Is there any hope of NHRA separating traditional Stockers...

[Rory McNeil]

Originally Posted by Jesse Kershaw

The package cars exist because NHRA did not have a way for late model production cars to compete with the older cars. The package car rule was the only way to get the manufacturers involved in Stock and Super Stock 10 years ago.

The initial low HP ratings on the cars were because there was no place else for them to go, at the time it was 7.5lbs class for AA. We had to rate the cars low to have a natural class. Once all 3 OEM's got involved things changed.

Mr. Kershaw, Why do you say the without the "package" cars, the NHRA did not have a way for late models cars to compete in NHRA Stock Eliminator? New, production cars had been racing in stock for many decades, Ford, Chevy & Dodge did have high performance production versions of the Mustang, Camaro & Challanger available to the public for years before the Cobra Jet, COPO & Drag Packs were invented, just like they were in the 60s and early 70s. Why were these production new cars not viable? Factory HP ratings too high maybe? Thats the manufacturers fault, not racers or NHRAs.