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Originally Posted by Kevin McKenna
How is that discarding history? It's more like history repeating itself.
The '55-'57 Chevy guys all complained when the '61-'63 lightweight Fords, Pontiacs, and Mopars showed up.
The '61-'63 lightweight guys complained when the '67-'70 Big block and Hemi cars showed up.
The '67-'70 big block and Hemi guys complained when the LT1 and EFI cars showed up.
The EFI guys complain about the Factory Stock cars.
It's called progress and it's inevitable. And believe me, I absolutely love the fact that there are so many cool old cars still racing in Stock.
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The only difference between the situation between the Factory Stock cars and the others, is that at Indy (if I recall correctly), Class winners and the quickest remaining qualifiers got in, instead of the quickest 128 regardless of class as it is now. My .02