Stick car racing coming back?

[CrateCamaro]

Originally Posted by fredjohnston

So Pro Stock = sissy car.. Got ya.

Ill have to agree with Keener. Driving Pro Stock is a walk in the park compared to what Modified Production/Super Stock was like in the 70's. Its two different extremes. Yes a Pro Stock car could be a handfull but just imagine wrestling a 67-9 Camaro down the track with basically a stock style suspention shifting a H pattern shifter at 9000rpm. Compared to a Pro Stock car thats probably pretty comfortable and more easy to drive.
No knocking pro stock here...its my favorite Pro class.

[herbjr]

How did my Dad, Herb McCandless, Ronnie Sox, Don Nicholson, and Bill Jenkins do what they did back in the 70's without a 2 step, high side chip etc, well they were the best paid match racers in that era. They had stock trannys with mods done but used the clutch every gear, with no chips. My dad went 9.01 with a true 4 speed back in 1972 in NHRA Trim but never went in the 8's.

You dont have to go fast to draw a crowd. I have a 7.49 and 8.99 class on Thursday nights at Piedmont, I draw over 800 ppl on the 2nd and 4th Thursday to watch this class run. We pay 300 total purse and its no electronics, stock suspension only. The crowd goes nuts but we play these guys up like they are heros. Hell they are the come race twice a month for 7 months to be the show. We dont charge them but 5.00 to race.

Herb Jr