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Originally Posted by Charley Downing
Well Alan it's not 1969, sorry. How many parts do you think dealers will sell for those cars (zero)? I still can't understand you guys, auto companies have had a big influence on stock and superstock for 30 plus years when it comes to hp rating’s and the parts they come with. There are alot of 1980’s Oldsmobile’s with parts and factors that are bogus. It would be cool to see these old cars in stk and ss but it won’t bring any new people into our sport. If you look at our sport it’s mostly males over 45 right now. While that is great right now what will happen in less then 20 years? How many people race more then 5 races when they reach the age of 65 plus? I still see these people at the track but watching. Just step back and count how many people in the last five years have stop racing or are no longer with us in stk or ss. We need all the help we can get to keep our sport alive. And I feel that things like this will help our class over time.
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What year it is has absolutely nothing to do with it.
Sure, there have been poorly factored cars in Stock before. Is that a valid excuse to do it again? If someone robs your house, does that make it okay for the next ******* to rob it?
Screwing the current participants of the sport by bringing in ringers and then making it possible for them to avoid being correctly factored doesn't sound like a real good way to bring in new participants.
I don't think that many people under 45 can afford $75K for a car plus another $15K or so to make it work, so I doubt the ringers will bring in that many new participants, especially young participants.
This little rewrite of the rule book completely changes the character of NHRA Stock Eliminator. Stock and Super Stock are not being "saved" by this, they're being changed. And not necessarily for the better.
Sorry Charlie, the rest of us are not buying it.