Originally Posted by amxron (Post 553948)

Go back to 1970.
Headers, 9" tires, .060 over, Floorshifts, traction bars and square cams PERIOD.

Want more? Run SuperStock. A stocker should be able to drive you to work
everyday if needed.

Ron.

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN (Post 553972)

Uh....The stockers ran 7 inch tires in 1970 !

Originally Posted by Travis Miller (Post 553917)

Since we are going back to 1955, let's take time to review the Dec. 1955 Hot Rod Magazine editorial by Wally Parks following the first NHRA National event held at Great Bend Kansas.

"A lot of fellows who participated in the recent National Championship Drag Races at Great Bend, Kansas, were a bit shaken up at the thoroughness with which NHRA officials conducted the pre-race technical inspections. Crew members who were charged with responsibility for maintaining safety of contestant equipment were trained at their jobs and handled the details with conscientious sincerity. It wasn't that they were trying to find fault with a participant's car; they simply followed the rules as they were meant to be followed. Naturally, a lot of last minutes repairs and alterations had to be made, some of which cost the entrants valuable time. Most complaints were, "We've been running this way at our strip all along and have had no trouble before!", which simply pointed out that a lot of strips have been far too lax in their enforcement of universally accepted safety regulations governing drag strip operations.
But after the meet was ended, members of the hard-working NHRA technical committee became heroes in the eyes of many participants. They exerted the same honest concern in verifying the legality of class winners as they had in searching for potential danger points in the earlier inspections.
As winners were determined, during the class eliminations, an assigned official would escort each winning car (that) was held pending a tear-down inspections of its engine. Engines were torn all the way down in real expose.
To say that some owners of stock cars in the National Drags were startled would be the understatement of the meet-they were shook! And why not? In one Stock class the first, second and third place cars proved to be running out of class, having modifications or special equipment that were definitely not permissible.
As a result, no records were established in either "A," "B," "C," or "D" Stock classes at Great Bend. Only two eliminators, "B" and "D" classes, were determined legal upon inspections.
What's to come of all this dishonesty? Well, there are several possible solutions. One is to discontinue the running of Stock classes, but this isn't practical. Another might be to run Stocks for "time only," giving no awards to winners. Last, but not least, would be to change class restrictions to simply require "no visible modifications," leaving hidden parts wide open to alteration.
Whatever is done, a lot of honest people will take the rap for offenses committed by a few would-be "hot dogs" who haven't enough confidence in their own engine refinements to declare them properly.
As always, we welcome our readers' reactions and suggestions.-WP"

Originally Posted by Timetraveler (Post 554012)

Travis remember that the rule book was written by NHRA as a reaction to the racers more than an action. If it's not against the rules then it's legal.

Originally Posted by Ed Wright (Post 554016)

When I started, I was told by the track's head tech guy. If the rule book does not say you can do it, you can not.

Originally Posted by Casey Miles (Post 554025)

I flat towed from Long island to Indy in 1974 and when I got there I was missing a bumper bolt. I was told I couldn't race until I fixed it. Even though I had extra hardware do to the tow tabs, the inspector didn't care. Went to a bone yard and got a bolt. Now, most bolts are missing for a reason, LoL!
My stocker it totally street legal license and insured, my opinion is that's the way all stockers should be.
Casey Miles
248H Stock