In my opinion there isn't really much you can do with a pure stock, I mean you can't open a new class but that would piss off way to many people, The idea of importing faster cars like the 16V into pure stock is just Bad.. The current Cars won't bother racing them because they know they can't win and the time and money already invested into the current car they are driving doesn't give much room to build a brand new car.
As for richmond's call on how much the tire is out, He wasn't supposed to be dealing with Pure Stocks in the first place, his role was to ensure that the Thunders and Late Models were teched propertly.
Yes is it a safetly rule but who is too say getting weight put in your car doesn't cause a safetly Hazard too, seeing there is 50 pounds of free weight sitting there just waiting for that bolt to come loose.
As for Rules, Rules should be looked over more then once, seeing in the past 9 years I have seen multiply accounts where Gray Spots have been seen and used by drivers to win a race and still has not yet to be adjusted in the current rules but this involves all classes not just pure stocks.
Sooo I say yes too minor Changes anything major is out of the question there would be too much of a field loss.
I looked at Daves CRX this weekend and if he had weight in the rear of that car it had to be mounted under the car he has a tin kit that goes from behind his seat staight up and then right to the rear bumper. There is no reason the weight can't be attached under the cars, is it any better to mount the ballast beside the driver?? I think they should just get rid of the weight and forget it, its not working anyways.
I'm sorry guys but to leave it the same is going to cut the # of cars we get down just due to the fact that the parts for theese musem
grade cars we drive are jsut getting to hard to find. we need to modernize this class if just a little. i am not saying dual over head car 16v or any thing but at least single ohc 16v, 12v and 8v are just getting to hard to find! >:(
I agree with charger we should be abel to run a 16v sohc none vvt engine... parts are hard to find for these olded cars and not everyone wants to drive a mustang. it would be nice to get out of these rusty old cars and in to something newer that we dont have to order parts from japan when our cars brake 🙂
As far as Mustangs go I understand everyone doesn't want to drive one, but there is no shortage of parts for these cars. If you can't find them your not looking hard enough. If you introduce these higher horse power engines there will have to be major revisions in the rules because of the power output compared to Mustangs. You can't expect people to ditch good cars. Most of the Mini Stock classes in the States run separate classes for the FWD and RWD cars and the reason was it made it a more even playing field and less complaints between drivers. If they let FWD and RWD cars run together the FWD's get a weight penalty right off the bat. My opinion all the cars in the class need to wiegh the same just like Thunders and Late Models they are all supposed to be the same weight. Thats one reason these other classes are competitive and they are for the most part the same chassis. Oh yes and they run the same tires. But the whole topic of this thread was for new ideas does anyone have any????? Safety rules, tire rules, suspension rules, anything????? Ask Thunder Car drivers if the new Hoosiers are better than the old tires or ask a Late Model driver if he would go to a tire that wasn't as good as the ones they are running now. Tires make a huge difference on your lap times. Anyways off the tire subject.