Factory Showdown at INDY

[Mike Fuller]

Originally Posted by Mike Carr

Cutta, you're referring to Bob Shaw's U/SA Cadillac.

The difference between other cars that run WAY under, and the new cars (CJ/DP/COPO), is that, with the older cars could buy them, as is, from your local dealer. Insure them, inspect them, license them, and drive them home. None of which are true with the 2008 and newer cars.

THAT, is the main bone of contention. I said, years ago, if you could not buy a car, as is, from your local dealership, license it, register it, insure it, and legally drive it home, it doesn't belong in Stock. It should be S/S-only, like the Hemi's, '69 hi-po AMX, T-bolts (pre-2007), etc.

Mike, putting them in a FX class would also go a long way towards equalizing the performance advantage that they have over the real stock cars.They could run in stock eliminator but would only run heads up against other A/FX,B/FX,C/FX, D/FX, E/FX cars. Is this not the way it was done in the 1960's?