Wall Street Journal columnist Ben Austen recently penned a column lamenting the fact that none of the Big Three’s pony cars get raced like they did in the old days. He has apparently missed the memo on the myriad of factory Mustang race cars, Drag Pack Challengers, and the rumblings that Chevy will be offering some sort of racer package Camaro into the mix. The column should really be wondering why they aren’t raced in NASCAR as that’s where it eventually ends up.

There are more pony cars on drag strips and autocross tracks across America each week than nearly any other type of car. Go to a local test and tune and count the Mustangs, and Camaros (primarily), then look at the count of Mopars.

While road racing is certainly not as big ticket as NASCAR in the spectator draw, pony cars have never been the focus of stock car racing’s top level of competition. The old Grand National series in the 1960s was geared toward these types of cars, but that’s been over for a long time.

Do BangShifters care if these cars are raced on the “big stage” or is it entirely more important that they are being raced at the grassroots level (as they currently are)?

Source — The Wall Street Journal — Why Nobody is Racing These Cars