[Dan Bennett]

I want to make it very clear from the start that I do not know if this is still the case.

But when the move came to the new Pro Stock bodies, be aware that the most well known chassis builders had exclusive rights to the bodies. Each developed a certain make and they profit from every body used on every car that is built, whether it's built in their shop or not.

Before anybody starts, I'm not against capitalism or people making money, I'm just pointing this out to clarify why the 1 piece front ends and the body rule change was so heavily pushed by them. It created a monopoly and a new profit center.

Again, I don't know from direct information, but I'm pretty sure that's why the rules for the new class got changed. When I was racing, different manufacturers would hand out body kits - which was the roof, quarters, and trunk. Everybody who they approved got the same part numbers in the crate.

But again, some builders were much better at tweaking those parts than others. So some kept crying it wasn't fair instead of doing R&D on aero and finding ways to fit the templates and still improve the bodies. That is where the Standard Bodies arose from. Can't beat em, push for a participation trophy sort of thing.

I know this is a class racer board and is supposed to cover Stock and Super Stock. My deepest knowledge is in Pro Stock but to be honest I could not pick my favorite among all three. If this is getting tiresome, somebody say so and I'll shut up.