As far as GM guys crying foul... let's go down the Mopar path... '62 413's with '64 heads and intake, '62-64 Max Wedge cars in any possible B-body combination you can think of, "Nascar" Hemis, trim-less hardtop Plymouths, Dodge hardtops with Sedan trim, AAR hoods on any fresh air package 1970 'Cuda, and my personal favorite...'66 Hemi cars with scoops. We probably wouldn't bring so much attention to ourselves if we didn't do such bogus things...
No to mention all the bogus "ringer" cars the factory used to throw in when everyone ran off their record......
I've been around Stock class racers of all makes for years. Every make out there has been dirty or helped by liberal rules at one time or another. The reason the eliminator became a bracket race was because of all the shenanigans going on.
Bottom line is IF you want to be top dog in your class or set national records in the upper classes, budget will not be in your vocabulary. If you can be content with a car that will just qualify anywhere you can get away a lot cheaper. Then all you have to worry about is heads-up runs, and if you have chosen your class wisely you may never have one.
