In football terms, the Super Stock/O car is the equivalent of a defensive lineman running a sprint. He's not usually the quickest or fastest, but there's no doubt there's huge entertainment value.

Go behind the scenes as a pair of Super Stock/O shoeboxes do battle in Friday's class eliminations at the Chevrolet Performance NHRA U.S. Nationals behind the wheel of their small displacement, high-rpm, stick-shifted classics which weight over 3,300 pounds.

It's a throwback to the old days of the 50-pound flywheel.

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