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Originally Posted by Ed Wright
But why even have a 2 bl class? That is AHRA (Arkansas Hillbilly Racing Association) dumb. If anybody had 4 bls from running SS, why would they put a 2 bl carb on one?
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Its a shoot off of AHRA beginning in 1971. There were 3 classes in the beginning. Multi carbs (or factory FI), the single 4, and the 2 barrel. Partisapation fell off to next to nothing in the muliti carb classes and was dropped many years ago. Even most of the Hemi guys showed up running a 4 barrel on their Hemi Cudas, Darts, and Challengers. The other 2 classes stayed in the rule book over the years. At one time the 2 barrel class was going to be dropped but to many complained because some of the "OTHER" engines (and we had a lot of different combos back in the day) such as a 455 Olds, Pontiacs, AMC engines, Buick, etc. could be competitive as a 2 barrel eaiser than wth a 4 barrel due to the lack of good heads other than the factory iron parts. Not all modifed engines were big or small block chevys back in the day.