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Chuck Norton · 10-16-2008, 01:02 PM

I believe that it occurred at about the same time that they began to stage "National" events without running Stock, Super Stock, and Modified class eliminations. I know that the 1972 U.S. Nationals required the winning of class to race in Super Stock Eliminator. By 1978 or so, they ran up to 128 cars. In about 1975, there was a mercifully brief period of time when cars dialed off the record or the index and there was no breakout. Buck Jednak and Buddy Ingersoll were pretty dominant in Stock and Super Stock respectively during that era. Seems like that disasterous experiment and 128 car qualified fields came at about the same time. John, I know you're looking for the exact date but I don't have the material at hand to tell you for sure but I'm betting that someone still has the National Dragsters with the information you're looking for.

10-16-2008, 01:02 PM	#2
Chuck Norton Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Covina, CA Posts: 474 Likes: 114 Liked 89 Times in 19 Posts	Re: History Question I believe that it occurred at about the same time that they began to stage "National" events without running Stock, Super Stock, and Modified class eliminations. I know that the 1972 U.S. Nationals required the winning of class to race in Super Stock Eliminator. By 1978 or so, they ran up to 128 cars. In about 1975, there was a mercifully brief period of time when cars dialed off the record or the index and there was no breakout. Buck Jednak and Buddy Ingersoll were pretty dominant in Stock and Super Stock respectively during that era. Seems like that disasterous experiment and 128 car qualified fields came at about the same time. John, I know you're looking for the exact date but I don't have the material at hand to tell you for sure but I'm betting that someone still has the National Dragsters with the information you're looking for.