2008 Cobra Jets belong in Stock

Rusty Gillis · 02-09-2009, 10:51 AM

I have read a lot of post with a lot of complaints about the new Cobra Jets and the cars belong in Stock. The problem is NHRA needs to change the factors for stock and start at 6.00 like Super Stock. If you can go to a dealer and buy a new car Ford, Chevy, or Dodge with 500 HP it should have a place to race in NHRA. As far as Stock being stock cars that went out a long time ago. I tried racing in Stock 10 years ago and I wasn't competitive because I didn't want to spent $3500 to have my heads acid ported and that didn't include the intake. Stockers that race today are far more advanced than the Super Stocker I raced in the 70's. Robert Pond went 9.76 with his AA/S 67 Fairlane which is faster than the Pro Stockers were running in 1970. NHRA needs to get with the times and change the Stock HP to weight factors.

02-09-2009, 10:51 AM	#1
Rusty Gillis Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 260 Likes: 21 Liked 87 Times in 19 Posts	2008 Cobra Jets belong in Stock I have read a lot of post with a lot of complaints about the new Cobra Jets and the cars belong in Stock. The problem is NHRA needs to change the factors for stock and start at 6.00 like Super Stock. If you can go to a dealer and buy a new car Ford, Chevy, or Dodge with 500 HP it should have a place to race in NHRA. As far as Stock being stock cars that went out a long time ago. I tried racing in Stock 10 years ago and I wasn't competitive because I didn't want to spent $3500 to have my heads acid ported and that didn't include the intake. Stockers that race today are far more advanced than the Super Stocker I raced in the 70's. Robert Pond went 9.76 with his AA/S 67 Fairlane which is faster than the Pro Stockers were running in 1970. NHRA needs to get with the times and change the Stock HP to weight factors. __________________ Rusty Gillis Former NHRA SS/FA and SS/GA record holder