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Originally Posted by Mike Meier
Why don't all you guys who are for dropping the index just change the letter on your windows and jump up a class instead of punishing the low budget guys? Some of us here don't hide 4 tenths by merely short-shifting or carrying extra weight.
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Mike...Stock and Super Stock has always been a performance class. To be honest with you, since the inception of the class in the 1950's, the bitching and complaints among racers has been the same.. The difference from the early days to now is the enforcement of rules; rules were enforced by Farmer and company and you could get horsepower just by sneezing too loud. There has always been racers that had the advantage over others; especially those that had factory sponsorships and access to parts and cars that others did not have. Those were the days of the factory wars.
In the early days, the factory wars were not in Top Fuel, Funny car or Pro Stock; the wars took place in Stock and Super Stock. The AFX class gave birth to the Funny Car class. Stock and Super Stock gave birth to Pro Stock. Therefore, nothing has changed, except that the class has evolved with technology advances and the economy.
I can still remember the days I could buy a Holley 1850 from Gratiot Supply for $18.95 or buy a set of Cyclone headers for $29.95, or buy a set of Crane Cams ported AMC ported cylinder heads for $395.00. The cost of parts on those days were in accordance to the economy, the same as today.
What are dealing is with an enforcement issue.