mastertone
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Limit cars to Camaro's, Mustangs, and Challengers, Stock Wheelbase, 346 Cu In as per Nascar Rules on the engines. Transmissions limited to factory type 6 speeds and MUST use a clutch to shift them. Am I just crazy here?
I would like to see more manufactures not less. Open them up to Toyota and others.
Craig, i think they have the Copo class which is about that except the cubic in. The speeds these cars are running a stock body would not be safe, they're at edge now. NHRA wanted something done to help interest in class which is good but they over reacted and now we have a boring class. The last two years of PS has been exciting and they should have given teams time to work this out before implementing EFI.Limit cars to Camaro's, Mustangs, and Challengers, Stock Wheelbase, 346 Cu In as per Nascar Rules on the engines. Transmissions limited to factory type 6 speeds and MUST use a clutch to shift them. Am I just crazy here?
Limit cars to Camaro's, Mustangs, and Challengers, Stock Wheelbase, 346 Cu In as per Nascar Rules on the engines. Transmissions limited to factory type 6 speeds and MUST use a clutch to shift them. Am I just crazy here?
Sean, well said and i wish NHRA would bring back M/P in some manner.I really waffle back and forth on this topic. My earliest drag racing memories are of the car my Dad raced with his buddies in Modified Production, so high rpm stick cars is what drew me to Pro Stock in the first place. Even when they went with the modern set-up in '82, it still remained exciting to me for many years to come because brand identity and rivalries remained strong. But I try not to let the purist in me cloud my judgement when it comes to the need to evolve the class with the times, although I find myself doing just that..... Lol
I've lost count of how many "ideas" I've read about over the past year or two regarding how to save this class, and most of which ultimately end up with some sort of platform similar to the current Super Stock stuff with the COPO's, Drag Pak's and such. I've finally allowed myself to accept the fact that the class is called "Pro" stock for a reason. It's not for the guy/gal looking for heads-up racing on a Sportsman level budget, and honestly it SHOULDN'T be. This class exhibits some of the most technologically advanced racing engines out there, along with a comparable chassis program, and it takes a team chocked full of intelligence from one end of the team to the other for any hope of success in this class. And I for one support the LONG overdue switch to EFI, except that there should've been a longer transition period, with more liberties on who all gets to play from a manufacturer's standpoint. Both of which would've went a long way in curbing the current lopsided situation we have right now.
Getting more manufacturers involved would be great, but it's gonna be a tough sell. I would love to see more of them not only get involved, but become competitive. Whether you like it or not, Roy Johnson is the only one to have consistent success with the Dodge, Morgan struggled at best with the Ford and the silence out of the Westcott camp has been deafening, so I'm starting to wonder if the GM platform is simply the better design when it comes to this particular, 500" normally aspirated set-up. Otherwise, you would think at least some of the folks that run independent of financial backing would have more success with the brands other than GM. I also believe it would be equally difficult for Toyota to come in, because when their stuff comes out and is slow, they won't have the rules makers to bail them out like they do in NASCAR, so I doubt there's much interest from them.
But I still love the class......
Sean D
Jay, if you get a chance watch some Modified Production video from mid to early eighties it was coolist class ever in Drag Racing. Sorry all i have is a dumb phone of i would post them.I am from the west coast. Never could get into Pro Stock.
Limit cars to Camaro's, Mustangs, and Challengers, Stock Wheelbase, 346 Cu In as per Nascar Rules on the engines. Transmissions limited to factory type 6 speeds and MUST use a clutch to shift them. Am I just crazy here?
Jay, if you get a chance watch some Modified Production video from mid to early eighties it was coolist class ever in Drag Racing. Sorry all i have is a dumb phone of i would post them.
I don't know what happened with NHRA the people i knew ran IHRA because of issues with NHRA . It lasted quite a bit longer in IHRA and then Pro Stock took off and most guys went there and a lot just quit.If modified is (or was) so popular. Why aren't people just asking for a return of modified rather then turning pro stock into a modified type class?
I grew up on west coast nitro. Everything else is what they ran down the track while the fuel cars were being serviced.Jay, if you get a chance watch some Modified Production video from mid to early eighties it was coolist class ever in Drag Racing. Sorry all i have is a dumb phone of i would post them.
I don't know what happened with NHRA the people i knew ran IHRA because of issues with NHRA . It lasted quite a bit longer in IHRA and then Pro Stock took off and most guys went there and a lot just quit.
I also think that's when NHRA started Comp Eliminator.
Bob Reese might know maybe he will chime in.