[Travis Miller]

The beginning of Jr Stock came about in 1964 and officially continued through 1966. Although the '64-'66 rulebooks listed all Stock classes under one banner, at National events the class was split into two eliminators, Top Stock and Junior Stock. Top Stock consisted of S/S, S/SA, A/S, and A/SA. Junior Stock was from B/S and B/SA down. It must be remembered that S/S and S/SA in those years were the top classes in Stock eliminator. Junior Stock winners at Indy were Phil Chisholm 1964, Jon Callender 1965, and Dave Kempton 1966.

1967 saw NHRA give S/S its own eliminator with ten classes. That meant Stock eliminator at National events was no longer split apart. However the name Junior Stock stuck with the racers and it was unofficially called that until 1972 when Stock and S/S classes drastically changed.

Unlike today's Junior Stock where all cars are run heads up on an 11.00 lb weight break, the old Junior Stock was only heads up to during class eliminations. Class winners were then dialed off their class National record and the eliminator used a handicap system with a breakout.


Travis

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