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boostedf22c 09-01-2013 01:19 PM
Re: Indy -SS first round hemi car no shows
 
Personally I think they are special. They are the only cars that sparked my interest into Superstock years ago. I know a lot of people come to watch the HEMI Challenge, so it would seem that many others think they are special too.

What they do with those cars is amazing in my eyes.

Alan Roehrich 09-01-2013 01:23 PM
Re: Indy -SS first round hemi car no shows
 
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Originally Posted by Julie Jordan (Post 397619)
At that event they are "special". Hemi Challenge, racing the final round under the lights on Friday night, a big payday. You would not see that number of hemi cars show up for any other national event.
Don't get me wrong, I don't have anything against the cars, or the people who own them, the cars are cool, and I know a few of those people. But "special" was bought for them. And the truth is, there is nothing good about elevating a particular group of cars or people above everything else in the same class and giving them special treatment.

Kevin Panzino 09-01-2013 01:37 PM
Re: Indy -SS first round hemi car no shows
 
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Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich (Post 397616)
I disagree completely, just because they have a Hemi car does NOT make the special at all. They're no better, and no more important, than any other competitor. Just because they want to spend $250K+ on a particular car doesn't make them anything other than just another Super Stock competitor.

Those cars are no more special than a Thunderbolt, a 427 Fairlane, a ZL-1 Camaro, a Max Wedge, or a Corvette with a 427 L-88 or L-72.

If you want to be "special", turn pro and join the big circus.
Agreed 100%.

Dan Bernay 09-01-2013 02:02 PM
Re: Indy -SS first round hemi car no shows
 
This happens every year.
Why so surprised ?

jmcarter 09-01-2013 03:31 PM
Re: Indy -SS first round hemi car no shows
 
The Hemi cars no more special than the others named? Any of the current SS/B cars (T-bolts, Vettes, etc), Gove's Daytona, Carey's S2000, Colvert's Mustang, (and I could name many more) are all indeed special but the AH cars represent the largest single collection and unique class of cars and therefore they've earned their own special class and status at Indy. I didn't make it so, the whole racing community made it so...end of story.

Ed Wright 09-01-2013 03:39 PM
Re: Indy -SS first round hemi car no shows
 
Alan is right. Their "special" status at this race was bought for them. I love those cars, just as I love the T-Bolts. But they are no more special than any other factory race car from that era.

Alan Roehrich 09-01-2013 03:44 PM
Re: Indy -SS first round hemi car no shows
 
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Originally Posted by jmcarter (Post 397639)
The Hemi cars no more special than the others named? Any of the current SS/B cars (T-bolts, Vettes, etc), Gove's Daytona, Carey's S2000, Colvert's Mustang, (and I could name many more) are all indeed special but the AH cars represent the largest single collection and unique class of cars and therefore they've earned their own special class and status at Indy. I didn't make it so, the whole racing community made it so...end of story.
No, MOPAR bought them their own show, and their own class, end of story. I don't remember any point in history where everyone in Super Stock was polled and asked if the Hemi cars were so special they deserved their own race and other special consideration.

Cool cars, owned by good people? Absolutely.

Deserving of any special consideration? Not in the least.

Chad Rhodes 09-01-2013 05:25 PM
Re: Indy -SS first round hemi car no shows
 
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Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich (Post 397643)
No, MOPAR bought them their own show, and their own class, end of story. I don't remember any point in history where everyone in Super Stock was polled and asked if the Hemi cars were so special they deserved their own race and other special consideration.

Cool cars, owned by good people? Absolutely.

Deserving of any special consideration? Not in the least.
Don't forget the much wider grey area in SS/AH

442OLDS 09-01-2013 05:45 PM
Re: Indy -SS first round hemi car no shows
 
It happens every year,but to me,it is very silly to have a perfectly good race car and be qualified in a field where 7 round wins can crown you a U.S. Nationals Super Stock title,and then you leave because" Its not worth it".Never has and never will made any sense to me.

Ed Wright 09-01-2013 06:00 PM
Re: Indy -SS first round hemi car no shows
 
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Originally Posted by 442OLDS (Post 397649)
It happens every year,but to me,it is very silly to have a perfectly good race car and be qualified in a field where 7 round wins can crown you a U.S. Nationals Super Stock title,and then you leave because" Its not worth it".Never has and never will made any sense to me.

This doesn't really make sense to me either:

http://www.competitionplus.com/drag-...ding-ssah-cars
Yeah, they can run SS, but don't have to follow the same rules we do.


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