When NASCAR mattered.......

I'm disgusted with NASCAR and the "Car of Tomorrow" that everyone is running. First off-It's not futuristic in any way, shape or form. You have plastic replica bodies of front drive 4-door sedans ( Camrys and Fusions, Really? )  on rear-wheel drive tube frames using 1965 technology. Until this year-they ran a carburator!!! And the so-called "Fuel Injection their running now is just a 4-barrel throttle body on an Edelbrock or Team G manifold. Not only are modern overhead cam designs not allowed-they don't even run roller cams-flat tappet only. When Toyota wanted to compete-they couldn't run their OHC 5.7 i-Force V8. NASCAR forced them to run a pushrod V8-they had to build basically their own small-block Chevy clone. And not the modern LS type-no a 1955 technology type!! Ford isn't allowed to run their OHC Mod Motors-their running "Clevors"-351 Windsor blocks with Cleveland style heads. 1970 technology. Dodge boys aren;t running modern 5.7 Hemis-their running the Old "LA" style 360s-1967 technology.  They've gotten so far from their roots its unbelievable. NASCAR stands for "National Association of Stock Car Racing." That's where the term "Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday."  Came from. Racing improved the breed. Fireball Roberts and Smokey Yunick dominated in their Fire-Breathing 421 Pontiac Catalinas. In 1961-62 he won 22 races. This caused Chrysler to debut the legendary Hemi in 1964, Ford to unleash their 427 in 1963 and Chevrolet to introduce the famous "Rat Motor" in 1965-but it was based on the famous 1963 "Daytona Mystery Engine" that they ran in Duh-the Daytona 500. Through the '60's and '70's it was awesome. Richard Petty and his Chargers, Cale Yarborough and Junior Johnson and their Monte Carlos, David Pearson and the Wood Brothers Mercurys. You could buy a car from your local dealer just like they were racing. You could get a Rat motor in a Monte Carlo, a 429 in a Montego or a Torino and a Hemi in a Charger. Later when they lowered the cubic inch limit to 360-same deal-You buy a 350 Chevelle or Monte Carlo, a 351C Torino or a 360 Dodge Charger. Even in the '80's-you could buy a Monte Carlo SS like Dale Earnhardt drove-rear-wheel drive with a V8. You could buy a Ford Thunderbird like the one Bill Elliott won the championship in-rear-wheeldrive with a V8. When GM killed the G-Bodies-( Cutlass, Gran Prix, Monte Carlo, Regal ) in 1988-that was the death knell. That's when they started running Ford Taurus and Chevy Lumina bodys-replicas of front-drive shitboxes on a tube chassis. Nascar should have laid down the law like they did in the '60's-You had to sell them to the public to race them. That's why we got the Street Hemi, the Superbird, the Boss 429 and other cool stuff. Ford could have ran '80's and '90's Mustangs, and GM could have ran Camaros and Firebirds. And 302 or 305 cubic inches-only what was available to the public. That would have made for some exciting racing. In the '90's-they could have allowed everyone to run the new technology-let Ford run their OHC Mod Motors-in a Mustang Body. Let Toyota run a Lexus SC400-a rear-wheel drive coupe with an OHC V8. Even now- they could scrap the ill-handling "Car of Yesterday" ( Technologically speaking ) and allow the manufacturers to run their flagships. Chrysler could run a Hemi Challenger-Ford could run a  Mustang, Chevy a Camaro SS, and Toyota a Lexus ISF. All rear-wheel drive cars that come from the factory with 400+ hp V8s. That would drum up interest and have fans cheering for their favorite brand of car because they could tell what it is, and they could go buy one just like it at their local dealer. A lot better than 40 cars that all look like a Camry or a Honda Accord going around the track, powered by pushrod V8s that were designed 60 years ago!! Start writing NASCAR and demand that they go back to their roots "Stock Car Racing".  Just a thought. Mastermind