Factory Showdown at INDY

[Bruce Noland]

Originally Posted by boster

Bruce , why do you hate the new cars so much ? Dont you think the guys who ran the 56 chevy with the 265 like the guys who ran the 69 corvette with the 427 in 1970 ? or how about the guys who ran the 55&56 chevy with the 265 , do you think they were happy when the 283 fi came out in 57 and smoked the 55& 56 with the 265 .

Lighten up and just enjoy your car and quit telling everyone one else there is soft , there is not a real car , NHRA did them a favor , they did not have to work on theirs . When I got my car it ran 10.60 from the factory and I have been working on it for a solid year . And really your vette is stock ? stock pistons , stock rods , stock cam ? stock tires ? you get the point it is not stock and it did not come that way from the factory.

For the record I bought my 08 CJ for 65k , I have put another 35k in it and it only runs a second under ( 9.30 ) and I work on it all the time just like you work on your car . When I put my new Patterson piece in it it will cost me another 30k and I will still have to work on it and worry about AHFS putting weight on it . So please just give the new car owners a break with the BS you keep throwing at us .

By the way I like your vette as Im a vette guy , 1984 c4 , 2002 z06 with a Lingenfelter blower , 2008 zo6 stock from the factory owned them all from day one new

Paul , everybody knows CJ can out run the Mopars and the Copo that why nobody will sponsor the class (LMAO) Just ask Jeff CJ's ran him out of ADRL

Bo,
I'm not the only person on the planet who has problems with the new cars in Stock. I may be the most vocal but please understand that I don't come out here without support from a lot of racers.

You guys keep bringing up long-ago sanctioning transgressions like it somehow makes it OK for you to do the same now. It doesn't. The racers "back in the day" didn't have the Internet. Soooo, some of us will continue to come out and remind the racing community that nhra and the OEM's are cheating hard working every day folks. That's all. It's no big deal!

Keep your checkbook handy. I understand some of the new car owners are spending Comp type money on their engines, like 100+k. And they are coming apart.

On the flip side of this money coin, how many of these cars can they sell before saturation settles in? They may have already hit the high water mark as wealthy buyers and people willing to hock their financial futures dwindle.

In the end, it's the hypocrisy by nhra, the OEM's and the people who think this behavior is perfectly legitimate that has created this problem. Sorry if you think I'm being a little heavy on you guys.

For the record I do not hate these cars or any living breathing creature for that matter.