like Super Stock from the '80 & '90's, even the slower V8 classes couldn't easily outperform my car! To those who still feel that way, I will say the same thing "The Grinch said to the Who's in Whoville, "BOO WHOOOOOOOO"!!!!

3. Because M/T stopped making those tires, I stopped doing burnouts. So you won't see me doing any front wheel burnouts with those tires again. Besides, another reason I don't do them is because the water patch is too big (what happened to a smaller patch and the racer doing a brief spin to wrap the water around his/her tires,, then pulling forward?)! I needed dry pavement for my parking brake to hold my rear tires in place while I did my burnouts (circa the Book "How to Drag Race, page 33 featuring my car starting a burnout that was far more massive than the picture indicated)!

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by GarysZ24

Billy, I am glad this thread was an April Fool's Day joke, because I'd have comments/issue's with all three of James' comments:

Gary, just ignore Ponko. Just last week he was shopping for a "rental" for the Numidia Div. race because HIS Stocker which has 8 spark plugs (but runs like it has 7) is apart because it takes a lot of time and effort to keep those Stockers doing rear wheel burnouts. I graciously offered him MY Cavalier (you can find his post) and didn't want any kind of "rental fee" (not even a bottle of Cuervo!) in return. I can only assume that he felt embarrassed to have to admit that he couldn't handle it. :-)

http://classracer.com/classforum/showthread.php?t=85176

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Adger Smith

Great Idea Billy....

Would love to see a COPO on 7" tires...

Ha..They are probably the ones who could handle it best, with all the trickery they have.
10% throttle , 0 deg. timing..all in by 1000' mark.

Maybe a few wagon combos could handle 7" tires
W.A. Lee, 350 /2bbl, used the old Jr Stock Firestone dot 5's when 9 inchers were legal.
He'd run them at about 30-35 psi, stand on the converter, WFO, and just let go of the brake. Won quite a bit that way..

I think my old R/Stock wagon is still around in PA. somewhere.. 7 " SEGA spec Hoosiers.. Hmmm I think it would work ;-)

[Dirk Olson]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Umm, you DO realize that I started this thread about 4 months ago as an April fool's joke right?

Yes, but does it matter. gives them something to bitch about

[Alan Nyhus]

Originally Posted by Dirk Olson

Yes, but does it matter. gives them something to bitch about

Dirk....7" Firestone Drag 500's and rule the world!

D3 or D5 compound. The D3 was in a white dot and the D5 was in a yellow dot. Or maybe it was the other way around? Anyway, with 7 lbs. in 'em, the car would....wiggle... a bit in the traps.

Hope all is well. -Al