Want to talk about NSS Cars intellectually.

[SUPERSTOCKRACER]

I've been racing NSS since 2002. I bought my 1st NSS car with a friend. A 63 dodge 330 max wedge. I raced it a few times and decided to buy my own and sell it to my partner. This car went 12.30.
It was a good start but i wanted my own car so i bought my 65 light blue dodge coronet with a 500 ci indy 440-1 headed motor with indy 440-25 inline crossram.This is the car i currently have. Cant believe i have had it this long.
When i bought it the dodge went 10.30's .it was a big jump from 12.00's believe it or not. So i got the bug and thats when the spending started to keep going faster.
It had a callies crank,je pistons, comp cams roller, and nonported oftb 440-1 indy heads,with 4.56 gears in a dana 60, super stock springs.

 

[actionange1]

I started NSS racing late in 2006. My Belvedere was running 10.70s at that time and has since stepped up to high 10.20's on a good air day. My plan for over the winter is to step it up so I'll run 10.0 on hot humid bad air days in the summer. Not really interested in quicker as that requires too much fanfare with a license, all that extra clothing and the full face helmet- that really detracts from the "nostalgia" look in my opinion.

I run with a few NSS groups throughout the year.
I'm not the fastest car and never will be. I do it to relive the "golden age" of drag racing when the factories were involved and the "Win on Sunday- sell on Monday" rule applied.
It's all about the period correct looking aspect of the cars. That is what brings 54 cars for 1st round at Beaver Springs to the forefront and fills the stands. Most folks are of the 60's generation running these cars but a few "young guns" are keeping the era alive. So when the cars are on track the fans don't care what the rules are- they just enjoy watching dinosaurs fly.

 

[SUPERSTOCKRACER]

yes beaver springs is one of the best nss raes of the year. great times, good racers all getting it on.

 

[68sportsatelliteragtop]

Nice cars guys, I haven't seen this event run, is it all 1 class run with dial in and breakouts or is there seperate classes based on ETs?

 

[quick63]

Does anyone know who owns the Reverned Mr. Black '64 Black Fury in the post above?
My buddy owned it at one time and sold it to someone in Texas many years ago. I saw it at a Richmond Mopar Show a couple years later. It was an original aluminum front end max wedge car. My buddy had a set of aluminum doors for it and sold them for big buck$

 

[quick63]

I was able to watch the great racing of the Super Stock era from the mid 60's and 70's. I was there when Ronnie Sox and Buddy Martin took it to the next level. They are from Burlington, NC and raced our local track, Piedmont Drag Strip. Don Carlton lived in Lenoir about 100 miles west. I was at Rockingham, NC when the California Flash, Butch Leal ran in the 9's for the first time. His Duster carried the front wheels thru 3rd gear. Butch never used a tach. I am so glad that NSS is around today. It is a great tribute to the best years of my life. I also watched Allen Johnson's Dad (Roy or Rooster) race a 62 Plymouth in Super Stock. He was and still is a CLASS ACT!

 

[Budnicks]

Hey for us guys that don't run in NSS racing, what are some of the general rules ? is there a weight to cubic inch ratio/limit ? or a minimum/maximum tire width ? is it bracket racing or class type racing ET ? is there an index on what class or do all classes run together ? etc. any clarification would be nice so I can keep up with what is going on, it sounds like fun... "I'm just curious" we don't have much Nostalgia Super Stock Racing here in Northern Calif., we do have some Nostalgia races that have some Super Stocks in them but most are IHRA, NHRA or even NDRA rules compliant, we do have NHRA Super Stock Racing for sure at Sears Piont, Sacramento, Pomona, Bakersfield etc., but I think the rules are completely different form the NSS racing... Any light on the subject would be nice !!! Very Cool Cars Guys "thank you in advance"

 

[67 B-body]

Hey for us guys that don't run in NSS racing, what are some of the general rules ? is there a weight to cubic inch ratio/limit ? or a minimum/maximum tire width ? is it bracket racing or class type racing ET ? is there an index on what class or do all classes run together ? etc. any clarification would be nice so I can keep up with what is going on, it sounds like fun... "I'm just curious" we don't have much Nostalgia Super Stock Racing here in Northern Calif., we do have some Nostalgia races that have some Super Stocks in them but most are IHRA, NHRA or even NDRA rules compliant, we do have NHRA Super Stock Racing for sure at Sears Piont, Sacramento, Pomona, Bakersfield etc., but I think the rules are completely different form the NSS racing... Any light on the subject would be nice !!! Very Cool Cars Guys "thank you in advance"

I too would like to know, andalso would liketo know if its strictly newyork racing ordoes theclass reach out into the ohio plains? is this an IHRA class or NHRA?????

 

[SUPERSTOCKRACER]

Hey for us guys that don't run in NSS racing, what are some of the general rules ? is there a weight to cubic inch ratio/limit ? or a minimum/maximum tire width ? is it bracket racing or class type racing ET ? is there an index on what class or do all classes run together ? etc. any clarification would be nice so I can keep up with what is going on, it sounds like fun... "I'm just curious" we don't have much Nostalgia Super Stock Racing here in Northern Calif., we do have some Nostalgia races that have some Super Stocks in them but most are IHRA, NHRA or even NDRA rules compliant, we do have NHRA Super Stock Racing for sure at Sears Piont, Sacramento, Pomona, Bakersfield etc., but I think the rules are completely different form the NSS racing... Any light on the subject would be nice !!! Very Cool Cars Guys "thank you in advance"

NSS has a set of rules which i will touch on.
1. no slick larger than 10.5W
2. dual 4bbls. which must be period correct for the brand of car and year.
3.all intake manifolds must be cast aluminum and not sheetmetal.
4.hood scoops must be period correct for the year.
5.must retain stock firewall
6.front end must retain stock k frame. no rack and pinion steering allowed.
7. must retain rear frame rails.
8.no transbrakes except 4 speeds can use 2 step.
9.no tube chassis cars allowed.

