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Old 07-02-2010, 10:16 AM   #17
Rich Biebel
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Default Re: What is the correct description of a 60's Jr. stocker.

Jr. Stock to my recollection might have been a term used a little but it was really made popular by the magazines that promoted the term I believe.

Stock eliminator was broken into 2 seperate eliminators at my local track. Stock I and Stock II. A to H or something like that was Stock I. There was no AA/S class when I began racing in 1966 or at least I don't recall it being a class by then. A was the top class. Stock II was all the remaining classes. I think this might have led to it being called Top Stock and Jr. Stock at some tracks. They had a lot of cars so splitting the field was common. Once the magazines used the term Jr.Stock.....it caught on.

At some point the term Jr. Stock became very accepted but to me it meant the cars that ran in the "second tier" group. I would never call an A or B stocker a Jr.Stocker.......All you had to do was stand behind one and watch it leave the line on 7" tires.......There was nothing JR about a 427 Biscayne with a 4 speed on 7" tires......or a 396/375 Chevy II with a 4 speed.....


To me the term Jr.Stocker really meant a '55 to '57 Chevy in about 1967-1968.
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