As an "observer" and a student who studies the history of things, it would seem to me, that quite frankly we are only NOW seeing again what WAS in the Beginning.
Look at factory involvment then ?
THEN You could walk right into the dealer , as now and buy a KILLER combo, maybe it was only good for a year or so, but look at some of the bastard monstrosities that were built for Stock back in the day.
NOW They run right along side the 93 Camaros etc.
Look at what evolved into the Funny Cars, the AFX cars, that were at first STOCK Cars.....
I see only a Lapse in this being the norm, it was this way in the beginning, not in the middle and is now again.
Maybe Im wrong, but it would seem in the Interm people got used to the way things stagnated from a perspective of factory involvment and carved an honored and much deserved place for themselves. Now that the factories are involved AGAIN, its "Foul" ?
Im confused, I do understand, like I said, on motorcycles it came to the point the bikes I loved became "Vintage" class, it was a hard pill to swallow, especially when for 4 or 5 years they could have still been competitive, NOW however anyhting less than a FI bike and Im out of the game.....times change....I have a choice stand still and let things pass me by, or adapt. This year for the FIRST time since my GPZ I am considering a FI bike, why because I would like to "Play" a bit and with country travels there are some tracks Ive always wanted to run.....
Anyway another 39.7 cent installment from the Drooze....
Like I said in another thread I think the new package cars will HELP Involvment and ATTENTION to Stock racing, some agree, some disagree. That ok, everyone everyone is entitled to their opinion, them theirs and me ours.
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Originally Posted by bsa633
To me the class have lost most all of it's appeal now....not because of new cars because they are needed,but the fact that now no one really have to work and research those new combo's very hard to "get there" you can almost just pick a new Mustang or a Challenger...and be head and shoulders above the rest of the competition right from the start...and because of that i dont think we will see the blend of cars we have today for very long..we are just not racing the same game anymore..everyone else is just bringing a knife to the gun fight..sure some will still take a shot at the eliminator but alla in all the older cars will dissappear or find a place in some type of Nostalgia events(maybe thats were they belong anyway)will be interesting to see what Fletch and alot of other Touring Pro's will do with when more new cars are coming out in the higher classes Mark F. has allready moved out but will be cornered by Challengers soon it seems..
Well..there will be alot of new Heroes in stock in the future but i doubt i personally will respect them that much!
As someone said..It's just business..and NHRA owns the game!
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