What can be done?

[MAURICE BLENDHEIM]

Maybe NHRA should look at running a program like Australian Pro Stock. Put carburetors and the hood scoops back on restricted bodies that resemble reality. 400" Naturally Aspirated 3 Brand Racing may spark the interest of the Comp guys to move up, Aussie's to get involved, maybe some of the old Pro Stock teams may regroup and return as well as the existing teams. RPM gets attention. Pro Stock Truck was working till it was shutdown… MB.

[Mike Jones]

Originally Posted by MAURICE BLENDHEIM

Maybe NHRA should look at running a program like Australian Pro Stock. Put carburetors and the hood scoops back on restricted bodies that resemble reality. 400" Naturally Aspirated 3 Brand Racing may spark the interest of the Comp guys to move up, Aussie's to get involved, maybe some of the old Pro Stock teams may regroup and return as well as the existing teams. RPM gets attention. Pro Stock Truck was working till it was shutdown… MB.

That would be great.
Mike

[MAURICE BLENDHEIM]

ProMod is not the answer. Is it coincidental that ProMod is mentioned more now, since the 2017 closing of the Ringaling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The (un) class is an un-regimented Circus Sideshow that lacks a relative structure, required to enhance innovative competition. MB (opinion)

[Mike Jones]

Originally Posted by MAURICE BLENDHEIM

ProMod is not the answer. Is it coincidental that ProMod is mentioned more now, since the 2017 closing of the Ringaling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The (un) class is an un-regimented Circus Sideshow that lacks a relative structure, required to enhance innovative competition. MB (opinion)

The rhetoric aside... It has a variety of cars, power and drivers, including 5.60/ 240 time slips... from door slammers.
MJ ( opinion)

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Mike Jones

from door slammers.
MJ ( opinion)

I think that modern Pro cars and Promods are really pushing the definition of "door slammer". Don't slam them too hard.
I like real doors.

[Mike Jones]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

I think that modern Pro cars and Promods are really pushing the definition of "door slammer". Don't slam them too hard.
I like real doors.

... as usual... your right Billy
MJ

[X-TECH MAN]

A lot could be done but NHRA will not do it. Have you priced a Pro Stock transmission lately? Why allow a clutch less 5 speed and multi disc clutches. The engines alone are priced as much as a modest house. why use special blocks and heads ? use normal production parts. No body templates anymore. The cars look like jelly beans just painted differently. It seems to me that its as bad as stock elim. these days with all they are allowed to use. . Is it because NHRA does not want to invest the man power to inspect these so call cars ?
Same deal for Top Fuel and Funny cars going to fast and running on a 1000 Ft. track. The NHRA could demand them to use smaller blowers with less boost, less percentage of nitro, use just one fuel pump like they use to do. Less cubic inches for Pro Stock and the fuel cars then go back to a real 1/4 mile ! The funny cars (great name for them) do not even look like a car. The wings are ridicules looking but are needed to keep them from flying off the track.
Its all become a circus !

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by MAURICE BLENDHEIM

ProMod is not the answer. Is it coincidental that ProMod is mentioned more now, since the 2017 closing of the Ringaling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The (un) class is an un-regimented Circus Sideshow that lacks a relative structure, required to enhance innovative competition. MB (opinion)

Exactly! And, we have to sit in the staging lanes too often while the track is cleaned up after a round of them all trying to get down the track. Yawn.

[Nathan Stinson]

Originally Posted by MAURICE BLENDHEIM

ProMod is not the answer. Is it coincidental that ProMod is mentioned more now, since the 2017 closing of the Ringaling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The (un) class is an un-regimented Circus Sideshow that lacks a relative structure, required to enhance innovative competition. MB (opinion)

May not be the answer, but at least they have more than a full field of pro mods, and I would wager the average spectator would rather watch pro mod than pro stock.

[fastlane]

Factory showdown was to be the regular guys prostock heads up pro tree all 3 manufacturers starting life as real cars. But it is following in the footsteps of PS but moving way faster to oblivion in only a few years you already have pro teams taking over, NHRA changing what is allowed from the original build and the cost to enter for just a car to be competitive is at least 200 grand plus trailer motorhome equipment spare parts crew and travel. For NHRA to even stay alive in the future it needs to come up with ways for various classes to run heads up that is what the people in the seats understand and want to see. When I started racing in the mid 60s every stock class car ran heads up against the others in there class and the winner of each class then ran in a handicap format for overall stock eliminator. And the stands were full at all the tracks and the people in the stands understood what was going on.