[Billy Nees]

I have to get back into this to bring up a point that hasn't been made yet. I am the worlds worst businessman so maybe someone on here can enlighten me on this. Why would GM or Chrysler dare to jump into Stock with a new model when they are almost guarenteed to get their brains kicked in by the Cobra Jet? I have heard that the race Challengers aren't being built, is this correct? If so, why aren't they? Could it be that their SRT8 6.1 Hemi which is carrying a HP rating of 420 would look downright lame against a 4 valve supercharged car rated at 425 HP? To me, NOT building them looks like GOOD business sense! It seems smart to wait for the Hurst Challenger with the supercharged 6.1 to go against the CJs. The problem with that scenerio would be what can they rate the Hurst cars at when the rating on a base 6.1 is already 420? Maybe 425? I don't think that even Compton would buy that one! What about GM? Let's see, we can build a base 6.2 2008 Vette but it's at 430 HP! That's right, look it up, the BASE car is in the guide at 430 HP! I've raced some of the WORST combos in the guide (by choice) and I gotta tell you that even I wouldn't race a 2 valve, cam in block, naturally aspirated 376 ci motor against a 4 valve, overhead cam, blown, 330 ci motor. Where I'm going with this is I don't believe that Fords entry into Stock with this obviously WAY under rated CJ is going to help bring GM and Chrysler back into it. It's just not good business sense to go racing and get creamed!