[Lew Silverman]

I wasn't going to add my $.02 to this discussion, because I thought everyone understood what the problem here was, but I guess I was wrong......

What Alan is saying is that prior to 2008, all vehicles that were allowed to run in Stock Eliminator were manufactured for and available to the general public, through a dealer network, and register-able and street legal. In other words if it wasn't showroom available, it wasn't legal for Stock! That changed when the NHRA allowed Ford and Chrysler to certify the CJ's and DP's.

And if I raced a Model T and a musclecar with a bogus HP rating came along, I probably would have been just as disappointed as most of us are now.

The status quo in Stock Class has been twisted in favor of the newer vehicles. The only new cars certified to run are the "specials" available to a chosen few. You can't go to your local dealer and buy a car off the showroom and race it in Stock Class, no matter how much work you do, with the exception of the Camaro, and how many of them have we seen?

Not all that hard to understand, really. No need to get upset. Fix the inequitable HP ratings if you can, or give the new cars a class to race themselves if you can't!

Thanks for listening!

Lew