School me on Stock Eliminator?
It's too bad the people with the biggest pocket books and most secrets wins these days.
Not if you "race smart"!
In the overall picture, which most die-hard class racers hate to admit, Stock and Super Stock are basically a bracket race with specific rules/requirements.
The ones "with the biggest pocket books and most secrets" will have the biggest advantage in Stock and SS
when there is a heads-up race. But that doesn't happen often.
When I got into IHRA crate motor Stock, I chose the lowest HP Mopar crate engine (360/300hp Commando) and used the heaviest A-body (1975) that I could. That gave me the opportunity to be in a slower class than most of the popular combinations run by racers with more resources. I can run I, J & K/CM. G, H & I/CM are a hornets nest of earlier, lighter A-body 360/300hp
Magnum combinations. The Magnum is refactored to 5hp more than the Commando. There are a few cars that can run in the same classes as me, but not many. So when eliminations come around, the "pocket book" isn't a dominating factor.
In my fantasies, I wondered what I would do if somehow I could afford a new Challenger factory race car with the 6.1 Hemi, 5.7 Hemi or 5.9 Magnum options. As I figured, everyone (so far) has or is building a 6.1 hemi version for AA/SA, A/SA and B/SA. To get away from that "hornets nest" which includes the new Mustangs, I would go with the 5.9 Magnum version which, I believe may fit around G, H & I/SA. I realize that there are a lot of fast, older, sorted-out combos in those classes. But I figure I'd have a better chance there against an occasional heads-up race. Otherwise, dial-in and race! So there is hope.
Gotta remember to buy a lottery ticket today! :p
But I'd still go with the 5.9 version. ;)
