NHRA to allow any accepted engine/body combination in Pro St - Page 6

The Hawk · 12-08-2017, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike Pearson

I don't think factory stock will be quite as popular now that the slow cars can't jump back into the stock eliminator program...

I would probably word that as "Non Qualifiers", not slow cars. Those cars are insane!

George Fitzpatrick · 12-09-2017, 09:12 AM

The good old days, unfortunately there not coming back.

Ed Wright · 12-09-2017, 12:46 PM

I think they ruined it with the small FWD car bodies, the rev limit hurting the MOPAR cars the worst, and EFI. Still find making the NA power they make very impressive. Still my favorite Pro class. Certainly not what it was. I won't sit there to watch funny cars & dragsters.
We still have Comp and Super Stock, right?

nhramnl · 12-09-2017, 01:06 PM

I agree 100 percent with Ed, but I also think us old-time guys need to remember that things change over time. Pro Stock isn't what we remember because the cars and the technology aren't what they used to be, either. One example; consider that the MOPAR Funny Cars are actually well-disguised 4-door sedans. Who would EVER have predicted that? And (sadly) the most exciting time for Pro Stock was in its formative years, when the cars were truly hand-fabricated and the guys who raced them, built them (and their engines). If all you could do was write a check, you didn't stand much of a chance. Like everything else in life, Pro Stock has "matured", and become almost corporate. Finally, people always think that when something goes away, it's monumental and world-shaking. Where are Junior Stock, Modified Eliminator, Top Gas, un-ported cylinder heads, OEM cranks and rods, tunnel rams, transmissions that don't cost $6,000, nothing but a helmet for safety equipment, etc.? Gone, and nobody even remembers them. I absolutely LOVED Pro Stock (it has long been the only Professional class I even watch), but I'm afraid its time has almost passed.

John H186 · 12-09-2017, 01:52 PM

The purist Pro Stock guys obviously wont like it and I agree with that but being able to campaign a Dodge or Mustang with power that can win a race and breaking up the 16 car Camaro field with different bodies will be a good thing.

Coleydog · 12-09-2017, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by John H186

The purist Pro Stock guys obviously wont like it and I agree with that but being able to campaign a Dodge or Mustang with power that can win a race and breaking up the 16 car Camaro field with different bodies will be a good thing.

If that's the case, put an areodynamic carbon fiber box on the chassis, no brand or name. Is this supposed to pacify us, make us feel better? Basically for me it lost all meaning now, if the "war" is lost, why fight, over, done, go home.

mtkawboy · 12-10-2017, 04:35 PM

Someone please turn off the lights

Jim Bailey · 12-10-2017, 05:06 PM

NHRA, obviously, still has a bad taste in their mouth from the Pro Stock Truck deal. I think it's forced their panning to more of a "Trump Obamacare" plan ! .... "Let them have what they want, and watch it implode."... Saves a bunch of legal fees, and requires much less mud to be washed off faces.

600ci · 12-10-2017, 05:47 PM

ULTRA STOCK / current pro stock chassis, mountain motor come back
PRO STOCK / XX current late model back half super stock
SUPER STOCK / X current late model 10 inch tire car

dump top fuel
bigger purse for pro mod
throwing darts?

Steve Stasko · 12-10-2017, 07:19 PM

Why not bring back weight breaks and carburetors since we're this far? Could probably get quite a few cars running the Altered classes to crossover...

12-09-2017, 09:12 AM	#52
George Fitzpatrick Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: West Babylon, NY Posts: 341 Likes: 97 Liked 98 Times in 23 Posts	Re: NHRA to allow any accepted engine/body combination in Pr The good old days, unfortunately there not coming back. Attached Thumbnails __________________ George Fitzpatrick 426 HEMI STK, SS

12-09-2017, 12:46 PM	#53
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 389 Times in 168 Posts	Re: NHRA to allow any accepted engine/body combination in Pr I think they ruined it with the small FWD car bodies, the rev limit hurting the MOPAR cars the worst, and EFI. Still find making the NA power they make very impressive. Still my favorite Pro class. Certainly not what it was. I won't sit there to watch funny cars & dragsters. We still have Comp and Super Stock, right? __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA

12-09-2017, 01:06 PM	#54
nhramnl Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 504 Likes: 7 Liked 352 Times in 82 Posts	Re: NHRA to allow any accepted engine/body combination in Pr I agree 100 percent with Ed, but I also think us old-time guys need to remember that things change over time. Pro Stock isn't what we remember because the cars and the technology aren't what they used to be, either. One example; consider that the MOPAR Funny Cars are actually well-disguised 4-door sedans. Who would EVER have predicted that? And (sadly) the most exciting time for Pro Stock was in its formative years, when the cars were truly hand-fabricated and the guys who raced them, built them (and their engines). If all you could do was write a check, you didn't stand much of a chance. Like everything else in life, Pro Stock has "matured", and become almost *corporate*. Finally, people always think that when something goes away, it's monumental and world-shaking. Where are Junior Stock, Modified Eliminator, Top Gas, un-ported cylinder heads, OEM cranks and rods, tunnel rams, transmissions that don't cost $6,000, nothing but a helmet for safety equipment, etc.? Gone, and nobody even remembers them. I absolutely LOVED Pro Stock (it has long been the only Professional class I even watch), but I'm afraid its time has almost passed.

12-09-2017, 01:52 PM	#55
John H186 Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 153 Likes: 1 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: NHRA to allow any accepted engine/body combination in Pr The purist Pro Stock guys obviously wont like it and I agree with that but being able to campaign a Dodge or Mustang with power that can win a race and breaking up the 16 car Camaro field with different bodies will be a good thing. __________________ John Hedenburg H186

12-10-2017, 04:35 PM	#57
mtkawboy Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Billings Mt Posts: 279 Likes: 112 Liked 54 Times in 18 Posts	Re: NHRA to allow any accepted engine/body combination in Pr Someone please turn off the lights

12-10-2017, 05:06 PM	#58
Jim Bailey Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 698 Likes: 17 Liked 566 Times in 106 Posts	Re: NHRA to allow any accepted engine/body combination in Pr NHRA, obviously, still has a bad taste in their mouth from the Pro Stock Truck deal. I think it's forced their panning to more of a "Trump Obamacare" plan ! .... "Let them have what they want, and watch it implode."... Saves a bunch of legal fees, and requires much less mud to be washed off faces.

12-10-2017, 05:47 PM	#59
600ci Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 163 Likes: 5 Liked 3 Times in 1 Post	Re: NHRA to allow any accepted engine/body combination in Pr ULTRA STOCK / current pro stock chassis, mountain motor come back PRO STOCK / XX current late model back half super stock SUPER STOCK / X current late model 10 inch tire car dump top fuel bigger purse for pro mod throwing darts?

12-10-2017, 07:19 PM	#60
Steve Stasko Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Western PA Posts: 417 Likes: 5 Liked 228 Times in 120 Posts	Re: NHRA to allow any accepted engine/body combination in Pr Why not bring back weight breaks and carburetors since we're this far? Could probably get quite a few cars running the Altered classes to crossover...