Crate Engines in NHRA?

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Originally Posted by HR9121

Actually this thread started when CrateMotor asked if NHRA had ever considered allowing crate motors in stock. Then the crate motor and IHRA bashing started, just the way I've read it.

In fact NHRA DID consider a crate motored class right after IHRA added them to their eliminator many years ago. It was close to being a done deal. They were to be a "SPEC" car with only the newest current year body style (a T-Bird for Ford.....not a Mustang) and of course GM and MoPar combos AND with their own classes seperate from the other stockers but I dont remember the body styles they were going to require for GM and MoPar. It defeated the purpose of a lesser expensive way to race by requiring all brand new spec body styles and new engines of NHRA's choosing so it was dropped. This was way before $100,000 factory built stockers came into vogue. So now we have the crate combos in the new cars except they get to beat up on the regular older combos in the same class so dont ever say never.