TORCO’S COMPETITIONPLUS.COM HONORS ALL-TIME TOP 20 MOUNTAIN MOTOR PRO STOCK RACERS

SPARTANBURG, SC – Leading Internet-based magazine, Torco’s CompetitionPlus.com, has compiled a list of the Top 20 Mountain Motor Pro Stock drivers as a way to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the “run whatcha brung” style of competition that was first introduced under the IHRA sanction in 1977. In the weeks leading up to the Torco’s CompetitionPlus Pro Stock Showdown during Torco Race Fuels President’s Cup Nationals in Budds Creek, Md., September 28 – 30, a driver will be revealed.

The special feature began as the extension of research for an article forthcoming in Torco’s CompetitionPlus.com chronicling the early years of the mountain motor movement.

“I can’t begin to tell you how exciting it was to research this story,” said Bobby Bennett, Publisher and Executive Editor said. “There are a lot of individuals who sacrificed time and money to make Pro Stock racing what it is. When you look back to every major doorslammer division in professional drag racing, the IHRA’s mountain motor movement was the inspiration.

“The NHRA’s 500-inch Pro Stock was a result of the seven-second IHRA Pro Stocks. The phenomenal growth of Top Sportsman spawned out of a lot of racers that aspired to be Pro Stock racers and added nitrous to their cars and well Pro Modified, it all spawned from that. This style of Pro Stock racing provided nothing but positives for the IHRA. Pro Stock is the only professional class in the IHRA that has run continuously from the start of the IHRA.”

The first of the special recognition stories will debut on Tuesday, July 31, when Torco’s CompetitionPlus.com will announce five alternate drivers in the Greatest IHRA Mountain Motor Pro Stock Drivers. Every Tuesday and Friday, a new inclusion will be announced with the final three runner-ups announced the week leading into Maryland. The greatest all-time driver will be announced Saturday evening prior to the final round of the $20,000-to-win Torco’s CompetitionPlus Pro Stock Showdown.

Also included in the mix will be a Top Five Memorable Moments in IHRA Mountain Motor Pro Stock History. This will begin five weeks prior to the Maryland event.

This historical list was compiled by the staff of Torco’s CompetitionPlus.com senior journalists as well as members of the racing community familiar with the class since 1977. Former executives and current executives of the IHRA were polled as well.

For more information, stay tuned to Torco Racing Fuel's Competition Plus.com - Drag Racing's Internet Magazine - Volume 9, Issue 07; July 2007.