2011 Stock/Super Stock Rule Changes

[treessavoy]

Originally Posted by Roger K Fain

Treesavoy...how about the 55-60 Corvettes that have an inherent advantage w/ a 36" driveshaft as opposed to a tri-five sedan w/ the same engine/induction combination, along with a Jerico trans. and corporate 12 bolt and Calvert bars. Not to mention 55-57 Paxton supercharged Ford Thunderbirds w/four spd (Jerico/G force) trannies and 9" rear to spice up the action. Does anyone remember the 56-57 Plymouth Furies w/two fours and pushbutton touqreflite that terrorized the '57 Chevies. There is a ton of nostalgia 59-64 Chevy 409 freaks out there racing right now that have been waiting to get into the action.

I agree about the Corvettes but whose going to modify a car that's worth $70,000.00 and it's even worse with the blown fords, they are woth anywhere from $100,000 and up. Amos Minter, the best Thundredbird restorer in th world, sells his blown birds for $250,000 and up!

When was the last time you even saw a early Fury much less a two four car? There is probably enough parts and cars around that you could build a 348 or 409 car but would it be competitive? The '56 Chrysler 300 which was the first car to be manufactured with one HP per cubic inch (sorry chevy guys) might be a factor but they are all in Museums.

The tri-five cars are most abundant, a majority racers are chevy guys, and more developement has been done on the small block chevy than any other engine ever produced.

Nope, this rule only helps tri-five chevy guys and here's the general outlook that you'll find. I own a '58 Pontiac Chieftan sedan with the 370 engine, 3-2's, auto and posi. These cars were the scourge of D/SA in the day turning mid 14's, my car has 28k original miles and in todays classification it falls in I/SA. Do you think I'm going to modify a $40,000.00 car only to be uncompetitive? Nope!

Lastly, no one makes racing parts for anything but the tri-fives for all the other combinations everything would have to be hand made or some manufacturer would have to be convinced to manufacture parts for these out of date cars.

JimR