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lstanford · 10-21-2009, 10:46 AM

You are right about the spec's need to be given to the sanctioning body. There was a long period of time when the people at Ford could have cared less about drag racing. They spent all of their money and attention on NASCAR . The sportsman racer was not even thought of, unless Ford Racing could sell them chrome valve covers. This is why a lot of the combinations are not in the rule book and the reason a lot of the Ford combinations were never raced. Plain and simple, it was left up to the racer to get engine and body accepted. Too much work for most people when you can race a GM or MOPAR. I knew there was a change coming at Ford when Jack Roush got back into drag racing with the NMRA. Jack hasn't paid attention to drag racing in a long, long time. Enter Brian Wolfe and the team he has put together at Ford racing. He has interest in the sportsman racer and will promote combinations that were not accepted before. Don't be surprised to see a naturally aspirated engine for the 08 and 10 CJ's in the near future. After all Chrysler has 3 engines for their car that are all sanctioned. Let's face it guys these new cars are here to stay. Ford is in business, as is GM and Chrysler to sell new cars. Nobody loves nostalgia cars more than me but your going to be racing new cars with new technology. The more engines that the OEM's make available, the more classes they will be made legal for. If I had a clean piece of paper, I would build one of these new CJ roller kits that Ford Racing is selling or a Challenger kit, if you can still get one from Fiat. Just my two cents.

10-21-2009, 10:46 AM	#7
lstanford Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 312 Likes: 1 Liked 134 Times in 32 Posts	Re: Watch what you wish for... You are right about the spec's need to be given to the sanctioning body. There was a long period of time when the people at Ford could have cared less about drag racing. They spent all of their money and attention on NASCAR . The sportsman racer was not even thought of, unless Ford Racing could sell them chrome valve covers. This is why a lot of the combinations are not in the rule book and the reason a lot of the Ford combinations were never raced. Plain and simple, it was left up to the racer to get engine and body accepted. Too much work for most people when you can race a GM or MOPAR. I knew there was a change coming at Ford when Jack Roush got back into drag racing with the NMRA. Jack hasn't paid attention to drag racing in a long, long time. Enter Brian Wolfe and the team he has put together at Ford racing. He has interest in the sportsman racer and will promote combinations that were not accepted before. Don't be surprised to see a naturally aspirated engine for the 08 and 10 CJ's in the near future. After all Chrysler has 3 engines for their car that are all sanctioned. Let's face it guys these new cars are here to stay. Ford is in business, as is GM and Chrysler to sell new cars. Nobody loves nostalgia cars more than me but your going to be racing new cars with new technology. The more engines that the OEM's make available, the more classes they will be made legal for. If I had a clean piece of paper, I would build one of these new CJ roller kits that Ford Racing is selling or a Challenger kit, if you can still get one from Fiat. Just my two cents.