Houston only 17 stockers with 1 week to go?

[art leong]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

Art,
You're looking for one problem, the one that bothers you the most, to be the cause of the bigger problem. However, the vast majority of Stock and Super Stock racers are not completely engrossed in class eliminations, and any financial rewards they might take home from them.

We have 3 class wins at National Events in the last 3-4 years, counting one with someone else driving another car. We like running class, but it does not determine when and/or where we race, or if we race. From talking to a lot of people, that seems to be the case for the majority.

The one big problem, car count, is not a matter of any one factor, but rather a matter of several factors. Fuel prices, the economy, and NHRA,
are all factors. Most racers would not be deterred by ONE factor, but facing several factors is another matter entirely.

Well Alan if that was the case for most? Why are the quotas higher by at least 20% for those events that run class? I know some of guys have there cars so cutting edge they don't want to waste 2 or 3 runs to win class. Some just don't care if they are the fastest in the class or not.
I quit stock because it was absolutly no fun worrying about getting factor every run. That isn't racing to me. I know of 3 racers that are probably no going to race anymore because of the no singles rule. This all started with the qualifiers only at Indy do please the crybabies. Now it has evolved to why should he or she make $500 for a class win when I can't. As far as the manufacturers are concerned they sell just as many parts to a car the makes a single as someone that has 15 cars in their class. As far as my situation goes I make a single I qualify where I want. If there were 5 cars in my class it wouldn't matter. Would it?
For me I'd go to a race and make $750 for a class win. It paid for a lot of my expenses.
People on here say I have no right to expect to win class. If so build one and beat me.
And take the hit.