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I guess the joy of finding a combination which is overlooked by NHRA and fellow competitors can be rewarding. Just seems in some ways a different challenge than building the quickest (fill in name of car or motor)in a class where most are the same.
Billy my true reward in SS was running the same Camaro BBC in GT/AA as everyone else and winning CLASS, heads up , no Break out in affect. At that time the rectangular port 454 and the oval port 454 were very close in et, MPH and it took a combination of Engine, Trans, Chassis, and Driver to win class. Then diversity came into the class. Congrats to the tech manual guys who found the added motors to use and the rule change to allow BBC in a FWD car as a California racer hoped so the low hp motors could enter the class.
Now many combinations are "competitive". Some are also ran. Luckily most of the "olde guys" had moved on, retired or just stopped racing.

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I couldn't agree more with you Dick. Winning a heads-up run or winning class absolutely pegs my personal satisfaction meter! BUT, I have also found a great amount of satisfaction in building something that no-one else could get to run or building a totally new combo that's never been tried. I also get satisfaction out of going rounds in the the eliminator. I should also mention that I'm painfully cheap! And there's a lot of satisfaction to be had there too!
I guess that personal satisfaction is where each individual finds it.

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Billy, We agree......

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Billy - Painfully cheap ???? Tell us how much you paid for your cellphone .......My memory isn't as good as it once was .

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Cellphone???

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I believe E,F and G are the most diverse. Every car manufacture except Cadillac has a car/combo that fits in these classes. I think that is really cool, but a crazy amount of cars can show up at any given time. But, I would agree the most unique would be the classes I would say from Q on down, very cool!

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Diversity for its own sake is neat to see as a non class person. The major and I mean MAJOR is if its your class with a sudden low factor entrant and you have beaten your horse for years and hundreds of $

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Dick, if you were a GT/AA front runner in the previous century, why did you quit?

And how is complaining on this site about any GT/AA combo that showed up almost a decade after you were long gone, or pushing your "combos need to be the same" agenda going to be productive? Classracer.com, nor it's members make or enforce rules for any NHRA class, the NHRA tech dept. would be your best bet.

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Rick Green ran a 2.0, haven't seen it since they put their Mustang together. Had to run him a few times, seemed strange not getting to leave first.

Jim Mantle V/SA 6632

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Rick, you are right to question me. I have no current car and am retired. Diversity is topic which highlights good bad and ugly parts of class racing. History shows this and that was my point.

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From looking at Nitro Joe's Stats it looks like Q/SA has the largest diversity of all Stock Eliminator classes with 16 different combos listed:
'84 Thunderbird 1984 Ford 140 145 174
'86 C-10 1986 Chevy 350 165 205
'79 Pontiac 1979 Pont 301 150 180
'94 Caprice 1994 Chevy 265 200 222
'95 Dakota 1995 Dodge 239 175 180
'76 Monza 1976 Chevy 262 110 171
'79 Lemans 1979 Pont 301 150 180
'64 Chevy II 1964 Chevy 283 195 164
'55 BelAir 1955 Chevy 265 180 197
'64 Nova 1964 Chevy 283 195 164
'66 Impala 1966 Chevy 283 220 217
'88 Calais 1988 Olds 307 138 207
'73 Dart 1973 Dodge 318 150 172
'72 Nova 1972 Chevy 307 130 171
'66 Impala 1966 Chevy 283 220 220
'92 Jeep 1992 Jeep 242 190 174

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My Pure Stocker would fit under Q/SA if reclassified as such.

D

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65' Ply Valiant 1965 273 180 162 should have made that list!

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86 C10 4.3 auto I think @ 2200 #. I might be off on the weight.

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2200 lbs?! I can`t see getting a full sized PU that light even with no engine and trans!

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Rory, more like 3810 lbs for U

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Maybe he meant kilograms, Jim!

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3260 Q stock auto

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I just copied and pasted Joe's year end stats for 2015. I am sure there are a few other combos in Q/SA that aren't listed this year but it did show the wide rage of combinations in a class. Looks like O/SA might even have more than Q/SA.Sorry if I left anyone out