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08-30-2014, 06:38 PM

I remember being in high school and seeing Mike Walters at Quaker City on Friday night for test-and-tune with his '67 Camaro Stocker changing converters in the dark trying to squeeze out a few more hundreths. That has stuck with me for 30 years. In my humble opinion that is what Class Racing is all about. When you can go out now, spend 6-figures, and buy something that has to lift at the 1000' mark and still qualifies in the top of the field it makes me think NHRA is missing the point. I don't begrudge the folks that run them and Lord knows if my wife and I could afford one we'd buy it but I don't think it's healthy for the sport how they're doing it and believe it will be the demise of Class Racing. We have a 2004 Corvette that is legal for IHRA Pure Stock but why would I spend the time, effort and money to go run B/SA in IHRA when Wilkes is now running solidly in the 9.80s with his new COPO? That makes zero sense.

Scott

08-30-2014, 06:38 PM	#5
Tar Heel Guest Posts: n/a	Re: "Indy Observation" In Stock Elim. I remember being in high school and seeing Mike Walters at Quaker City on Friday night for test-and-tune with his '67 Camaro Stocker changing converters in the dark trying to squeeze out a few more hundreths. That has stuck with me for 30 years. In my humble opinion that is what Class Racing is all about. When you can go out now, spend 6-figures, and buy something that has to lift at the 1000' mark and still qualifies in the top of the field it makes me think NHRA is missing the point. I don't begrudge the folks that run them and Lord knows if my wife and I could afford one we'd buy it but I don't think it's healthy for the sport how they're doing it and believe it will be the demise of Class Racing. We have a 2004 Corvette that is legal for IHRA Pure Stock but why would I spend the time, effort and money to go run B/SA in IHRA when Wilkes is now running solidly in the 9.80s with his new COPO? That makes zero sense. Scott