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Originally Posted by bill dedman

That's all true.. but, there are LOTS of great cars; Buick Grand Nationals, 340/360 Duster/Demon/Dart Sports; various Ford Mustangs; early ('68-73) Dart 340's/360s; GTO's of every description... and, 4-4-2's...

But, except for the Camaros, individual marques (Buick, Dodge, et al) don't EVER make up nearly a quarter of the Eliminator. If they did, I guarantee you, there would be the same sort of crying that goes on relative to this absurd low-ball horsepower debacle that NHRA has foisted on Stock Eliminator, with the help of the manufacturers.

But, it's okay if it's a Chevy...

I, personally, have no problem with it except for two reasons:

1. As a horsepower (factored HP, that is) driven Eliminator, you have to ask yourself, WHY do so many racers choose this particular brand of car unless they surmise that it has a better-than-average chance of winning (soft factor?)

2. One of the appeals of Stock Eliminator has been the variety of rolling stock that appeared on the starting line. I can remember when supercharged Studebaker Avantis, fuel injected Pontiac Bonnevilles (1958), Stage III wedge Mopar wagons, and turbocharged Corvair Spyders populated Stock Eliminator, and it was an eye-popping show!

Dunno about you, but I get a little weary of seeing seemingly endless pairs of Generation I Camaros race each other. That happens a lot when they make up (as they did at Reading,) virtually a fourth of the field.

I don't know what the answer is, but it would be nice to see the kind of variety that used to exist, return to Stock Eliminator. Probably not going to happen, given NHRA's incredible apathy and inertia, but I don't see this kind of domination by a single marque, as a healthy thing.

Just my 2-cents...

Bill, it would be fun to see all those brands compete, maybe we could have an all run event for stock and super stock. Tony, if there is no advertisement, no one will even know you have a race on.