Why Class racing dies slowly

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Originally Posted by randy wilson

I never ran true Stock or SS anything. Always hood scoop cars. The reason? I don't think I was quite smart enough to venture there. Way too many combos to figure out, plus knowing the grey areas. But I don't believe the combos would have gotten out of control had there not been quite so many to choose from. No way NHRA or IHRA could possibly catch everything under that scenario. Dick and I don't always agree on the heads up deal, but we don't get angry over it either. He thinks a sealed crate motor would work, I don't. I think the Brodix deal is better. Only because it works in circle track, and crate motors don't. We were just presenting the idea to bring that notion into SS as an alternative, but hardly a slow class. Just a tad cheaper. Without the fear of a new head coming out next year. I truly don't see, with all the new classes it would disrupt anything. As far as the guy with the most dollars winning, I witnessed an engine locally in a 69 Camaro no more then $7,000 actual dollars in it outrun a well known Comp/SS engine builders $28,000 dollar engine in this exact same scenario. It was close, but the guy on social security disability limited budget, (he wasn't driving, by the way) won by .002. In the biggest race of the year. Both cars were torn down, both were 100 percent legal.

$7,000 engine out run a $28,000 engine....really????