Junior Stock Enthusiast

[Greg Gay]

I think I understand where you are trying to go, but I'm not sure that the old Junior Stock rules are where you want to be. In some ways, those rules were less restrictive than what followed them. For example, I believe that Dave LeBrun's Corvette ran in the 10's as a Junior Stocker, and it was many years before a Stocker ran in the 10's under the new rules. Junior Stock disappeared after the 1970 season, and there was no Stock in 1971. The new Stock rules came out in 1972, and they were the most restrictive a that point. At first, full exhaust and no slicks were required, and even lightweight, racing wheels were not allowed, although many did appear. Next came "cut exhaust", but still through stock exhaust manifolds, and the rest of the exhaust system still had to be in place. After a year or two, narrow slicks (or a wider street tire) were allowed, and the rules slowly became more and more liberal. The 1972 cars were basically a blueprinted engine, shift kit, and rear axle gear change.

I think your class has merit, but I see that you basically have two ways to go with it: You can either go with classes, indexes, and heads up runs. Be prepared to have tear downs, as there is only one way to go faster. This will not be inexpensive. Your second option is a class that looks stock, possibly even "sounds' stock (cam restrictions), but has only one class, everyone dials in, and each individual's cost is what they want it to be. This would be somewhat similar to the Factory Appearing FAST class, but with dial ins, you wouldn't have to be that fast. However, then you might need to put a minimum dial in in place, so as to keep absolutely pure stock cars from driving in off the street, and entering.

[kellintrans]

I think a minimum dial will have to be in place in any scenario. Otherwise, it is just a regular bracket race.

The Pure Stock Muscle Car drag race has an interesting format (rules and tech), but in this case allow more than just factory muscle cars to participate. In this case, the rules for this class could be more liberal regarding slicks, open exhaust, gear ratio changes, etc.

As far as tear downs, any competitor questioning the legality of another car would have to put up a predetermined amount of money that would be refunded if violations are found, or paid to the racer being torn down if they are legal.The car could also be torn down if there is a suspicion of blatant cheating by the organizers. Otherwise, a gentlemen's agreement could be in place. Anyone found cheating would be fined and/or banned from competing.