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Old 02-07-2024, 07:39 PM   #1
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stock eliminator with it's median age of 65 y/o is a far easier class to race than super street. As a class, the reaction times appear to be that of entry level rather than those that have been racing 4 decades and longer and the top end driving is largely non existent sans the drivers under 40.

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Old 02-07-2024, 08:10 PM   #2
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stock eliminator with it's median age of 65 y/o is a far easier class to race than super street. As a class, the reaction times appear to be that of entry level rather than those that have been racing 4 decades and longer and the top end driving is largely non existent sans the drivers under 40.
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For me personally, S/St was alot easier for me to enter and learn. We were able to take our simple home built backhalved bracket car, put a mild 468 in it, add a throttle stop, weather station and I was on my way! I took my lumps big time the first couple of seasons while I learned, but it was an easy way to get into the NHRA points series.
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Old 02-07-2024, 11:45 PM   #4
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Personally, if I won a bajillion dollars, I'd run a stocker...it would just be nicer than anything I could build, lol. I went to the gators and spent all my time in the "back 40" in the grass with all the stockers. Met Harry Morgan, driver of the "underdog" escort and while we were talking the top fool or funny cars or something was running. Had zero interest. In fact spent all 4 days and never saw a single pass by anything other than Stock/SuperStock.

Entry level? No but to me it's the "next level" of bracket racing where I might have to run heads up. Cost is my concern, not because I don't have it, but because I'm cheap. Probably the reason I like the lower classes. Harry told me that day, "you know why I run an escort? Because I have as much in this whole car as he does (pointing at a 428CJ) and we run for the same prize money"
That stuck with me.

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Old 02-07-2024, 08:16 PM   #5
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stock eliminator with it's median age of 65 y/o is a far easier class to race than super street. As a class, the reaction times appear to be that of entry level rather than those that have been racing 4 decades and longer and the top end driving is largely non existent sans the drivers under 40.
You must be delusional. LOL

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