2016 Buick Stock Appearing 2016 GS Nationals Buick Stock Appearing RULES 1. This class is for STOCK APPEARING and STOCK SOUNDING Buicks from the years 1960-1976 only with no visible modifications. No fiberglass. Factory glass must be in place. 2. Full interior must be stock including shifters. Aftermarket safety belts and roll bars ok. Aftermarket gauges ok. 3. Engine compartment must appear stock. No aftermarket headers or carbs. Iron exhaust manifolds must be retained. Stock, Edelbrock B4B/Performer, and Poston S-Divider will be the only intake manifolds allowed but they must be painted engine color. Stock Iron, TA aluminum Stage 1, Edelbrock and Bulldog aluminum stock appearing cylinder heads legal but must be painted engine color. Casting numbers and date codes will not be checked. Stock fuel pump and stock fuel line from stock pump to carb must be in place. Electric fuel pumps ok. Stock appearing alternators only. Wiper motors must be in place. No electric water pumps or electric fans. Very minor chrome dress up items are allowed. No cool cans. Any ignition may be used, but distributor must appear stock. Stock air cleaner must be used, though air cleaner lid may be inverted. 4. Any gear/ GM trans/converter combination ok. No clutchless transmissions or Trans brakes. 5. Factory front and rear suspensions only. Rear upper adjustables ok as are "No-Hop Bars". Front sway bar optional. Aftermarket springs, shocks and air bags allowed. GM rear ends only. Brake upgrades limited to stock type and must be stock appearing. 6. Cars must run full mufflered exhaust exiting at the stock location. Any pipe up to 3 is acceptable. 7. Factory and factory appearing wheels only, limited to 8" width. 8. Stock fuel tank must be in place. No lowered sumps. No externally mounted gauges. 9. Rear tires are limited to 10 tread width. No fenderwell modification allowed except minor lip alteration. 10. No advertising, lettering, or decals on exterior of car. Unlimited "all run" field. Cars will be run BRACKET STYLE, using a Pro Tree. Each car will make 2 qualifying attempts, and your best E.T. during qualifying will be your dial in, or index. Cars will be paired using a Sportsmans Ladder where #1 qualifier races #2 and so on.
Sorry its kinda late, some personal issues have had my attention lately. So, here are a few updates. No rules changes for 2016. Everyone seems to like them as is so no reason to change! We lost our major sponsor that has supported us for the past several years. A huge thanks goes out to Alan Cunningham for supporting BSA and helping the class to grow. His generosity has made BSA into a great class and we hope to have him back on board in the future. Dave Hemker has stepped up with $200 cash, in addition to the sponsorships listed in the last GSXtra. Dave has supported BSA with his participation, help, guidance and generosity since its inception, and it is much appreciated. We have a few special trophies to give out again this year. I think you all will like them. These trophies along with the sponsorships should make for some nice payouts again this year. I am determined to have the tower on Q with the starting procedure this year during qualifying and elims!!! I dont know what is so difficult for them, but I will do my best to have it straight. Well, thats about it. Any questions ask them here. If not, I hope to see you all in BG.
To help fund the class and allow the racers to show their identity with pride, T-shirts will be available for participants (and fans). These are $25 each with $5 from each shirt going into the pot. Post your sizes and quantities here and pick them up at the 'Nats. Thanks to Starc Traxler for putting this in motion! Patrick
Since we didnt complete the class for this year, I wanted you BSA Class guys' opinion. Should we give the 2016 win to the rain this year, or allow those who qualified in 2016 to compete for the 2016 money and trophies on say Thursday or Friday next year, in addition to the 2017 BSA program??? Or just roll the 2016 money and prizes into 2017? Lets discuss. As best I remember, those that qualified in 2016 were: Brian Patrick Stephen Littlejohn Traxler Rodgers Hollister Rob Egan I miss anyone?
