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Originally Posted by Dwight Southerland
I have to disagree with you there, Jack. The continual erosion of standards affects everybody who races the category and contributes to the demise of Stock Eliminator. All of these arguments that people throw out like "look at all the other stuff that is wrong" or "it doesn't matter since it doesn't help performance" are either excuses for not being willing to stand up for what is right or they are from people who don't care if they cheat or not. There is already enough bogus stuff in the specs and replacement parts category that has become the mainstream that it will be virtually impossible in the current venue to correct, so adding to the list doesn't help anybody. If a spectator looks under the hood of a Stock Eliminator car, it should not look like a bracket racer's engine or a Super Stock engine. When Stock Eliminator becomes so diluted from the original definition that it is not discernable from other categories of racing, then it will be absorbed, eliminated or meaningless. If anything, it would help to move back to originality, to production specs and accurate policing so that there is a more unique identity to market.
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I'm OK with having original specs .......just how far back do you want to go??I started almost at the beginning and there was just as much pissing and moaning then .As for cheating - like I said before even the iron ones are not stock anymore .As for qualifing - that's a whole different story - and in the end we all have to race each other so does it matter?It's all about getting a light and running your number ! ! ! Billys' BS about who he has to run doesn't hold water in my book.
As for the spectators most don't know what a Stocker engine looks like and even if they did there are so many aftermarket parts under our hoods that a manifold isn't going to make any difference in appearance.