Question for the Super Stock Racer's

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by Jeff Niceswanger

We have ran both...Not too much IHRA, mainly because my big brother don't think much of them. I remember him making the statement one time "we could show up at one of their racers and run a holley and no one would know the difference", "It would take a other racer to point it out to them." .

Really? Maybe someone would get away with it, but no more or less likely than they would in NHRA. Both do tech and periodic spot-checks on different things at various events.

He went on to say" they are all based on those throttle stop cars"......Is he right? I don't know, but a lot of people in my circle think like he does. They are a bracket racing organization.

HUH? What do you mean you don't know? You said you've run some IHRA events. IHRA was only an all-index racing association for 1-2 years back in the late '80s, when it was owned by Billy Meyer.

IHRA runs Stock. NHRA runs Stock.
IHRA runs Super Stock. NHRA runs Super Stock.
IHRA runs Top Sportsman. NHRA runs Top Sportsman.
IHRA runs Top Dragster. NHRA runs Top Dragster.
IHRA runs Hot Rod. NHRA runs Super Street (same thing).
IHRA runs Super Rod. NHRA runs Super Gas (same thing).
IHRA runs Quick Rod. NHRA runs Super Comp (same thing).

They run all the same classes, so how does that make them a "bracket racing association"?

How about Super Stock specific: SS Production. Another joke.

What exactly makes it a joke? The class has been around forever, with deep historical roots. It's basically like the SS/Modified classes (which both NHRA and IHRA contest), only with more rules. (Refer to the Camaro driven by NHRA 4-Wide Nationals Super Stock Champion Pete D'Agnolo.) Rules are available online, free: http://www.ihra.com/competition/itemlist/category/123

Number of SS/Production cars in Div. 4: Zero, so that cannot be what's keeping the cars home in your region.