Want to go Super Stock Racing! Need Advice.

[Mike Carr]

Originally Posted by Dougherty20

Am looking to go Super Stock racing, which would be a new "game" for me. A few questions for those SS racers that would be willing to give advice:

* There are so many classes, how did you, or how should I, decide on a class and then a car?
* Example, love first gen Firebirds and Camaros. Do the different index's today allow the first gen's to be competitive?
* Are there cars, and classes to stay away from?
* How far under the index do you need to be to be competitive at national events?
* Explain the qualifying process, the index, and dial in.

Sorry for all the questions.

1) I would suggest reading this article that I wrote, as far as different classes, weight breaks, and how cars are classified into the classes that they are. If you have something particular in mind, let me know. http://classracer.com/classes.html
2) There are plenty of first generation Camaros in S/S, both small and big block. Even more so in Stock. Very few first generation Firebirds.
3) Depends on what you want to build, and how much money you have. Not a lot of "budget" S/S classes. Some classes have fewer cars than others. Stickshift classes do not have near the participation as automatics.
4) Except for the US Nationals, all National Events are all run, as they never take more entries than the 128 car maximum, except at Indy. If you're under the Index, you're good. As long as you don't have a heads-up Class run.
5) All cars qualify against their Index. The further under it you are, the further up the qualifying sheet you will be. After qualifying, cars are placed on a ladder. 1 vs 33, 2 vs 34, etc, down to 32 vs 64, if there are 64 cars. You dial-in during eliminations, but you can not dial-in over your class Index. SS/IA is an 10.70 Index, If in your first race, the car only can run 10.90's, you still must dial 10.70 first round. Eliminations are run bracket racing-style, unless two cars in the same Class race. Then it's heads-up, no breakout, first to the finish line wins.

This should help cover your questions, also. I wrote this on CompetitionPlus.

http://forum.competitionplus.com/showthread.php?t=7224

Anything else you need, just holler.