[bowtie3168]

I wanted to contribute to this conversation, I feel that this is a important topic. When I went to the reunion, Ray Morrison and I discussed "The Pure Stock Drags". Let me start out by saying that I think that the idea of the race is GREAT! There are not many opportunities such as this for everyone to get together and race like this. The people who put on the event should be commended for their effort.On the topic of "clone" cars, I feel that they do belong as long as they are true clone cars. What I mean is, the clones should have proper documentation and display proof of their existence. I think that "clone cars" can be good in the way that if you were to wreck a clone you would not be destoying a piece of valuable history. To the best of my knowledge no Chevrolet "factory" drag racer had a L89 Nova. Dick Harrell, Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins, Malcolm Durham, none of them raced a aluminum headed Nova. Don't you think that they would have raced them if they were produced by Chevrolet Motor Division? I know that the claim is that there were only a handful built and that NHRA and AHRA have minimum numbers that are required to meet to qualify (Chevrolet have to produce 50 L78 Turbo-Hydro cars to meet this requirement for example). I feel that you should be able to build a clone car if you can produce the real car or crediable paper work that everyone agrees with. As for the 1968-1969 L89 question, I have two friends who both own L89 optioned cars, one has a 1969 SS396 Camaro, and the other is (I believe) a 1968 Corvette that also happens to be a tri-power car. Both cars are original (if you can believe it)! So I think that the owners argument could be that 68-69 were both "aluminum head years". I feel that the person builds a clone car should have to prove (beyond a reasonable doubt) that the car was made. Grey area should be addressed properly. There should be no question about a cars existance, if there is the car should not run. I would also like to say that this problem should not keep anyone from participating in the event! If you have a problem you owe it to everyone to correct it!

Thanks,
Andrew