Missing Stock&Super Stock Magazine.

Earle Holt · 05-30-2012, 06:07 AM

The current Drag Racing Action magazine is the closest I've seen to these magazines you've mentioned. You can tell its edited by a real sportsman racer. Ive subscribed since its inception and plan to continue that as long as it stays mostly a sportsman mag.

Mike Fuller · 05-30-2012, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Earle Holt

The current Drag Racing Action magazine is the closest I've seen to these magazines you've mentioned. You can tell its edited by a real sportsman racer. Ive subscribed since its inception and plan to continue that as long as it stays mostly a sportsman mag.

Your right Earl. It is just about the best mag out there for my money. Once I started reading it I dropped my Hot Rod subscription.

Keith 944 · 05-30-2012, 08:17 AM

Bret, your articles (Mr. dirt) were my favorite. your articles got me racing rental cars when i had to. won in FL. at Orlando in an enterprise rental, last day of our vacation, it was a 2000 sebring convertible, cost us $200. for the week. won $300. got invited up to the tower for food and bench racing after. guys didn't believe it was a rental. i do miss that mag.

Superfan1 · 05-30-2012, 08:57 AM

SS&DI was the best drag racing magazine ever. Mr. Dirt, Match Race Madness, the in depth technical articles, etc. made it a must read. I am fortunate to have every issue that was published. I fondly remember buying issue #1, with the Ronnie Sox A/FX 1964 Comet on the cover. I knew immediately that I had to get this magazine every month. They don't make them like that anymore.

Harry 6674 · 05-30-2012, 10:41 AM

I very seldom buy drag racing action. I could maybe read about 1/4 of it. National dragster is the same way. DRA is nothing like SS&DI. I still read SS&DI every once in a while. Pros and delay boxes really don't do it for me.

TOM KASCH · 05-30-2012, 11:29 AM

Miss talking to Steve ,have every issue.
WE were in Nov . 1978 issue , thanks Dave Bishop.

ss3011 · 05-30-2012, 11:50 AM

Steve was the best, had him come out to Hydramatic Engineering, and did a Tech article on the THM 400. Miss that magazine !

Greg Barsamian · 05-30-2012, 12:18 PM

People like Ed Sarkisian & Bill Lorenzo kept New Engand Racers in the spotlight with Ed writng in depth stories and Bill's photos which had a way with words via his lens.
They kept the "home grown" locals in the spotlight!

Occasionally see "Wild" Bill, however Mr. Ed passed away a few years ago.
SS & DI,
One of the BEST race publications ever!

bill dedman · 05-30-2012, 12:42 PM

One of the things that made the magazine so appealing, was that the Editor, for a period of time, was a guy named Jim Davis.

Jim Davis was a racer. I was fortunate enough to see his car (named, "Automation") in competition at the 1962 National at Indy.

It was either a model A (Ford) coupe, or a '32; I can't remember which, but it ran B-Gas and had a small block Chevy/Hydramatic powertrain, with Hilborn injection. It was fast... and quite competitive.

Having an actual RACER at the helm was an important step in getting that new magazine off on the right foot, with readers like us.

His contribution to that magazine's long-term success was inestimable. I wonder what ever happened to him? He was an excellent editor/writer.

05-30-2012, 08:17 AM	#3
Keith 944 VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Dela-where? Posts: 2,193 Likes: 1,160 Liked 1,877 Times in 577 Posts	Re: Missing Stock&Super Stock Magazine. Bret, your articles (Mr. dirt) were my favorite. your articles got me racing rental cars when i had to. won in FL. at Orlando in an enterprise rental, last day of our vacation, it was a 2000 sebring convertible, cost us $200. for the week. won $300. got invited up to the tower for food and bench racing after. guys didn't believe it was a rental. i do miss that mag. __________________ KEITH MAYERS 2-1/2 X somebody Still many X nobody

05-30-2012, 08:57 AM	#4
Superfan1 VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bridgeport,CT. Posts: 1,993 Likes: 1,664 Liked 2,637 Times in 440 Posts	Re: Missing Stock&Super Stock Magazine. SS&DI was the best drag racing magazine ever. Mr. Dirt, Match Race Madness, the in depth technical articles, etc. made it a must read. I am fortunate to have every issue that was published. I fondly remember buying issue #1, with the Ronnie Sox A/FX 1964 Comet on the cover. I knew immediately that I had to get this magazine every month. They don't make them like that anymore. __________________ Bill Seabrooks - superfan1 Bridgeport, CT

05-30-2012, 10:41 AM	#5
Harry 6674 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 589 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Missing Stock&Super Stock Magazine. I very seldom buy drag racing action. I could maybe read about 1/4 of it. National dragster is the same way. DRA is nothing like SS&DI. I still read SS&DI every once in a while. Pros and delay boxes really don't do it for me.

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ss3011 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Southeast Michigan Posts: 909 Likes: 70 Liked 239 Times in 114 Posts	Re: Missing Stock&Super Stock Magazine. Steve was the best, had him come out to Hydramatic Engineering, and did a Tech article on the THM 400. Miss that magazine !

05-30-2012, 06:07 AM	#1
Earle Holt Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 194 Likes: 1 Liked 4 Times in 1 Post	Re: Missing Stock&Super Stock Magazine. The current Drag Racing Action magazine is the closest I've seen to these magazines you've mentioned. You can tell its edited by a real sportsman racer. Ive subscribed since its inception and plan to continue that as long as it stays mostly a sportsman mag. __________________ Earle Holt 1055 Stock

05-30-2012, 12:18 PM	#8
Greg Barsamian VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Central Massachusetts Posts: 1,400 Likes: 714 Liked 419 Times in 96 Posts	Re: Missing Stock&Super Stock Magazine. People like Ed Sarkisian & Bill Lorenzo kept New Engand Racers in the spotlight with Ed writng in depth stories and Bill's photos which had a way with words via his lens. They kept the "home grown" locals in the spotlight! Occasionally see "Wild" Bill, however Mr. Ed passed away a few years ago. SS & DI, One of the BEST race publications ever!

05-30-2012, 12:42 PM	#9
bill dedman VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 1,739 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Missing Stock&Super Stock Magazine. One of the things that made the magazine so appealing, was that the Editor, for a period of time, was a guy named Jim Davis. Jim Davis was a racer. I was fortunate enough to see his car (named, "Automation") in competition at the 1962 National at Indy. It was either a model A (Ford) coupe, or a '32; I can't remember which, but it ran B-Gas and had a small block Chevy/Hydramatic powertrain, with Hilborn injection. It was fast... and quite competitive. Having an actual RACER at the helm was an important step in getting that new magazine off on the right foot, with readers like us. His contribution to that magazine's long-term success was inestimable. I wonder what ever happened to him? He was an excellent editor/writer. __________________ Bill