08 CJ goes 9.62 in A/S

[Rory McNeil]

Originally Posted by treessavoy

In the past the NHRA has moved special cars like these straight into SS due to there limited availability and the fact that they were not available for the street ie: '68 Hemi cars, A990 Mopars, '64 aluminum Hemi cars, etc. Specialty built cars went to SS, so why is this instance different? However, now that the "Big Fish" may be under attack, attitudes seem to have changed.


JimR

Jim, I`m pretty sure the reason that the 68 Hemi Darts & Cudas, 64 Hemi cars etc were in S/S rather than Stock was not due to them being purpose built, non street duty cars, but rather simply the NHRA HP/weight factor. Since NHRA opened up the AA/S & SA classes for cars that would have been previously factored "too low" for A, ie under 8lbs per HP, that opened up the possibility for the "new" race package" cars, as well as some older cars that were under the 8 lb thresh hold, like the 64 Ford Fairlane ThunderBolt, and the 427 2x4 barrel 66-67 Fairlanes, as well as several others from Mopar & GM, I believe. As for the seperate "forced induction" classes some are asking for, nobody seemed to get bent out of shape when the FWD Turbo MoPars were always qualifying at the top in Stock, maybe because these "lower class" cars didn`t concern most of the upper class racers, and due to inconsistancy, didn`t prove to be a major threat once eliminations were under way.