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Originally Posted by Ed Wright
If you hang around a Pro Stock pit area during a national event you would learn many, many do like them just like are. If you like Stockers, watch the Stockers. I don't think any of those guy, or Comp guys, have any interest at all in looking like Stockers. They have nobinterest in us and don't watch us either. More people watch them than us, or Comp.
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Ed,
Speaking from my experience, you would be surprised at how many Comp guys/crews and Pro Stock guys/crews have some interest in Stock and Super Stock. Some even have cars of their own that they tinker with or have their kids in. Many don't know the HP stuff or some of the finer details, maybe like you and I do, but they have interest none the less. When a group of these racers stand and watch these cars run and shake their heads and comment about how fast some the upper class cars run is a true compliment. They understand that they are not the only guys that work hard at this. For the most part there is a true respect of the efforts and quality of cars that compete in these categories. Now there are also some that despise anything other than Comp and these are usually the ones that have been around forever and never competed in anything that has the amount of rules restrictions as Stock or Super Stock does. On a side note: If anybody here has not seen an Australian Pro Stocker make a pass on YouTube, you need to check it out and look into the rules. These cars are pretty impressive for 400 inches, but don't look for this kind of car in NHRA.