2000 Street Stock - the $15,000 question

George Klass · 10-19-1999, 11:20 PM

The reason for the major rules changes to what used to be called Street Stock is exactly what both Tim & John hinted at. Namely, not enough participation. Yes, it was a great class but not enough cars were entered. It's not like FFW tried it for a year and walked away. This class has been around. It was either redo the class with much less restrictions or eliminate the class entirely. I know that many people resist change of any kind, but give the new class a chance. I think that this class will take off and offer really exciting racing. Maybe we can get a half a dozen cars fighting for the championship rather than just a couple. Every racing orginazation looks at attendance in their classes. When they see a class with limited participation, they are forced to make changes or eliminate the class entirely. For instance, look at what NHRA is doing with the alcohol supercharged dragsters vs. the nitro unsupercharged cars. Over the years, drag racing classes come and go. There are no more AA/Gas Superchaged Willys and yet these cars were once very popular. If you like the rules for a particular class, support it like Cory, Steve, John and a few others did. Unfortunately there were too few.

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10-19-1999, 11:20 PM	#4
George Klass Registered Member Join Date: Dec 1998 Location: Torrance, California, USA Posts: 104	The reason for the major rules changes to what used to be called Street Stock is exactly what both Tim & John hinted at. Namely, not enough participation. Yes, it was a great class but not enough cars were entered. It's not like FFW tried it for a year and walked away. This class has been around. It was either redo the class with much less restrictions or eliminate the class entirely. I know that many people resist change of any kind, but give the new class a chance. I think that this class will take off and offer really exciting racing. Maybe we can get a half a dozen cars fighting for the championship rather than just a couple. Every racing orginazation looks at attendance in their classes. When they see a class with limited participation, they are forced to make changes or eliminate the class entirely. For instance, look at what NHRA is doing with the alcohol supercharged dragsters vs. the nitro unsupercharged cars. Over the years, drag racing classes come and go. There are no more AA/Gas Superchaged Willys and yet these cars were once very popular. If you like the rules for a particular class, support it like Cory, Steve, John and a few others did. Unfortunately there were too few.