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Originally Posted by Rory McNeil
Jim, I`m pretty sure the reason that the 68 Hemi Darts & Cudas, 64 Hemi cars etc were in S/S rather than Stock was not due to them being purpose built, non street duty cars, but rather simply the NHRA HP/weight factor. Since NHRA opened up the AA/S & SA classes for cars that would have been previously factored "too low" for A, ie under 8lbs per HP, that opened up the possibility for the "new" race package" cars, as well as some older cars that were under the 8 lb thresh hold, like the 64 Ford Fairlane ThunderBolt, and the 427 2x4 barrel 66-67 Fairlanes, as well as several others from Mopar & GM, I believe. As for the seperate "forced induction" classes some are asking for, nobody seemed to get bent out of shape when the FWD Turbo MoPars were always qualifying at the top in Stock, maybe because these "lower class" cars didn`t concern most of the upper class racers, and due to inconsistancy, didn`t prove to be a major threat once eliminations were under way.
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Rory,
In 1965 the A990 Hemi cars were rated at 425hp as was the 1964 Max Wedge yet it was a SS car compared to the Stock class Max Wedge and they weighed the same. The Thunderbolts were rated at 425hp and weighed about the same as the Mopars. All of these cars came with full street equipment, do the Mustangs come with street equipment.
The 1968 Hemi A bodies came with no street equipment and were purpose built race cars...just like the Mustangs....and they went straight into SS, so why aren't the Mustangs in SS?
JimR