Bring back super/mod...

[Tod Lane]

Originally Posted by Michael Kilduff

Sounds pretty good. A question though-

How do you prevent a couple or three guys from trading killer heads amongst themselves, or passing around a ringer of an engine? I know claimer rules exist in roundy rounders, just curious how they prevent such a phenomenon?

Simple, last qualifier gets first shot at the motor or heads, which ever you decide to make "claimer".

Right on up the ladder, next slowest gets second option

[V_Robinson]

Originally Posted by Tod Lane

Simple, last qualifier gets first shot at the motor or heads, which ever you decide to make "claimer".

Right on up the ladder, next slowest gets second option

When I used to race the dirt tracks, our whole cars were claimers. that could be bought by anyone that attended the race. I am not saying that the whole car should be for sale but letting other people that want to enter the class buy the heads would stop bogus heads

[Dick Butler]

Randy, Since it would be a start up class with NHRA and people would still want to run NHRA events in a legal form couldnt the specs make the cars legal for one of the Mod SS classes. They wouldnt be class winner but Points meets would still be legal and fun on the dial in end of it. Keep the chassis Legal rules and MAKE the motor combo allowed legal at the wt.? Then if guys support the class in numbers local or points meet races could be added for fun..

[SSDiv6]

Originally Posted by Dick Butler

Randy, Since it would be a start up class with NHRA and people would still want to run NHRA events in a legal form couldnt the specs make the cars legal for one of the Mod SS classes. They wouldnt be class winner but Points meets would still be legal and fun on the dial in end of it. Keep the chassis Legal rules and MAKE the motor combo allowed legal at the wt.? Then if guys support the class in numbers local or points meet races could be added for fun..

Why dial-in? Make it heads-up, no-dial in. A fair comparison will be a SS/CS car type, but with a designated specific approved cylinder head.

[Steve Stickel]

Todays ss/cs engine rules way too liberal as I read whats going on here.. More like a smallblock SS/H Or SS/I car with a smaller cam, say .500 or .550, non- sheetmetal intake, a spec carb, (600-750) etc. I believe a 9.00 weight break at min 3000lbs. (333cu in) would satisfy everybody, the Ford and Chrysler guys included...top out at a maximum of say 3300lbs at 367cu in ...

[John Leichtamer Jr]

You guys are taking this alittle to far. This was to be a deal
like it was in the old days with a less expensive engine.

No pro tree, no bull sh*^.
just keep it simple


Hammer

[Dick Butler]

John, I agree. The original idea was "simple, Cheap, entry level". A new class with many open modifications wont help. Sealed motor may be too simple, or basic for current racers but if getting new racers in SS, younger participants etc. got to be limited....

[randy wilson]

OK, to address everyone so far. I don't expect to get my way on very many of these ideas. Let's put that out there first. Also, probably nothing will come of this, let's keep that in mind. And, the guy who won the $100 for quickest light at our track most of the time was Jerry Michaelis, with a 69 camaro, slapper bars, a 2 speed powerglide built by a local transmission guy for $500 dollars. So that pro car argument doesn't fly with me. I averaged between a .419, and a .439 out of six passes with an F bodied SS\CS car one night out of seven rounds. Most weekends I was between .460's and .420's. And we did not have the new LED lights. I think the drivers reaction should come into play. I realise I won't get my way, but that's my story, and I'm sticking to it. Now, for national events, sure, Dick, the chassis should be relative to what's there already Dick may have unknowingly brought a possibility to this class coming to life. Start it as a superstock class, and see how it's receieved. And let people know, if enough interest, would be a class . But give them a realistic index, like they do for 300 other classes. I don't think that would be a bad idea. That would let them run. Also, that idea of no. 16 getting no. 1's heads, and so on, good idea. That would keep us all honest.