Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich
First, we're talking about Stock Eliminator as it has been for about 40 years, with Super Stock (oddly enough where the Hemi powered factory race cars went as soon as they were released) as an entirely separate class. The Stock Eliminator that 90% of the people discussing this have been in for years.
Which of the 409 cars were factory race cars, limited production? The closest would be the 63 Z-11. The 406 Fords were limited production? The Mopars? Those were production cars sold in volume to the general public. But we're not talking about stripped down muscle cars sold to the general public you could drive home from the dealer anymore.
Who said anything about not allowing new cars? New cars are fine. Try to convince Ford of that, by the way. Find a new Ford production Mustang in the guide after 2008. Good luck with that. I hope they bring in every new combination Ford GM and Chrysler sell for street use to the general public, and put every single one of them in the guide, they belong there.
The new factory race cars are great, I like them. Some of my good friends own them. They belong on the drag strip. But they belong in their own class. Honestly, they need an F/X class, with 10.5 slicks, their own factors, their own weight breaks, with their own indexes, and their own safety regulations, so they can really show their true performance. They really need to be on 10.5" slicks, with weight breaks starting at 6.0 or 7.0 up to about 9.0, with full 12 point cages, and indexes starting out at around 9.70 or 9.90, low enough that they can go out and race, instead of sandbagging to protect their factors.
Showcase the new cars, let them really run, let them really fight it out. If you had a few F/X classes, with 1 pound weight breaks, you'd have 32 cars or so going fast, with plenty of hard core heads up races, low ET's, big MPH, and a great show.
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09-04-2011, 04:29 PM
Re: Back from Indy-what's happened to Stock Eliminator??
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