 

[SUPERSTOCKRACER]

I too would like to know, andalso would liketo know if its strictly newyork racing ordoes theclass reach out into the ohio plains? is this an IHRA class or NHRA?????

ohio is huge with NSS. there was a chrysler classic out there. but ow theres a monster mopar starting and jeff johnson has a series also.

 

[actionange1]

NSS has a set of rules which i will touch on.
1. no slick larger than 10.5W
2. dual 4bbls. which must be period correct for the brand of car and year.
3.all intake manifolds must be cast aluminum and not sheetmetal.
4.hood scoops must be period correct for the year.
5.must retain stock firewall
6.front end must retain stock k frame. no rack and pinion steering allowed.
7. must retain rear frame rails.
8.no transbrakes except 4 speeds can use 2 step.
9.no tube chassis cars allowed.

10. Period correct lettering. Advisable but not always required. I think it makes the cars look more like "race cars". Just my opinion...:cool:

 

[Ron 73]

"Want to talk about NSS Cars intellectually" Hope so, good post and very Fine looking cars!

 

[Red63440]

I was able to watch the great racing of the Super Stock era from the mid 60's and 70's. I was there when Ronnie Sox and Buddy Martin took it to the next level. They are from Burlington, NC and raced our local track, Piedmont Drag Strip. Don Carlton lived in Lenoir about 100 miles west. I was at Rockingham, NC when the California Flash, Butch Leal ran in the 9's for the first time. His Duster carried the front wheels thru 3rd gear. Butch never used a tach. I am so glad that NSS is around today. It is a great tribute to the best years of my life. I also watched Allen Johnson's Dad (Roy or Rooster) race a 62 Plymouth in Super Stock. He was and still is a CLASS ACT!

I remember watching Sox and Martin race Wally Booth in Gremlin X @ Keystone Raceway in New Alexandria. I have a framed autographed color photo of their Cuda around here somewhere. I also remember a warm summer evening @ Pittsburgh International Dragway when there were 10 of the biggest names present. Grumpy Jenkins, Dyno Don Nicholson, Herb McCandless and six others. I remember seeing the Mopar Missile there that night too. When I was younger I ate, slept and drank drag racing...then I got married and had kids.

 

[67 B-body]

So is it a dial time handycap "bracket" race? Do you have brackets based on ET?

 

[mark42202]

I never raced the Fury in NSS, but it was a legal car for it. Just not much NSS racing down this way. Plus it only runs a lowly 10.50's, lol. Was extremely fun racing it down here because you just don't see them at the tracks very much and always had a crowd. I always got a kick out of the younger crowd trying to figure out where the shifter was (push button)... that, and all the gutted out Camaros and Mustangs spraying NOS and still running slower, even though I would leave it in DRIVE and leave off the foot brake at 2900rpm. We cut the cage out, put street tires on it, hooked the lights and horn back up, put an exhaust on it, and made it our weekend cruiser. LMAO, still has the same motor I raced it with in it.

 

[Budnicks]

Thanks

NSS has a set of rules which i will touch on.
1. no slick larger than 10.5W
2. dual 4bbls. which must be period correct for the brand of car and year.
3.all intake manifolds must be cast aluminum and not sheetmetal.
4.hood scoops must be period correct for the year.
5.must retain stock firewall
6.front end must retain stock k frame. no rack and pinion steering allowed.
7. must retain rear frame rails.
8.no transbrakes except 4 speeds can use 2 step.
9.no tube chassis cars allowed.

Thanks SSR that does helps some...

 

[SUPERSTOCKRACER]

all NSS associations want dual 4bbls setups but lately due to low car count,they have been relaxing the rules ALOT to get more cars to race.but they must look period correct and are allowing single 4 bbls.

 

[68sportsatelliteragtop]

Nice cars guys, I haven't seen this event run, is it all 1 class run with dial in and breakouts or is there seperate classes based on ETs?

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[Endangered Species]

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It depends. Some go on an index 9.50, 9.75, 10.0, 10.5 and you run as close to your index number with out breaking out.

Some are a dial in and break out

422 Motorsports allows you to dial your car for the first round then you have to leave it there all day, there are also two catches.... 1) you have to dial with a zero. 9.70, 9.80, 9.90 etc etc. and 2) They use a .400 full tree to help lower the ammount of red lights (so they say).

Hope that helps

 

[68sportsatelliteragtop]

It depends. Some go on an index 9.50, 9.75, 10.0, 10.5 and you run as close to your index number with out breaking out.

Some are a dial in and break out

422 Motorsports allows you to dial your car for the first round then you have to leave it there all day, there are also two catches.... 1) you have to dial with a zero. 9.70, 9.80, 9.90 etc etc. and 2) They use a .400 full tree to help lower the ammount of red lights (so they say).

Hope that helps

With the index ETs so close, do they get at least an 8 car field in each class?I would guess this racing has a loyal but small pool of competitors as the criteria is pretty specific, not a cheap way to race.The bracket style dial in to the tenth sounds like it would include more cars, but do they incorperate a minimum ET?Is this a footbrake/no electronics style race? I might have to check out an event next season, I like the early style SS cars, just too expensive of a hobby anymore for me.