Re: NHRA to allow any accepted engine/body combination in Pr
 

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

Re: NHRA to allow any accepted engine/body combination in Pr
 

The good old days, unfortunately there not coming back.

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?

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.

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.

Re: NHRA to allow any accepted engine/body combination in Pr
 

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.

Re: NHRA to allow any accepted engine/body combination in Pr
 

Someone please turn off the lights

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.

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?

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...