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Old 03-25-2011, 07:29 AM   #72
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Default Re: Crate Engines in NHRA?

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Originally Posted by dragracer502 View Post
All right, time to join in on the fun.........The point that my Crate Camaro friend is to being too kind to make its this. It is not 1970 any more! Hasn't been for 41 years now, so let it go, time marches on, and not even one of you with a numbers correct, factory original race version, 1 of 5, had to be on the "special" list (wink wink, nudge nudge) to get one, big block, 4 speed, light weight stocker can make the good old days come back! Thats why they are the "good old days" because they are gone. So lets deal with reality here then. The issue that has you "originals" all in knots on almost every other thread is the "death" of stock .......and I worry about that as well, but it is not because of new "bogus" combinations coming in. Stock is going to die because there are fewer new racers coming in than there are old ones going out. Plain and simple, if you are one of the fortunate few who have "been there and burried that index" racing an original equipment stocker, chances are you are worried about the end of your time on earth, and only think its the end of Stock Eliminator that has you awake late at night. Instead of ruling down from on high about what combination is in and whats out...you should be doing everything in your power to bring any and every new racer interested in taking on the challenge of Stock racing, to the track. In the end, when you get over your ego trip of running Class, you will understand that we are all just running a glorified bracket race, so get over yourself, put on both bulbs, and settle racing arguments where they belong.....on the track! Me and Crate Camaro, we will be waiting here in Ontario for anyone with the balls enough to risk having their $100 000 "real" stocker shown the gate by a crate motor car.

My, my, my, ain't you just cute? Such venom and vitriol, you bring so much to the conversation. At least, you think you do. There ain't no "we", there's us, and there's you. NHRA draws about 3 times the car count that IHRA does. Not that I'm any real fan of NHRA, nor do I have any dislike at all for IHRA. Tell us again how you crate motor boys are going to save our class.

You know, as bad as you think you are, as much as you think you can prove to us, since obviously none of us has any reason to come up there, just call up your fellow Canadian, John Armstrong, and have him build you a real motor, so you can come on down and show us all your mad racing skills. If you're half as good as you think you are, you'll win enough to cover the cost of the motor in the first month you're here, after that, it's all profit. Just think, you can be fabulously wealthy, and show us all how it's done, too. After all, the rest of us don't have your skills, and don't know it's "just a glorified bracket race".

Now, "Crate Camaro" and any number of others who like crate motors, I can at least have some measure of respect for, carry on a decent discussion with, and agree to disagree. You, on the other hand, well, you bring nothing to the discussion, you rank somewhere between "minor amusement", and "minor annoyance". The only reason to reply to your attempts to insult anyone are to watch you throw your little tantrums and lick the windows. I gotta think that somewhere in Canada, a village is missing its idiot. Keep the faith sunshine, you're just special, don't let anyone tell you different.
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