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Rich Biebel · 06-06-2012, 07:44 PM

The name Jr Stock....probably was popularized by the magazines more than anywhere else....

Car Craft, Hot Rod.....Super Stock and Drag Illustrated....and maybe some oher publications like Drag News.....

National Dragster had weekly writeups from tracks all over the country with results and pictures.

The term probably came about by an announcer somewhere who used the term for the lower classes...and it stuck....

Our Local track ran a seperateTop Stock eliminator......A to J stick and auto....
and Stock 2 or II for the lower classes....and thats where the name probably first popped up....the lower class cars.

55- 57 Chevies and later years in every body style including wagons were very popular....

You could run a lot of different classes with say a '57 Chevy.......and all the engine/trans combos were accepted for a while.....4 speeds......all the engine combos....hydros in sedan deliveries.....The golden era so to speak for those type cars......

When NHRA knocked out the non- production line combos it really hurt the categorie and a lot of people were po'ed by that move.....and a few years later NHRA dropped Stock altogether in favor of Super Stock or Pure Stock......

I was out of it by 1971 I think it was.........after starting in 1966

06-06-2012, 07:44 PM	#6
Rich Biebel VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern New Jersey suburbs Posts: 2,315 Likes: 25 Liked 544 Times in 213 Posts	Re: Pre view of jr stker book on youtube The name Jr Stock....probably was popularized by the magazines more than anywhere else.... Car Craft, Hot Rod.....Super Stock and Drag Illustrated....and maybe some oher publications like Drag News..... National Dragster had weekly writeups from tracks all over the country with results and pictures. The term probably came about by an announcer somewhere who used the term for the lower classes...and it stuck.... Our Local track ran a seperateTop Stock eliminator......A to J stick and auto.... and Stock 2 or II for the lower classes....and thats where the name probably first popped up....the lower class cars. 55- 57 Chevies and later years in every body style including wagons were very popular.... You could run a lot of different classes with say a '57 Chevy.......and all the engine/trans combos were accepted for a while.....4 speeds......all the engine combos....hydros in sedan deliveries.....The golden era so to speak for those type cars...... When NHRA knocked out the non- production line combos it really hurt the categorie and a lot of people were po'ed by that move.....and a few years later NHRA dropped Stock altogether in favor of Super Stock or Pure Stock...... I was out of it by 1971 I think it was.........after starting in 1966 __________________ Rich Biebel S/C 1479 Stock 147R Last edited by Rich Biebel; 06-06-2012 at 07:47 PM.