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Dan Bennett · 04-19-2012, 12:29 PM

I'm not sure why I'm even sticking my nose into this thing, but here are some comments from someone who's been a fan of class cars since the early 60s and has watched thousands of passes through the years.

No one gets ahead when we break down into the "your brand sucks" wars. And bringing up previous errors doesn't make the current situation more acceptable in any way. Wrong is wrong and no one wants to see affirmative action in drag racing for the sins of the past.

The new cars are killer combinations, but I think a lot of people are forgetting the fact that the street versions are very, very quick even in factory trim. Put up a showroom stock LS6 Chevelle against a new SS Camaro and count the seconds between the cars crossing the finish line. Yes, seconds. So it's not surprising that the race versions are quicker, too.

I mention all this because I think the new cars absoutely need to be there on the racetracks - BUT...

If they're going to race in Stock, they should have real VIN numbers and be available from any dealer selling the brand. As for the "bogus" parts, that's nothing new. AMC put part numbers on Edelbrock manifolds back in the day and the headers you'd get in the trunk of a 69 Z28 were made by Kustom as I remember. So let the manufacturers put part numbers on aftermarket parts WITHIN THE RULES OF STOCK and if they have to ship them in the trunk, then so be it.

NHRA played cute with the factors on the new stuff. I can't see how anyone could disagree with that. And they're being dishonest if they say the current system will take care of any inequity. The AFHS was designed to take care of small differences in the factor and the real world. It was NOT designed to take care of a grossly underrated combination.

I've raced various brands and owned even more. But I refuse to get into the GM vs Ford vs Mopar silliness because all of them have built cool cars over the years. The membership pays NHRA to provide a safe place to race along with creating rules to keep things somewhat fair. Glendora chose not to in this case. Unfortunately. off the top of my head I can't remember very many times when they admitted a mistake was made and rectified the situation.

04-19-2012, 12:29 PM	#114
Dan Bennett Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 439 Likes: 853 Liked 595 Times in 136 Posts	Re: Ford First "Stocker" Into The Eights I'm not sure why I'm even sticking my nose into this thing, but here are some comments from someone who's been a fan of class cars since the early 60s and has watched thousands of passes through the years. No one gets ahead when we break down into the "your brand sucks" wars. And bringing up previous errors doesn't make the current situation more acceptable in any way. Wrong is wrong and no one wants to see affirmative action in drag racing for the sins of the past. The new cars are killer combinations, but I think a lot of people are forgetting the fact that the street versions are very, very quick even in factory trim. Put up a showroom stock LS6 Chevelle against a new SS Camaro and count the seconds between the cars crossing the finish line. Yes, seconds. So it's not surprising that the race versions are quicker, too. I mention all this because I think the new cars absoutely need to be there on the racetracks - BUT... If they're going to race in Stock, they should have real VIN numbers and be available from any dealer selling the brand. As for the "bogus" parts, that's nothing new. AMC put part numbers on Edelbrock manifolds back in the day and the headers you'd get in the trunk of a 69 Z28 were made by Kustom as I remember. So let the manufacturers put part numbers on aftermarket parts WITHIN THE RULES OF STOCK and if they have to ship them in the trunk, then so be it. NHRA played cute with the factors on the new stuff. I can't see how anyone could disagree with that. And they're being dishonest if they say the current system will take care of any inequity. The AFHS was designed to take care of small differences in the factor and the real world. It was NOT designed to take care of a grossly underrated combination. I've raced various brands and owned even more. But I refuse to get into the GM vs Ford vs Mopar silliness because all of them have built cool cars over the years. The membership pays NHRA to provide a safe place to race along with creating rules to keep things somewhat fair. Glendora chose not to in this case. Unfortunately. off the top of my head I can't remember very many times when they admitted a mistake was made and rectified the situation.