Ford and Pro Stock

[Myron Piatek]

A field with Challengers and Camaros would have helped fan interest and possibly evened up the aerodynamics with the Mustang. Were the Fords "downsized" to help them be competitive against the other smaller cars?

[Kenny Wigington]

Ralph, is this a rumor, or in print ? If this is true, this is bad.

[Michael Kilduff]

Originally Posted by Bunkster

Ford and NHRA Pro Stock, for the next 1000 years, can be defined by only one image:

No disrespect to Bob Glidden, but I think one could argue that Warren Johnson's and Lee Shepherd 's images could define NHRA Pro Stock just as well.

Let's not forget Shepherd was ruling the roost at the time of his death.

[Michael Kilduff]

Originally Posted by BlueOval Ralph

They the Ford execs think they do, just shows how far off the planet they are! Spending 3.0 mil + on Funny Cars!

I rarely watch the ESPN coverage of NHRA 'Pro's' anymore for a variety of reasons, namely the fact I have lots of other things I would rather do than watch the 'John Force Reality Show'.

Several people have commented that PS coverage has dwindled on ESPN over the past couple of years, perhaps Ford noticed this too along with lots of empty seats at the races and decided PS is no longer worth the investment.

A couple of years ago Terry named PS 'Pro Funny Stock', and aptly so imo. The cars look nothing at all like what is in the show room. IMO the sanctioning bodies would be much better off featuring the new cars as 'Pro Stock'.

I guess the blown cars could be 'Pro Modified Stock'.

[Arnold Greene]

Originally Posted by Chad Rhodes

otherwise spelled as "we can't get competitive"

Yeah, Chad, it's hard to be competitive with a level playing field, instead of with a blower and/or a bogus hp rating........I'll bet they lobbied nhra for a low horsepower rating. It must have been denied!

[Dinsdale]

Originally Posted by Chad Rhodes

otherwise spelled as "we can't get competitive"

I'd say qualified #5 is competitive. In fact, just qualifying in that class means you must be doing something right.

I don't think Ford did much for Morgan (or anyone else) in Pro Stock. Read someplace it was mostly engineering stuff but could be wrong. They didn't do much for Glidden in the old days either and that's why he got out of it. As for Mark Wolfe, he only had a couple race deal with Morgan's motor. I heard he will be running in Comp next year

[bigshow2966]

Morgan should have been competitive right out of the box. The Ford motor is just a Hemi99 with the spark plug moved around some.

I thought Ford wasn't really putting up money anyway, the money was mainly from Cunningham?

[Stephen & Horace Johnson]

Originally Posted by bigshow2966

Morgan should have been competitive right out of the box. The Ford motor is just a Hemi99 with the spark plug moved around some.

I thought Ford wasn't really putting up money anyway, the money was mainly from Cunningham?

the info I got..............was that FORD wasnt sponsoring him anyways, it was just cunningham footing the bill on R and D............so why is this a suprise.........I dont think FORD will ever be a "FORCE" in Pro Stock unless they sponsor somebody in that class... I hate that for morgan, cunningham, and the other ford guys..

[Jimi B]

The blocks and heads are already developed. Hopefuly they all can do r&d on their own. Mark Wolfe today said he is planning on running Pro Stock stll next year.

[Jeff Lee]

I think Ford gets more press, which is name recognition, which turns into sales with the CJ's than anything they could EVER get with a P/S team. Those CJ sales are turning some into GT500 sales and Boss 302 sales.
I'd LOVE to have a new Boss 302.
See the 2013 Mustang line released today? GT500 with standard 5.8L and 650 HP and 200 MPH top end speed? Can you say "bye, bye ZL-1"!
And Ford racers, the GT500 now comes with a carbon fiber driveshaft. Sounds like a superseded part in the making!