2018 FS showdown posted.

[D.Johns]

Jim,
I have no personal dealing with Mike so I can not speak on that front.

While talking with Don Fezell at his shop in PA when I was buying his stick stuff from him for my CJ he stated items that he had requested that NHRA/Ford said no to. When I was speaking with NHRA I also was requesting items for my combo and even the TVS cars to make the class more competitive amoungst the combos I was told a similar item for the 08s. My request for the TVS was weight, pulley change(Don said what he ran in testing) or blower.

I was also turned down on some service replacement parts accepted for my combo as well.(Believe someone else was behind that one) I can’t blame Ford for wanting their latest and greatest to be limited to the car owners. It keeps the guys who can afford to have 4,5,6,7 of these cars keep buying new ones. Plus it showcases what Ford currently offers. Brand loyal racers will generally remain brand loyal regardless.


As time marches on architectures become obsolete. It’s a tough pill to swallow though when you have $250k in a car that before was going to require you to build a whole new one. (With the current rules it will still cost $55-65K to switch architectures. Same would bring it down to $10-25k reusing most parts.