Junior Stock vs IHRA Pure Stock

[Robert Swartz]

Originally Posted by Dan Fahey

Well for the most part that is what Pure Stock is!
Just think IHRA needs new blood and should consider adding European and Asian built cars to the mix.
Considering the volume of these vehicles sold.

Toyota trucks have a US like OHV engine in their trucks.
Be cool if the offered it in one of their RWD sedans.

It was be a good launching point and bring more cars to the races.
May spurn a more local Stock racing.

Getting any car prepared should take a few mods to run near the index.
Not suppose to be so easy as to buy a car and then go to the races and be competive.

Heck every car maker already has a Bolt On Mods market.
Which is the nature of Pure Stock.
Sure would bolster the aftermarket to meet this new demand.

Kind of like X-Mans idea of the Factory Stock concept vs Pure Stock.
Just somehow think that PS is the wrong term to use....
Hense going back to the Junior Stock term..
Factory Stock seems to me a better fit.

The thing is that if IHRA wants to compete for Drag Racing space they need to think how to attract racers away from NHRA.
Or attract racers that NHRA ignores and without creating another class.

Simplification of the Tear Down process is key.
NHRA makes it draconian.
Certification and Verification of Parts.
Go back to Street Gasoline, eliminate having to store race gas.
If you want to set a record..ok use the Race gas.

Make racing more fun...instead of a drudgery.

Dan

Dan,

Just a couple thoughts here.

First you would need to expand the class or add more weight breaks. That was my original intent with our FWD Olds, it misses the lowest weight break. The class needs to encompass the same weight breaks "Stock" has to allow the broadest range of participation.

Next would be to look at the current rules and determine what changes could be made that would make sense from not only a cost perspective but a common sense perspective as well. I'd personally like to see the muffler rule "with headers", done away with. Unless the intent with this is to be a street car driven to the track class?

I like the concept of Pure Stock. Just like regular "Stock", it favors the faster RWD cars.