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Originally Posted by BOB KIRKBRIDE
......The whole problem with these cars is a lot of power, a short car and the fact that they are allowed in Stock eliminator on a little 9" tire. ......Those new cars are the Super Stocks of today and should BE THERE! The supercharged ones should ALL BE IN SUPER STOCK ONLY. They are crashing all the time and with that much power it won't end soon.
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First, I'm glad the driver is okay. Nobody wants to see accidents of this type. The speed differential in Stock and Super Stock has always been disconcerting, now we add power adders to the mix.....Whoa.
Now, I see lots of posts referencing this as an out of control Stocker. Wasn't this accident during
Super Stock qualifying?
Did this car actually have 9 inch tires on it? Would larger tires have prevented this accident? How large then?
I would not support telling car owners what tire they should race in a given class. Apparently I'm in the minority since a lot of the blame is placed on the 9 inch tires.
Track prep? Would that really help? Or would the racers simply use it as an opportunity to dial more power into these power adder classes? I have more questions and few answers.
Mr. Bob, I'm not singling you out, you just covered a lot in your post. Thanks.