School me on Stock Eliminator?

Well. I finally got the definitive "WORD" from NHRA, today, on the status of the 1966 "D" Dart as regards runnning it in Stock Eliminator.

You cannot.

"Why," I asked, "is it in the Classification Guide as a legal Super Stocker, but not a Stock Eliminator car?"

'WE DON'T KNOW," came the truly amazing answer. The paperwork surrounding this mystery can't be found, apparently, at the NHRA offices in Glendora.

I have made no less than SIX phone calls to that Tech office over a ten-day period, in an attempt to try and find out how a car that was BUILT to run a specific class (D Stock; that's why it's called a "D DART") isn't allowed to run, except in Super Stock Eliminator.

The Tech I talked to at NHRA said that if someone really wants to run one in Stock, they should WRITE to the NHRA Tech Department and explain what they want to do, and point out that MOPAR BUILT this car for that class, and that it's in the Guide as a S/S car, then maybe it would be looked into. Maybe...

Myself, I wouldn't bet on it EVER being accepted because they only built 25 of them, according to a guy who worked on the project at Mopar, in '66. He should know... That's way short of the minimum required, but then again, it's in Super Stock as a legal eagle, so, all bets are off...

I did my best. Sorry I couldn't get a straight answer out of those people.
I find it incredible...

Bill, in Conway, AR