Ford First "Stocker" Into The Eights

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Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

David, That started with the collusion between NHRA, Ford, and Chrysler that turned Stock Eliminator into something it has never been in it's 50 some odd year history.
Bruce Noland and a few others pointed this out to you 3-4 years ago.
GM is now just playing by the current rules.

I suppose I should congratulate Don Fezel here, for undoing some of the ridiculousness.

Hold on Mark, now the issue is, ford and chrysler "made" nhra make a bogus rule but gm is only "following along" so they get a bye?? Really? If gm was the first to build a new car and then ford and mopar joined...you and all the others would be all over gm and let the other two slide??? Yeah, I didn't think so.

As long as the rules benefit gm (drag or stockcar or anything else) the "majority" of racers are happy. As soon as the vaunted chevy is unseated all hell breaks loose. I do remember all the pissing and moaning about hemi's this and that until they got their own class...and then THAT was an issue because mopar was being "favoured".

There are too many tangents with this argument and they all continually get mashed together which then turns into a fordbash/moparbash/new carbash/etc.
Nitro can tell us exactly how many heads up runs between new/old if he wants as well as who won/lost.

So, is the bogus factors the issue?
or, factories building the cars?
or, rich people "buying" a perceived winning racecar?
or, ahfs is too slow?
or, time shouldn't march on?
or, I'm pissy cause I haven't won a race in forever?
or,.........

Like was mentioned before, what did the flathead guys say when the sbc showed up? What did the "hotrodders" who did ALL their work in their own garage say when a brand new 409 rolled up to the line? Or a hemi, or a thunderbolt or whatever. My point is, there has been REMARKABLE advances in a short period of time, many times. It sucks to be on the losing side.

Personally, are the hp too soft on some newer stuff? It would appear to me, yes. Is there a mechanism in place to rectify it? Yes. Will it be instant or as quick as some would like? no.
Hell, pick any turbo car and tell me you can't blast the index by turning up the pressure!