Missing Stock&Super Stock Magazine.

cicero819 · 05-30-2012, 08:26 PM

Mr DiBartolomeo, first I would like to apologize at being too critical toward your magazine. I took the time to re-read past issues(I have bought everyone of them) of Drag Racing action and found that you had a content of more than 50% of articles dealing with sportsman racing, I was wrong and I hope you'll accept my apologies. The quality of your mag is of an incredible quality if we were to compare to anything publish previously, it looks good but a little more on low buck stuff. I just would like to see a magazine showing the little people out there, the class racer with low bucks to no bucks, the bracket racer who runs with his Street Corvette against box racer with their million dollar engines or the little AMC Gremlin running against the multi-dollar stockers. How about a White Lightning article about some class racer or even bring in Fletcher on racing his Chevelle station Wagon. Kick some bucks down to Bret to get him out of retirement. I know that we must go forward but smetimes we have to keep going back to the well to refresh ourselves. Thanks. Claude Ruel p.s. it's very hard to please everyone

Bob Don · 05-30-2012, 09:59 PM

Johnny D - Thanks for keeping the spirit alive.

BRIAN SEATE · 05-31-2012, 08:53 PM

I have issue# one, Sox signed it at a race, my coolest bit of nostalgia. Steve Collison was a great writer, he is missed. We buy every issue at swap meets, etc., dad bought a whole box over the winter for 10 bucks. The Granny Goose Vette is on the 1975 March cover, the seventies issues are the best in my opinion.

joe huestis · 05-31-2012, 09:32 PM

John D. just a suggestion for a future issue. How about a 2012 version of the "Stockerology" issue of SS&DI (March 1976) in Drag Racing Action featuring a variety of different stock classes . This would peak the interest of every racer on this website. Looking at this issue right now and is still as interesting as it was 36 years ago!
Maybe an article on Billy Nees who is a master at killer combos on a budget. Something like this and you have a new subscriber. Then I can add to my collection of drag mags I started back in '67. Just a suggestion.... Thanks.

Nitro Joe Jackson · 05-31-2012, 11:27 PM

over the winter I started working on my SSDI collection and I'm sorry to other magazines but nothing will ever beat the old SSDI, they didnt get caught up in the PR media pro crap most of them are into now. Thanks to Roger Weaver my collection has really grown and i have them in nice sleves and dated notebooks for each year.

05-30-2012, 08:26 PM	#1
cicero819 VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Aylmer Quebec, Canada Posts: 1,086 Likes: 31 Liked 69 Times in 30 Posts	Re: Missing Stock&Super Stock Magazine. Mr DiBartolomeo, first I would like to apologize at being too critical toward your magazine. I took the time to re-read past issues(I have bought everyone of them) of Drag Racing action and found that you had a content of more than 50% of articles dealing with sportsman racing, I was wrong and I hope you'll accept my apologies. The quality of your mag is of an incredible quality if we were to compare to anything publish previously, it looks good but a little more on low buck stuff. I just would like to see a magazine showing the little people out there, the class racer with low bucks to no bucks, the bracket racer who runs with his Street Corvette against box racer with their million dollar engines or the little AMC Gremlin running against the multi-dollar stockers. How about a White Lightning article about some class racer or even bring in Fletcher on racing his Chevelle station Wagon. Kick some bucks down to Bret to get him out of retirement. I know that we must go forward but smetimes we have to keep going back to the well to refresh ourselves. Thanks. Claude Ruel p.s. it's very hard to please everyone

05-30-2012, 09:59 PM	#2
Bob Don VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Greater Boston Posts: 1,495 Likes: 1,115 Liked 900 Times in 191 Posts	Re: Missing Stock&Super Stock Magazine. Johnny D - Thanks for keeping the spirit alive. __________________ Bob Don 128 SS

05-31-2012, 08:53 PM	#3
BRIAN SEATE Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 177 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Missing Stock&Super Stock Magazine. I have issue# one, Sox signed it at a race, my coolest bit of nostalgia. Steve Collison was a great writer, he is missed. We buy every issue at swap meets, etc., dad bought a whole box over the winter for 10 bucks. The Granny Goose Vette is on the 1975 March cover, the seventies issues are the best in my opinion.

05-31-2012, 09:32 PM	#4
joe huestis Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Youngsville, N.C. Posts: 623 Likes: 280 Liked 409 Times in 113 Posts	Re: Missing Stock&Super Stock Magazine. John D. just a suggestion for a future issue. How about a 2012 version of the "Stockerology" issue of SS&DI (March 1976) in Drag Racing Action featuring a variety of different stock classes . This would peak the interest of every racer on this website. Looking at this issue right now and is still as interesting as it was 36 years ago! Maybe an article on Billy Nees who is a master at killer combos on a budget. Something like this and you have a new subscriber. Then I can add to my collection of drag mags I started back in '67. Just a suggestion.... Thanks. __________________ Joe Huestis "Annie's Song" Racing U/SA 2724 Youngsville, NC

05-31-2012, 11:27 PM	#5
Nitro Joe Jackson VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Loudonville, Ohio or where ever the Nitro Lounge is parked Posts: 2,293 Likes: 57 Liked 67 Times in 19 Posts	Re: Missing Stock&Super Stock Magazine. over the winter I started working on my SSDI collection and I'm sorry to other magazines but nothing will ever beat the old SSDI, they didnt get caught up in the PR media pro crap most of them are into now. Thanks to Roger Weaver my collection has really grown and i have them in nice sleves and dated notebooks for each year. __________________ Nitro Joe Jackson STK 3431 nitrojoe@neo.rr.com