1969 camaro hood

Dwight Southerland · 03-01-2014, 10:16 AM

Half of this problem with what is accepted is the inconsistency in the verification by NHRA tech. So they accept a letter from Carroll Shelby that can be questioned by critics for some obvious reasons. So they accept bogus engine-trans-body combinations because of a snafu when some tech person put in writing to a racer that the combination was legal to race in spite of no factory documentation. So they allow bogus camshaft specs twenty years after an engine was in production. So they allow scoops and body kits to be retrofitted to cars after they were produced. So they allow intake-carb parts because of one installation on a factory show car. The infuriating part is that the justification for one case is rejected when presented for another case. It's like your Mom refusing to let you eat a cookie because it will spoil your supper then turning around and feeding cake and ice cream to your brother.

Then, for them to come back thirty years later and start punishing racers for something that has been standard behavior is like blowing on smoldering coals.

But, remember that the definition of "legal" to NHRA tech is what they say passes and it does not have to agree with facts.

Billy Nees · 03-01-2014, 10:29 AM

Way too many buddy deals, ego massages and personality conflicts over the years. I don't know how the system could ever be made impartial.

Future Super Stocker · 03-01-2014, 11:05 AM

It seems that everything is out of control. What happen to having fun in a sport that we love to do? Super Stock is nothing more than (Bracket Racing with Rules). It appears that the rules have been manipulated or changed. Why is that? If no one is going to approach this with NHRA, then why all the complaining? Hope it all works out.

sammy pizzolato · 03-01-2014, 01:54 PM

Dwight you are right on Target. parts that were allowed for 43 years like hoods are now not allowed.NHRA should have left it alone and now the old cars are fighting for there lives with the likes of the new cars.it makes life long racers like myself just want to call it quits!!!! and the new cars with fuelinfection should be in a FI class at least A -D if you want leave all the AA - AAA and cars higher then A alone. and if a old car wants to run a class higher then A then you would would have to run the FI cars heads up.this would fix the problem.

countrypuppy4865 · 03-01-2014, 02:07 PM

Mr. Sammy,

They have that already in place. It's called IHRA.

03-01-2014, 10:16 AM	#1
Dwight Southerland VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Arkansas - In the middle of everything. Posts: 2,001 Likes: 64 Liked 780 Times in 194 Posts	Re: 1969 camaro hood Half of this problem with what is accepted is the inconsistency in the verification by NHRA tech. So they accept a letter from Carroll Shelby that can be questioned by critics for some obvious reasons. So they accept bogus engine-trans-body combinations because of a snafu when some tech person put in writing to a racer that the combination was legal to race in spite of no factory documentation. So they allow bogus camshaft specs twenty years after an engine was in production. So they allow scoops and body kits to be retrofitted to cars after they were produced. So they allow intake-carb parts because of one installation on a factory show car. The infuriating part is that the justification for one case is rejected when presented for another case. It's like your Mom refusing to let you eat a cookie because it will spoil your supper then turning around and feeding cake and ice cream to your brother. Then, for them to come back thirty years later and start punishing racers for something that has been standard behavior is like blowing on smoldering coals. But, remember that the definition of "legal" to NHRA tech is what they say passes and it does not have to agree with facts.

03-01-2014, 10:29 AM	#2
Billy Nees VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: On a hilltop in Pa. Posts: 4,503 Likes: 3,604 Liked 7,800 Times in 1,747 Posts	Re: 1969 camaro hood Way too many buddy deals, ego massages and personality conflicts over the years. I don't know how the system could ever be made impartial. __________________ Billy Nees 1188 STK, SS I'm not spending 100K to win 2K

03-01-2014, 11:05 AM	#3
Future Super Stocker Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 53 Likes: 1 Liked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: 1969 camaro hood It seems that everything is out of control. What happen to having fun in a sport that we love to do? Super Stock is nothing more than (Bracket Racing with Rules). It appears that the rules have been manipulated or changed. Why is that? If no one is going to approach this with NHRA, then why all the complaining? Hope it all works out.

03-01-2014, 01:54 PM	#4
sammy pizzolato Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: houma louisiana Posts: 432 Likes: 52 Liked 56 Times in 13 Posts	Re: 1969 camaro hood Dwight you are right on Target. parts that were allowed for 43 years like hoods are now not allowed.NHRA should have left it alone and now the old cars are fighting for there lives with the likes of the new cars.it makes life long racers like myself just want to call it quits!!!! and the new cars with fuelinfection should be in a FI class at least A -D if you want leave all the AA - AAA and cars higher then A alone. and if a old car wants to run a class higher then A then you would would have to run the FI cars heads up.this would fix the problem. Last edited by sammy pizzolato; 03-01-2014 at 01:57 PM.

03-01-2014, 02:07 PM	#5
countrypuppy4865 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Donaldsonville, LA Posts: 981 Likes: 17 Liked 228 Times in 70 Posts	Re: 1969 camaro hood Mr. Sammy, They have that already in place. It's called IHRA. __________________ Jimmy "Cooter" Hidalgo, Jr. 4865 E/SA '04 GTO 4865 SS/GA '99 Firebird