Back from Indy-what's happened to Stock Eliminator??

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Harry 6674

I can understand about the not street legal crap. OK. But whats with lockup converter, crash protection, emission control? If you run your stocker with all this crap on it you are missing the boat. As far as compression ratios go I'm sure there are no laws regulating that. As far as the street legal deal goes I'm sure I could get one of those licenced as an assembled vehicle where I live.

Up until 2008, cars eligible for Stock Eliminator had to have all the required emissions and safety equipment on them that was required for the date of manufacture. They also had to be produced and sold to the general public with the same drivetrain racers used for competition. It made Stock Eliminator what it is, the class for real production street cars as produced and sold to the general public for street use to be raced in.

A body in white is nothing but a new production body that failed QC inspection. It merely prevents a racer from having to buy a car, take it apart, and throw away or sell what he doesn't use. A body in white can be used to build a race car that uses a production line assembled sold to the general public for street use drivetrain. The "body in white" argument doesn't hold water.


Yeah, that's cool, you can get an "assembled vehicle" title and VIN for a race car. So, can I go build a new Camaro, based on a body in white, with a full race LSx engine and a Liberty 5 speed, get an "assembled vehicle" title and VIN and race it in Stock Eliminator? See the problem there? Once you open that door, anything can walk in. They opened Pandora's Box. New factory cars can be created every year with a stroke of a pen. The idea is not sustainable, it will kill the class, never mind the fact that allowing them in changes it from Stock Eliminator to Factory FX Eliminator.