Stock is not for everyone!!!!!!

[J&S Racing]

As I'm in the process of building one if these high end 396/375 cars and trying to do it on a budget..... It's a good thing I'm already in the game because if I was on here looking for advice/tips I'd be turned away from class racing in a sec with all the bitching and negativity.

We might be the red headed step child of sportsman racing but there's almost none of this going on with the .90 guys. Seems there all just glad to be out racing.

[Randall Klein]

May I suggest embracing the whining & bitching/complaining and view it as passion for our classes; it's important to most and a way to vent. The real problem is silence, as great friends and competitors just park their stuff; the economic downturn has gone on so long, discretionary funds are be allocated elswhere (for some).

Super class guys are passionate about slew rates, cooking out and bumping down, while S/SS are running valves, keeping "on-the-edge" motors alive, and rules enforcement, among other issues

Bitching good.....silence bad

Plus some of it is good reading

[Ed Wright]

I'm with Randall!

Not sure what a "slew rate" is, but I'm very old.

[Buick6]

Six exclamation points for the title? Seems angry. Then you say "here is the real deal" as if your opinion is all that matters. I haven't seen anyone post that someone couldn't have an expensive custom paint job because they couldn't afford one. Nor I have I seen anyone post that someone couldn't have a $30-40,000 engine/$100,000 car because they couldn't afford them. I've read concerns about the ability to compete with that and honest debates about the future of Stock class racing due to issues like this and many more. If you can't see things are changing, your not paying attention. The expense is an honest issue. But I agree that one must stay within their financial means when considering racing. It's a hobby and all for fun, right? I read the concerns of others and don't necessarily see them only as bitches and complaints but rather searching for better ways of doing things. And it seems a bit condescending to call slower class cars "oddball" and if you have a faster car you are "beating your chest and claim to be king". I really think your interpretation of some things written on this forum may not be what was meant.

[Dave Gantz]

Originally Posted by Buick6

Six exclamation points for the title? Seems angry. Then you say "here is the real deal" as if your opinion is all that matters. I haven't seen anyone post that someone couldn't have an expensive custom paint job because they couldn't afford one. Nor I have I seen anyone post that someone couldn't have a $30-40,000 engine/$100,000 car because they couldn't afford them. I've read concerns about the ability to compete with that and honest debates about the future of Stock class racing due to issues like this and many more. If you can't see things are changing, your not paying attention. The expense is an honest issue. But I agree that one must stay within their financial means when considering racing. It's a hobby and all for fun, right? I read the concerns of others and don't necessarily see them only as bitches and complaints but rather searching for better ways of doing things. And it seems a bit condescending to call slower class cars "oddball" and if you have a faster car you are "beating your chest and claim to be king". I really think your interpretation of some things written on this forum may not be what was meant.

If I were to race again, I'd research the potentially most consistent, cheapest lower class car I could find. (Yeah, I'd be for Trustart!) I love fast, high horsepower cars. But one of the good things about Stock, it's for all budgets.

[Larry Hill]

The older cars can be built in your backyard. For a lot of us, its how well do I compete with my stuff?

At the end of the day you've learned what to attack next to get your car better. It took us almost a year, with the 'Cuda, to be able to run the IHRA 1/8 mile index. When we ran the NHRA 1/4 mile index a few months later, we were ready for the big time.........NOT.

Bottom line its great fun with some great people.

[Rich67stang]

I have run .90 for many years, I moved onto Superstock the last 5-6 years which I enjoy. Then I decide to buy a stocker with a stick, which has been the most fun I have ever had racing. This off season I rebuilt/freshened my 428FE myself with advise, as of now it is still a -.500-.600 under stocker but I am enjoying trying to find power/ET.

Point is...Race stock for your own reason and stop worrying/Whinning about what everyone else does.

[Nmbr1GMfan]

Originally Posted by Rich67stang

Point is...Race stock for your own reason and stop worrying/Whinning about what everyone else does.

Perfect.

[J&S Racing]

Originally Posted by Rich67stang

Then I decide to buy a stocker with a stick, which has been the most fun I have ever had racing.

Point is...Race stock for your own reason and stop worrying/Whinning about what everyone else does.

And that is my reason!
Boy I can't wait to let that clutch out for the first time.

[Lenny5160]

Originally Posted by J&S Racing

We might be the red headed step child of sportsman racing but there's almost none of this going on with the .90 guys.

There's plenty of complaining in the .90 pits, but Comp/SS/Stock just lend themselves to politics, agendas, and complaining. There's a reason that this board is where the action is! There isn't much to talk about on a .90 board other than discussing results.