Stockers....buttons.....check This Out

[Jack McCarthy]

two steps belong on a country dance club floor
throttle stops belong on a u-haul truck
delay boxes belong on ... well... how about a dumpster

if we dont stop the button / blinder racing all cars will be A - G cars...no one builds anything else.

stockers should be able to be driven without all this crap...
let the techmen keep busy looking for those liteweight pistons,oversive valves, wrong blocks and heads short on cc's... instead of rewiring a stocker

and i cant drive a lick i need the EASY BUTTON - and someone to use it

captain jack

and like deep staging...same guys will still win a higher % they are better than me.

[stockracer]

First you took away deep satging...Now you want buttons gone...And if I read correctly, now blinders are an issue...when will you stop and race. No matter what best package wins, If you cant do it foot braking, you cant do it with a button, you cant do it with a delay box, you cant do it period! Some people are naturally good and it dont matter what they do or you do to them! How many of you button haters hit a pratice tree? Do you do any good? If its easier put a button in your car..ITS LEGAL, THERES NO UNFAIR ADVANTAGE!

But while were tryin to make it easier to win I would like to see every one with 20/20 vision tossed, NHRA spec glasses for the rest...No top end braking/whomping/dumping...Guys who win more then 2 races a year should be suspended for the rest of the year...Stick cars get automatic .05 knocked off there package (cause theyre at such a disadvantage, even though helms is 3-TIME champ)...Oh, and for jack, when you call NHRA to get a number they tell you what combo to build...that way its even, not just a bunch of A-G cars!

Beard...My opinion....Every one needs to quit making excuses, and go race! If your gettin beat by a button, BUY ONE...or GET BETTER!

[burton5809]

Maybe its just me but it seems the people that are always complaining are the people that are not winning races....coincidence???? Get off your keyboards and get a practice tree and go race...practice makes perfect!

[Bruce Noland]

This is just an alert for the manufacturers - get the money right boys!

[Charley Downing]

Stock Eliminator racing has always been a game of choice. Weather that it be racing a ford or chevy, mustang or camaro, the racer him or herself still has that choice to make based on there preference. With the button issue this is still true. If one racer wants to foot brake and one wants to two step then there should be no problem. The problem start when one racer tells another racer there is only one way to leave the starting line. If NHRA were to get rid of two steps they must also get rid of blinders etc. Also if two steps are gone then make everyone have the same kind of brakes because some breaks release quicker than others. The point is that you can never equal the playing field unless everything is the same and the only way to do that is have everyone race the same car in the same class with the same equipment (pro stock). NHRA please leave this issue how it is now, up to the racer and there style of racing.

[Harry 6674]

I live in the northwest and am not real familiar with IHRA. We have no tracks even though some have been available in recent years. Spokane is for sale now from what I understand. What makes IHRA cheaper to race than NHRA?

[tpoh815]

take a button or leave it. none of this is squabbling means a thing. it happens every year about the same time. even if it gets banned the best will still be the best! also my take on the e-shift. will racers be upset if some racers go to non- manual valve bodies .(car actually shifts itself) this isnt unheard of. not much differance. if offering ill take both. peace.mikey h

[tgriffith]

"""two steps belong on a country dance club floor
throttle stops belong on a u-haul truck
delay boxes belong on ... well... how about a dumpster

if we dont stop the button / blinder racing all cars will be A - G cars...no one builds anything else."""
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LOL!!!!! Ive been screaming this for the past 2 years and all I get is "your crying"-----2steps and buttons are taking the slower stockers out of competition,,,,or at least you must be a racing God just to compete


Stockracer....need to visit Div 9 in Ihra if you think those boys cant race,,,come this way and try it sometime

[LNorton]

>>Maybe its just me but it seems the people that are always complaining are the people that are not winning races....coincidence???? Get off your keyboards and get a practice tree and go race...practice makes perfect!

I make approx. 50 hits a day on the little tree.

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For once I agree with stockracer here. I would like to see them out of the auto cars, but they are still legal. Stock has moved a long way from stock... They should change Super Stock to Modified, Stock to Super Stock, and Pure Stock to Stock.

[Eric Cabral]

Here's my two cents. Leave it the way it is!!!! I run a M/Stick mustang and feel I am just as competetive as a guy running a button. You STILL have to stage the car, see the TREE THE SAME and drive the finishline! I have not changed the rpm on my two step since I built the car. I adjust tire press & the amount of travel in my pedal to hit the tree. Nothng beats seat time! If you want to race with the guys who win all the time hit your practice tree and go to a local bracket race and learn how to be consistent.
A button or two step is NOT the problem in stock. Friends of mine that bracket race don't want to bother with stock because of all the politics and whining that goes on. Less kids are moving into drag racing in general let alone stock!!! That to me is more of a concern.


[ps] Even if they do away with two steps i'll still be coming out on the high chip! I launch higher than I shift and go through the traps at!!! Does that mean next we won't be able to run msd boxes because a stick guy can use his high chip built into the box!!!!!
Leave it alone and race!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eric Cabral 1546 M/S