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[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by herbjr

So what your telling me is your are the fastest older combo at any race you go to. I dont know if you guys realize it or not but stock and SS were on their way out, at least now there is something that has a new spark to possibly keep it around a little longer. SS racing has been good to my family for 45 years, it started in 1965 and my dad has lived a very good because and it all started SS racing in the 60's. But face the music guys, you are being replaced by Top Sportsman and Top Dragster, maybe if we can get chevy to build a car then keep the factories involved we may prolong the end of an era another 20 years or so. BUT I can promise you as a former track operator Stock and SS are so far off the screen in the big picture its not funny. Give them another year to take care of it, I mean you guys werent bitching when the LT1 came out, oh wait there was no message board back then.

I never said we were the fastest. I said we were reasonably competitive at most races. We have two class wins at national events, and two class wins at the Bowling Green Open race. So yeah, we have a legitimate complaint.

The new cars will not save Stock and Super Stock. The ONLY thing that will save Stock and Super Stock is for NHRA to be run as it was originally intended to be run. By the racers, for the racers. All this crap about the new cars "saving class racing" is nothing but a joke. They've caused just as many cars to be parked as new cars have been built. They've pushed long time racers to quit or cut back their schedules.

NHRA only cares about Stock and Super Stock with regard to how much of a cash cow they can be. They do not promote the classes, they treat them like bastard step children, Hell with the exception of a couple of announcers, they damned near tell the fans to go to the concession stands and the manufacturer's midway when Stock and Super Stock run.

Another year will not take care of it. Because in another year, there will be another batch of "new combinations" that start all over again with a nice soft bogus factor. There are already a dozen combinations that were never sold for street use, and could never be registered as a street car in the guide. In another year or two, there'll be a dozen more, so long as someone crosses the right palms with silver. The new rewritten rule that completely changes the character of Stock Eliminator guarantees that so long as one or more manufacturer wants to buy dominant performance in Stock Eliminator, they can keep right on getting bogus cars in the guide as long as they want to pay the price. Stock and Super Stock are for sale to the highest bidder every month. Just wait and see what happens when the cash stops flowing.