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Originally Posted by boster
Alan , FYI Top Stock was ruined before I got there . I was only involved the finial 3 years of Top Stock . The first year I just raced it , The second year I but 50K as sponsor and did not make the rules . The 3rd year the 8 guys that raced it put up 10k each to keep it alive and we raced and divided up the money . In the finial year of top stock if you won the race it paid 15k in contingency plus race money
As far as LSX vs 396 the finial year we ran top stock under my rules the 396 of Paul Mecure won 3 races , The 440 of Joe Alulise won 2 races and my LS1 won four races . We also took the top 4 cars in the points at years end and raced them off in a 4 car shoot out for the world champ . Mecure broke a transmission , Alulise broke his motor and Bogan about turn his car over in the finials and I blew the tires off but crossed the finish line first to win . Seemed pretty even to me
No car was dominate over the other the old cars were just as fast as the new ones and in fact won more races that year.
So a lot of what you are saying is BS in my book , your old way of thinking is done and if you keep thinking that way you be done as well . I never suggested you but any other motor in your car , only that you be allowed newer parts and weight reduction .
As far as you are concerned you only want to cry on the internet in stead of trying to fix the issues . To fix it you have to think outside the box . I for one like the old cars as much as the new ones and hope that they are given parts or weight reduction so that their owners keep racing .
The main reason Top Stock died was because the fast cars of the past were put on a level playing field and they did not want to race with all things even . Much like you they just wanted to cry
Alan one last thing to date over 450 new factory race cars have been sold in the last four years and other 150 will be sold in 2013 . They are not going away and in a few years will out number the old cars that are still racing
Alan , how many races do you race a year ? I average about 13 a year over the last 4 years and in 2011 I ran 19 and raced from the Gators to the World Finials in Pomona . Funny thing is dont remember seeing you at any of them . But I do see you on here
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No, Bo, my "old way of thinking" isn't wrong. it's what the class was founded on.
We don't want newer parts, we don't want a weight reduction. First off, if we added anything to the Stock engine, it would be a Super Stock engine, we'd need a roller cam and lifters, to start with, and aftermarket heads, intake, and carburetor to top that off. We've already got roller rockers and aftermarket cranks, not to mention revised heads and intakes. Second, without butchering the car, the only weight I can take out is going to a $7K aluminum block. All we want is new
STREET cars factored somewhere close to reality, and
factory race cars put in their own class where they belong.
I'm not crying, Bo, I'm stating fact, and reality. Pretty much everything I predicted 4 years ago has come to fruition, plus GM bringing out the Camaro, which was not real likely 4 years ago.
That's really funny Bo, because this year the first thing you did when you parked in Atlanta is come and ask me if we bought a new Camaro, you didn't even shut off your truck. You also saw me a few weeks earlier in Charlotte, in the first round of the class combo. You should probably work on your memory.