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http://www.competitionplus.com/drag-...o-stock-racing

Pretty sad!

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Modified eliminator, Pro Stock Truck fiasco, EFI Pro Stock.....kinda reminds me of the TITANIC......

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Hate to see V retire. I have known V for 18 years, one of the finest people in the sport and on the planet. First class individual.

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No more Yabba Dabba Do!!!!!!!!!!!!

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He aptly said the fun factor was gone.

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Why is it sad? The guy is 69 y/o and hasn't been competitive for a long time.

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Sad this class has come to this nothing to do with his age!

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pro stock has been on life support for at least a decade and will be gone as we know it within 5 years. The bigger concern should be is when does the plug get pulled on professional drag racing that the NHRA has been trying to sell for the last decade?

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I have a feeling there will be more following V in the not so distant future. Pretty sad. The whole pro side of the sport is in big trouble.

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Fixed it for you.;)

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Damn right

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They could have fixed all the classes years ago, but they don't have racers making the decisions anymore. The money, computers, and the lack of a driver actually having the skill to drive and tune killed the sport. The computers do it for them now. It will be reduced to monster truck status in 10 years.

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And you think it's just the pro side that is in trouble?

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My two cents;
The Summit team did their homework (R&D), it certainly shows and is well deserved.
The cars are still butt ugly even without hood scoops.
I don't know what the average fan who attends NHRA national events expect from the Pro Stock class but I'm pretty sure what those of us on this forum expect and that is a grassroots format like the factory Drag Pak, Cobra Jet and COPO cars.
They are identifiable to us, the average fan and most importantly the Big Three and without their support the class will die.
I think Sox, Landy, Jenkins and Nicholson would all agree don't you?

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Frank Castros, you are absolutely right. Personally, I prefer to race weird old cars in Stock but I had high hopes for the new offerings. I knew that it was too much to even dream of but what a shot in the arm it would be for Pro Stock to reinvent the class for them. It would still be a rich guy class but so much more interesting for virtually every single spectator!

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This a crazy thought,but would you think that the FSS cars in the middle of pro sessions would wow the fans ,8 second sheet metal real cars??????

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V's decision to pack it in is what it is...I would like to own his rig he hauled the Pro Stock car in. Not a nicer looking BIG RIG on the road, not to mention the biggest stacks I've ever seen....Sweet!


How much V??.......

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That whole Brogdon & Gray engine lease feud last year, makes Brogdon look like a smart man.

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Bob Glidden claims in his first ProStock race he won $12k with a total investment in car and support equipment of $19k...today's economics do not make sense...more and more racers are figuring it out...