CLASS RACER FORUM - View Single Post - NHRA to allow any accepted engine/body combination in Pro St

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.

12-09-2017, 01:06 PM	#54
nhramnl Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 507 Likes: 8 Liked 358 Times in 83 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.