[art leong]

Not everyone wants a cookie cutter. "who can bend the parameters better" car.
There is not much "stock" on a stock eliminator car anymore.
A lot of the younger guys call that "cheating" to them stock is factory stock..
You can put $5000 into a "stock" pair of heads. Or you can bolt on a turbo or a nitrous kit for a lot less money and pick up a lot more.
I have always raced a "different" style car less keeping up with the Jones'.
When we built the hemi cars in the mid 70's we were told they could never win due to traction problems, weight distribution etc.
Stock eliminator was populated mostly by F and lower cars.
In stock (from the factory) trim a 340 Duster or Dart was almost as quick as a street hemi car.