IHRA Ends Stock & Super Stock Racing

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by Todd Hoven

I see. I was talking to a good friend tonight that was at the Numidia big money race today. He lost with a .004 and .008. One of
The races he took .004 stripe. Anybody that shows up at one of those races with a stocker or super stocker racing against foot brake cars on alcohol running 9's is going to have an uphill battle. At least in the northeast. The common person that shows up
at one of those races is a donater. Better off building a stocker and running a division race or one of the many fine S/SS associations. Going from class racing to big money racing is not a comparison. 2 different type of cars for each type of racing. Take your IHRA car and convert it to NHRA or run NMCA.

The car has little to do with it, in terms of "bracket car" vs "S/SS car". I drove my Stocker (and later as a Super Stocker) to a track championship, a Bracket Finals win (Actually, the main event plus two gamblers wins in the same week), two World Footbrake Challenge wins (The first time, I ran myself in the finals), and footbraked to a Box class win... just as a couple of examples.

A good package is a good package, and a good combination is a good combination. H*ll, I'd put my DF/S Turismo up against my Duster bracket car any day. I haven't even raced the Duster in years because the Volare was always light years better. Yes, the level of competition is very high. Step up.