CommonSenseRacing Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 I have two questions regarding the proposed TEXAS Street Stock Championship Series. 1. THR and HMP rule differences, what will the official rules be? THR HMP 108” Camaro allowed Camaro NOT allowed Body mounted in stock location on the frame No rule disclosure Rear spoiler 4 inches tall Rear spoiler 6 inches tall Engine mounted in stock location #1 spark plug even with ball joint Cutting for fuel pump NOT allowed Cutting for fuel pump allowed Firewall can NOT be move for engine clearance Firewall can be move for engine clearance NO after market upper a-frames allowed After market upper a-frames allowed Slider type rear spring shackles or mounts are NOT allowed Slider type rear spring shackles or mounts are allowed Adjustable spring shackles may be used, and they do NOT have to be the same setting on both the right and the left. Adjustable spring shackles may be used Ride height 4 ½ inches Ride height 5 inches 3300 pounds 3200 pounds Roll cage thickness 1 5/8 inches Roll cage thickness 1 1/2 inches 62cc chevy heads 68cc chevy heads All other 57cc heads All other 68cc heads Marine intake allowed Marine intake NOT allowed Third link and pan hard bar allowed Stock mounted rear ends only 2. If the following adjustments are allowed on leaf spring cars, why aren’t coil spring cars allowed jacking bolts? Seems to me that these adjustments are a type of jacking bolt, it's not as if jacking bolts are expensive. Slider type rear spring shackles or mounts are NOT allowed Slider type rear spring shackles or mounts are allowed Adjustable spring shackles may be used, and they do NOT have to be the same setting on both the right and the left. Adjustable spring shackles may be used I didn't include CC San Antonio, since I wasn't sure if their were any dates schedualed for those track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyRodriguez Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truck99 Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 This is purely a guess on my part, but since HMP doesn't have a SS class (they run hobby stocks), I'm thinking the rules will be closer to the THR rules. I think these races were aimed at the THR Street Stocks, but I'm not certain. That's just what it seemed like when I listened to the announcement on the M-zone show last weekend. BTW, the THR cars cannot run leaf spring sliders, but adjustable shackles are allowed this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommonSenseRacing Posted March 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 This is purely a guess on my part, but since HMP doesn't have a SS class (they run hobby stocks), I'm thinking the rules will be closer to the THR rules. You're right, but if you compare the rules from both division and apply the more liberal rules you get a good amount of HMP rules. They might be called hobby stocks, but when compared to the THR hobby stock rules they are more like street stocks. THR HMP 108” Camaro allowed No rule disclosure on mounting the body Rear spoiler 6 inches tall #1 spark plug even with ball joint Cutting for fuel pump allowed Firewall can be move for engine clearance After market upper a-frames allowed Slider type rear spring shackles or mounts are allowed Adjustable spring shackles may be used, and they do NOT have to be the same setting on both the right and the left. Ride height 4 ½ inches 3200 pounds Roll cage thickness 1 5/8 inches 62cc chevy heads All other 57cc heads Marine intake allowed Third link and pan hard bar allowed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speed demon 7 Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 The HMP Hobby Stocks are very similar to the Houston Dirt Hobby Stocks. This is the first year and we are learning, but we felt we could attract more dirt cars from houston then cars from out of town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommonSenseRacing Posted March 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 The HMP Hobby Stocks are very similar to the Houston Dirt Hobby Stocks. This is the first year and we are learning, but we felt we could attract more dirt cars from houston then cars from out of town. I’m not disagreeing with the rules, I heard something about the hobby stocks coming from a dirt track. I believe this is a good move by HMP, in my opinion they desperately needed a entry level class. The hobby stock classes at most tracks across the country attract the highest car counts and usually provide the best racing. Unfortunately, like the late models the tracks can’t seem to play nicely together and have uniform rules that allow racers to race on there off weeks and the big end of the year races at the various track without spending additional money for changes to make their cars legal or competitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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