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Originally Posted by Jeff Kempton

The #1 car in Stock was Summers not Skillman. A 35 year old Ford Mustang II qualifying #1 at a Chevy sponsored event. Embarassing enough to the sponsor that it had to be tossed out? It doesn't appear that way.

Carey has indicated that he wishes to take this formally up the NHRA ladder in search of answers, in a logical and factual way. I think that is the right approach, and may give him some closure on the incident and encourage him to remain in Super Stock. He is definitely owed an explanation and hopefully an apology too. At the least the rules should be updated to keep this from happening again.

Perhaps this was an individual inspector with a grudge that created this mess, or perhaps it even came from a higher ranked official. But the implication that there is a formal agenda to keep any high performing non-Chevys out of a Chevy sponsored race (or Mopar race, etc.) is pretty extreme. And to suggest that the entire sanctioning body is in collusion to stack the odds to make that happen is something that I just don't buy. If you truly think that the entire organization is so deeply corrupt why do you even race?

Just my opinion; yours may be (likely is) different. You're entitled to yours, I'm entitled to mine.

More importantly, I really hope that Carey gets the needed answers. I for one want to enjoy the sight of that S2000 racing in future SS fields.

Good points Jeff. I used Skillman as an example because the Honda would have been in SS. I’m passionate about this because I saw the same thing happen to Ohio George when he ran his turbo Mustang around 67. A number of the hoops Cary has to jump through now were what George experienced back then; much for the same reasons I spoke of earlier. I guess I was responding to a pattern I saw. Advocacy for this racer is paramount and it certainly doesn't seem to be coming from said representative of the sanctioning body.