[Alan Roehrich]

That's all fine and well.

The problem here is Stock and Super Stock are not intended to be entry level classes. What is required even to run .6 under with a decent combination is beyond what the average entry level racer is capable of. ESPECIALLY if want to promote "do it yourself" as opposed to "go buy it" race cars.

Stock MAY have been intended to be entry level a couple of decades or so ago, but those days are GONE and they aren't coming back, either.

Now, Super Street might be entry level. I say might because of all the throttle stops and delay boxes, among other things.

But Stock is just too technical an exercise for the average entry level racer, and it ain't JUST the index that does it. Further, LOWERING the indexes 2 to 5 tenths won't make that worse, and RAISING the indexes won't make it better, either.

The plain truth is that Stock is enough of a technical exercise that you need to have already been running a FAST bracket car SUCCESSFULLY pretty much on your own, both in terms of knowledge and money, before you are close to ready to go Stock racing. And even then you have a steep learning curve to negotiate. At least if you want to be fast and capable of winning. Stock and Super Stock are a couple of steps UP from bracket racing. It all goes back to the phrase "if it was easy, everybody could do it".

You will NEVER keep big money out of racing, it just isn't going to happen. It always finds its way in if someone that has big money wants it to, and someone with big money always wants it to. It doesn't matter what form of racing it is. I've been SCCA racing, truck pulling, tractor pulling, dirt and asphalt circle track racing, mud bogging, mud dragging, and even a little boat racing. When money wants in, the door will ALWAYS open one way or another.