Stock seat clarification please

eddie c · 12-11-2011, 09:31 AM

For those of us who remember,I believe back in 1971 NHRA drastically
changed the rules for stock eliminator. Basically all the stock eliminator
cars were mandated to go to superstock.Stock eliminator was now a
clean sheet of paper,with very few modifications allowed. No slicks or headers.Factory cam shafts only.It was pure stock with open exhausts.
Now I believe NHRA was fed up giving all the stock guys all their little
requests for so many years that the cars running stock were far ,far away
from anything resembling a stock vehicle. I remember asking the Div 1
tech director why the drastic change and he said there were so few
differences between stock and super stock that they felt it best to
combine the classes and make stock more like its namesake. I think
we need to look at this again. How many differences are there between
the stock and super stock classes! ed

12-11-2011, 09:31 AM	#23
eddie c Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Southeastern Pa. Posts: 53 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Stock seat clarification please For those of us who remember,I believe back in 1971 NHRA drastically changed the rules for stock eliminator. Basically all the stock eliminator cars were mandated to go to superstock.Stock eliminator was now a clean sheet of paper,with very few modifications allowed. No slicks or headers.Factory cam shafts only.It was pure stock with open exhausts. Now I believe NHRA was fed up giving all the stock guys all their little requests for so many years that the cars running stock were far ,far away from anything resembling a stock vehicle. I remember asking the Div 1 tech director why the drastic change and he said there were so few differences between stock and super stock that they felt it best to combine the classes and make stock more like its namesake. I think we need to look at this again. How many differences are there between the stock and super stock classes! ed