RIDGEWAY, VA :: It’s an age old debate that has been going on in short track circles around the Southeast for centuries: Late Model Stocks or Super Late Models?

Some of the best short track drivers in the country have never competed head-to-head due to their differing weapons of choice. As a result, fans of the overall discipline of short track racing can only imagine a super race of sorts where Lee Pulliam goes head-to-head with Bubba Pollard or Tommy Lemons Jr. dukes it out with Daniel Hemric.

If given the opportunity, the Southern Super Series half of the conversation would love to have the opportunity to travel up to Virginia this weekend for the Martinsville DuPont Credit Union 300 Late Model Stock event at Martinsville Speedway.

Pollard captured the SSS championship last weekend on the Gulf Coast and says he has always wanted to get behind the wheel of a Late Model Stock, especially for some of the biggest races like Martinsville, Myrtle Beach or the Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown. For Pollard and his sponsors, it’s a matter of finding a car owner willing to host his services.

“Oh, I’d love to for sure,” Pollard told Race22 on Saturday at Five Flags Speedway. “I’d like to find someone who would let us drive their race car or work with a team to get some seat time in a Late Model Stock. I think it would be a lot of fun and a great learning experience for me.

Pollard said he has often heard the comparisons between himself and Pulliam and would love to go head-to-head against some of the best in a perimeter rail chassis at some point down the road.

“You hear those names a lot, their talent and accomplishments,” Pollard said. “The only way to get better is to race against in the best and that’s what we want to do.”

Daniel Hemric was the inaugural Southern Super Series champion in 2013 and has already made several starts in a Late Model Stock. His most recent appearance in a perimeter rail car saw him finish third last November in the Myrtle Beach 400 for Eddie Sharp Racing.

Like Pollard, Hemric would need someone else to supply the car, but he’s more than willing to step back in that atmosphere if given the opportunity.

“Those cars are a lot of fun,” Hemric said. “I really feel like they’ve taught me a lot of things that have transferred over to our Super Late too. I’d like to go back but I’ve never been in a position to get one of my own yet.

“At some point, I really think I’m going to go that direction but for now, I’m looking for someone who wants me in their car.”

Pollard and Hemric represent the best of the Super Late Model world and a showdown at Martinsville or Myrtle Beach would be a dream come true for fans of all short track racing. But for the time being, it remains just a dream.