Think about this.........

[art leong]

Originally Posted by Dale Shannon

Nice looking car great leave for the old mustang, parcel to thoses old fords, I think your 100% right it was a sport that was for fun, now most because of cost have to run it as a business, well good luck on that venture. Can anyone remember when NHRA moved most of the SS cars to COMP and the Stock cars to SS? Started over with Stock. Is time for something like that again?

NHRA moved stock into superstock in the early 70's. Then a year or 2 later they started stock up again stock (not stocker) cam, stock exhaust manifolds, stock (not stocker) pistons, stock fuel pump, street legal tires, etc.
The racers pushed the envelope getting one thing changed at a time Till we wound up with what we have now. If the associations would have upheld the rules. It would have have a great inpact on the costs. Do you know any one that would be getting $5000 for a legal valve job?
I hate to say it but the racers themselves are as much to blame as the associations for the current condition.