NHRA’s Stock Eliminator class is packed with race cars that have been optimized to perform at the highest level possible. Racers who run in Stock are using every trick in the book and inventing new ones when they can to go as fast as possible within the strict rules of the category. We chatted with NHRA Stock Eliminator front-runner and ATI Performance Products-backed racer Doug Duell to learn more about the class, what it takes to go fast, and why one of drag racing’s oldest eliminators is still one of its finest.