Buick Stock Appearing Race Class at the 2023 GSCA Nationals For a decade now the GS Nationals has featured a race class titled ‘Buick Stock Appearing’, BSA for short. In 2022 we had 16 cars ranging from 12.01 to 16.53. We had excellent sponsorship and a grand time! We’re excited to announce it will return for 2023! The class is designed to showcase Buick performance in trim that appears stock. The following rules are aimed at maintaining the spirit of the class: ‘Going Fast With Class!’ Rules: Vehicle must be Buick bodied and originally available with a Buick built v8 (not corporate). You are allowed to run that car with an original or transplanted Buick v8. Underhood must be stock appearing and neat. Engine must appear to be stock for that car. If your year painted engines red, all parts of the engine must be painted red. Same goes for green and corporate blue. Air cleaner assembly needs to be a stock appearing enclosed unit for display. Smaller lid or flipped lid and 1/2” taller element allowed for qualifying and racing. 360* open and drop base air cleaner will be allowed for qualifying and racing to accommodate special situations. You must race in the same configuration as you qualify. Aftermarket heads are allowed (T/A Stage 1 specifically, ask about others) but must be painted correct color. Aftermarket intake (specifically Edelbrock B4B/Performer, Poston S divider on big blocks, ask about any others) is allowed but needs to be engine color. No single planes. All engines must run a factory appearing carburetor. All engines must run factory exhaust manifolds. Cam needs to be a streetable profile. Ignition may be upgraded but needs to appear stock. Plug wires should be factory color. Any boxes need to be hidden. No visible ‘cool cans’. No electric water pumps. Stock type fuel pump needs to be on engine. Electric fuel pump is ok but needs to be hidden. No gauges allowed outside car. Factory style alternator and belt system required. Wipers and motor must be retained. No electric fans. Radiator needs to be black. Transmission may be any type GM trans. Complete, reasonably quiet, muffled exhaust, up to 3” diameter is required. Exhaust must exit in stock location. Stock fuel tank required. No sumps or visible pumps. All wheels must appear factory. Fronts are limited to 5” or wider, rears are limited to 10” or narrower. Rear tires may be slicks, drag radials or street tires. Maximum tread width is 10”. Fronts need to be street tires or disguised as street tires (i.e. blackwall out, streetable width tread). Interiors must be complete including factory shifter. Aftermarket roll bars along with upgraded seat belts are allowed. Aftermarket gauges are allowed. Exterior of car must appear stock. No body alterations, no fiberglass parts other than factory options. No altered wheelwells. No lettering, no graphics. Paint must be within the ‘spirit’ of stock appearing. Car must present itself reasonably well inside and out. Suspension and rear end must be stock GM. Adjustable no hop bars are allowed. Sway bars are allowed but not required. Aftermarket springs, shocks and air bags are allowed. Brakes may be upgraded but must appear stock. All cars will be required to park together for display Friday during the show. No ‘Show’ ticket purchase is required for the BSA display. If you are showing in another class you’ll need to move to the BSA display area as soon as your judging is done. We’ll have a peer inspection, anonymous judging for First and Second Place and a drivers meeting before Time Trials and qualifying begin Friday afternoon. All cars will need pass the track’s tech inspection (usually at the fuel shed) prior to Friday’s display. All cars will make two qualifying runs between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. Dial in will be your quickest qualifyer. Racing will be bracket configuration (like ‘The Price is Right’, whomever’s closest to his dial without going under or redlighting wins the round). Cars will be paired by ET dial in and run on a Pro bracket ladder. Qualifying and racing will be a Pro Tree. Any person or business interested in sponsoring the class is more the welcome! Any questions or comments, reach out to Starc Traxler (StarcTraxler), 608-220-3889, Starc65@hotmail.com Patrick Briggs (pbr400), 770-363-7322, briggs.patrick@ymail.com
Okay, you talked me into it. I hope to see you in May in the BSA class. All I need to do now is replace a noisy lifter, fix a transmission issue, fix a nonfunctioning posi unit, and buy/install new tires. Sounds simple enough, right?
Read Hugger’s thrash fom last year-you’ve got four months more than he had!! Looking forward to seeing you! Patrick
Yes, it just needs to look stock. I think we’ve had several cars run a hidden electric pump through a dummy mechanical. Patrick
Silently (well, not really, LOL!) subscribing. FWIW, I offer kudos, as it looks like the rules have been "Tightened up." (I don't mean stricter. Just "more clearly expressed/defined...")
How strick are they on appearance i would like to run my numbers matching 70 stage 1 4 speed its all blue but not pretty
I hope not too strict. This is what I'm bringing. I plan on doing a few cosmetic updates before the Nats, but it certainly isn't getting body work or a paint job done before then. I might even spring for some period correct appearing drag slicks. Shooting for 13s. Surprisingly out of all the cars I've owned and taken to the track, I have yet to make a 13 second pass.
We’re pretty relaxed regarding survivors and unrestored cars, as long as they look stock! Post a few pics! Patrick
That is one sweet car. Looks more than presentable to me. The diplomat blue with the body color wheels and dog dish caps is such an awesome combo. I hope to see it in person at the Nats this year!
After breaking two rocker arms last year during qualifying and missing the finals I’ve got my GS pretty much sorted out. Looking forward to some fun this year. See you all in BG. Safe travels.
Even though my car doesn't fit this category, I love this one! Sleepers are my favorite and this takes the sleeper to another level I wonder if I could "dress" up my 9" rear end to look like an 8.5 corporate axle I'd have to change out the electric fan as well
If the "soon to happen" mechanical upgrades to AlphaLark does not produce the required results, my plan is to bring the 69 GS400. If that would happen, I would love to race it in the BSA, but there are a few items that would keep me from running in this class. Headers, non-painted single plane intake, open element air cleaner and Quickfuel carburetor. So close to meeting the rules, but I have no plan on changing them to fit the class. The engine compartment is going back together right now. The 69 would be considered a "Day Two" car by many, and I believe I'll keep it that way. Oh-well........
