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bill dedman · 02-23-2009, 01:21 AM

Evan Smith said, relative to the horsepower output of the new CJ's:
"Everyone knows this, so who cares if it is 650, 750 or 850?"
Who cares, indeed.......

I'd bet that anyone who has spent the last 4 or 5 years and upwards of $60,000 building a competitive A or AA Stock car cares very much, as they may be looking over at one of thse rockets in the other lane for a heads up race, possibly in a final round, for the money.

Who cares? Anybody who has to race one heads up, I would think.

From the performance potential that has been demonstrated so far by these cars, it seems to me that unless NHRA wants to institute a new Stock class (AAA/S?) at 7, or even 6.5 pounds per factored horsepower, these cars rightfully belong in Super Stock, because they're obviously capable operating way outside the present-day, accepted, parameters of AA/S and AA/SA.

02-23-2009, 01:21 AM	#56
bill dedman VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 1,739 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Mustang MPH? Evan Smith said, relative to the horsepower output of the new CJ's: "Everyone knows this, so who cares if it is 650, 750 or 850?" Who cares, indeed....... I'd bet that anyone who has spent the last 4 or 5 years and upwards of $60,000 building a competitive A or AA Stock car cares very much, as they may be looking over at one of thse rockets in the other lane for a heads up race, possibly in a final round, for the money. Who cares? Anybody who has to race one heads up, I would think. From the performance potential that has been demonstrated so far by these cars, it seems to me that unless NHRA wants to institute a new Stock class (AAA/S?) at 7, or even 6.5 pounds per factored horsepower, these cars rightfully belong in Super Stock, because they're obviously capable operating way outside the present-day, accepted, parameters of AA/S and AA/SA. __________________ Bill Last edited by bill dedman; 02-23-2009 at 01:24 AM.