CLASS RACER FORUM - View Single Post - if wally was'nt dead this woulda killed him

Casey Miles · 07-17-2008, 12:29 PM

The problem that I see is that the 1+ under cars have not been factored correctly in the first place. I can remember when the 360 cu in mopars came out and all of them quailified at Indy. At that point in time I was carrying extra weight because of a JR. stocker by a guy name Tony Pissia (sorry if I don't have it spelled correctly) which made my combination played out but I owned the car. Also, that's when you bought a car that you could barely afford, never mind race. My point is that NHRA can even up the field by running weight to cubic inches, for get about the factor which we all know is crap since the difference with flywheel horsepower versus rear wheel horsepower was for the insurance companies which they fell for.
I can see NHRA saying that you run the number that you quailified with, no shoe polish.
By taking the class winners out of the picture, you are just having a quailified bracket race, all you need is alot of money and keep pushing for changes (parts like Schubeck lifters) that were never dreamed about in the day when stock was created. I know that some of you will say to change, but I like stock when the word meant "STOCK".
Casey Miles
248H E/S (because of 4 hp)

07-17-2008, 12:29 PM	#19
Casey Miles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 706 Likes: 128 Liked 508 Times in 92 Posts	Re: if wally was'nt dead this woulda killed him The problem that I see is that the 1+ under cars have not been factored correctly in the first place. I can remember when the 360 cu in mopars came out and all of them quailified at Indy. At that point in time I was carrying extra weight because of a JR. stocker by a guy name Tony Pissia (sorry if I don't have it spelled correctly) which made my combination played out but I owned the car. Also, that's when you bought a car that you could barely afford, never mind race. My point is that NHRA can even up the field by running weight to cubic inches, for get about the factor which we all know is crap since the difference with flywheel horsepower versus rear wheel horsepower was for the insurance companies which they fell for. I can see NHRA saying that you run the number that you quailified with, no shoe polish. By taking the class winners out of the picture, you are just having a quailified bracket race, all you need is alot of money and keep pushing for changes (parts like Schubeck lifters) that were never dreamed about in the day when stock was created. I know that some of you will say to change, but I like stock when the word meant "STOCK". Casey Miles 248H E/S (because of 4 hp)