Getting into Stock Racing

[doglover44]

im Jacob im 19 I wanna get into Stock racing any advice

[Billy Harper]

start with a big wallet

[Myron Piatek]

Buy a competitive car from a reputable owner who has raced it recently and can demonstrate it. It would help if it's in an uncrowded class so you don't have to worry so much about getting beat heads-up and being tempted into "keeping up with the Jones' ". It's basically a dial-in bracket race unless you have a heads-up run. But it is important to be capable of running under the index under the worst weather conditions. (LNorton has similar advice on another thread.)
Building from scratch, learning and trying to stay ahead in your specific class is where it gets much more expensive. Just remember that eventually you will need the cash to rebuild the engine, converter and trans and need someone "in the know" to do it right.

Local bracket racing experience is important to hone your driving skills before investing in class racing.

[zracer305]

Read the post titled Cylinder Head Runner Volumes. My advise would be to just bracket race locally and have fun. Buying a new car will cost you 12 to 30K, as a 19 year old your parents would have to be rich. Then you have to buy a truck and trailer to get to the track. Unless you have 50K just laying around Bracket Race.

[Bart Kilraine]

.....yes,and how do you get your bracket bomber to the track?

[zracer305]

Originally Posted by Bart Kilraine

.....yes,and how do you get your bracket bomber to the track?

This is a 19 year old kid. He can drive it to the track.

[Bart Kilraine]

IHRA...build a pure stocker or FWD......NHRA build a FWD.

[Dion Hildebrandt]

as a guy who has just finished his rookie year, ask A LOT OF QUESTIONS BEFOREHAND. i spent a lot of years researching stock and i figured i was ready to take the plunge late last year. i have never felt like i knew so little so quickly, and i was lucky enough to have some class racers related to me. my first race got me really aquainted with the division and track directors in a hurry, but the other racers gave me pointers and help where needed. it is costly in time and money but what a rush when you run under your index for the first time (by the way i built my car, would have been WAY cheaper to buy an existing car)

[Ed Carpenter]

Buy a car ready to go. My son (20) wants to build his 70 Nova into a B/S car. It will cost a ton to run that class. First a 402 and then a Jerico and then you get the idea. Ed

[Bobby Brannon]

Buy a 402 from Jim Cimarolli. Have Fun