Yepper Mike's great....
But We Forgot Roland Leong!!!!!

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I'd have to go with....
Coil
Ace
Zippy
Tobler
Beard

Since he is my brother-in-law I'll have to say Jim Oberhofer

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Right now,and not just because they are No.1, but my vote is for "ACE". Seems like he has had a handle on most tracks so far this year. But it ain't over yet, so I'd definatlly be looking real hard over my shoulder at Coil and his brain trust.

(active)
coil for sure hands down
then
alan johnson
then
conrad and gang
then
lee beard
then
there is a bunch coming up the ladder

It seems to me that Coil (and the rest of the Force brain trust) along with Alan Johnson deserve "Hall of Fame" status. They have proven to be heads and shoulders above the rest over a long period of time. No one is close when you look 10 years back to now. I do think that there are a couple of "new" guys that will take their place in history. Jimmy Prock and Zippy seem to me to be the next generation of tuning stars. 10 years from now, my bet is that they will be the ones in the top slots (assuming Austin and Alan) have retired to Tahiti and Fiji respectively.

Jim

Hogan is doing very well this year but until he does it year after year I left him out.
I didn't put Dick Lahaie on the list cause he is retired and I didn't include Connie cause he doesn't tune right now but he definitely knows how to. I think he took over tuning for his son Scott's F/C.
There are some young talented guy's right now that will be around for years to come as Jim pointed out but I think Prock and Neff are already there.

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Dick LaHaie
Don Garlits
Herb Parks
TC Lemmons
Clayton Harris
Austin Coil
Dale Armstrong

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Charles, I agree... I was thinking about starting a thread on the most underrated crew chief, and with that I would put Mike Green and Richard Hogan at the top... Who else?

As far as Richard goes, in addition to his work with Mel, he had a new team with Hot Rod running nicely last year!

AJ
Coil
Dicko
AA Dale
The General
Ace

I still can't believe only 1 other person mentioned a name from Pro Stock? Oh wait , this is NITRO mater.I forgot.LOL

big jim dunn
austin coil
alan johnson
connie kalitta
tim richards
these guys have been doing this for ever and have always been successful.
( no money or tons of money)

Maybe he is not in the TOP.. but the years that Eddie Hill was running good.. ol' Fuzzy Carter did a good job...

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There's a name from the past! I was a kid, and there when he had the bad crash. I don't think he was ever the same after that.