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Originally Posted by GUMP
I just spoke with Lonnie about this. I'm not sure how things will play out, but I can say that his heart is in the right place.
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Daren, I also believe Lonnie's heart is in the right place. He seems to be a performance guy. Unfortunately, the ones that made the changes trying to bring the small percent of combo's that are underrated in line. Will have more of an effect on several combo's that don't need any more HP added. Especially those classes that have a large number of cars in them. (more chance of a heads up run) For those that think it can't happen to them take a look as I pointed out to the 1970 Nova 402/375 HP. One heads up run at a real fast track and now they are carrying over 100 pounds more. At Indy in 2019, 95 cars were 1 second under during qualifying in Stock. Indy has to be at least .20 slow compared to mine shaft weather. So, all those combo's are now even more subject to getting HP. I like racing Stock because It was a class that if you worked harder, tested more parts and maybe had more experience in making a car go fast you might have an advantage on your competition. Isn't that what a performance base class is supposed to be?
Billy, I wasn't trying to pick on your car or the way you want to race. Your car belongs in Stock just as much as mine. I was trying to make a point that a combo doesn't have to be running 1.20 under to have a favorable HP rating.
There are SIXTY plus pages of non-stock parts that NHRA has now allowed. I had nothing to do with any of them. And by the way both my heads and intake on my car have GM part numbers. Yes, I get because GM stopped making them that Edelbrock now makes them for GM. These are not the only parts that the car manufactures have outsourced. I have had nothing to do with how Stock has evolved from the sixties till now. I don't agree with all of the changes, but I would rather race the Stock we currently have now compared to what we had in the 60's and 70's. BP