Pro Mod or Pro Stock?

[Dick Butler]

Originally Posted by barnca2010

Would you like to see Pro Mod replace Pro Stock?

Pro mod is just another noisy bracket car which run fast to draw unknowing spectators.Top Sportsman, Top Dragster are all in the same plan. Allow people to race a fast car without competing to build the most HP from the same motors..or parts. Removes one part of racing but allows racers to run fast and feel they are getting off cheaper.... Less thrashing dyno time etc.

[FINESPLINE]

Absolutely not but could see the new factory cars replacing Pro Stock sometime in the future as long as they are not allowed to morph into what we now have in Pro Stock.

[novassdude]

Originally Posted by Dick Butler

Pro mod is just another noisy bracket car which run fast to draw unknowing spectators.Top Sportsman, Top Dragster are all in the same plan. Allow people to race a fast car without competing to build the most HP from the same motors..or parts. Removes one part of racing but allows racers to run fast and feel they are getting off cheaper.... Less thrashing dyno time etc.

pro Mod is a all out class. there is no bracket racing there.

But I would not want them to switch.

[600ci]

jr pro stock

[boostedf22c]

As a racer or fan?

It's the same answer for me, Pro Mod. With a clutch. But Pro Stock is probably my second favorite class.

[Mark Yacavone]

PS is good ,close racing but that's about the only good thing about.
The body mods allowed is what lost it for me.
They look like Pro Mods on gas.
Don't even watch it anymore.

I'd watch this:

[Carguy49]

Mark thanks for sharing that video.


To quote John Denver - "FAR OUT"

One of the coolest videos I have seen.

Way more fun than the current crop of Pro Stock cars run by NHRA.

[joespanova]

The old timers still prefer Pro Stock but its boring and all the same cars , basically.
Pro Mod , on the other hand , has much greater spectator appeal as well as participation from racers. Never mind VARIETY.
As far as I'm concerned , Pro Stock either needs a complete over haul or should just die........no one except the racers and old timers really care about PS any more. After the early nineties it became too predictable anyway.
In other words , make PS small blocks and fuel injection / turbos , but the cry babies that participate would never embrace that concept.

[Nathan Stinson]

Originally Posted by Dick Butler

Pro mod is just another noisy bracket car which run fast to draw unknowing spectators.Top Sportsman, Top Dragster are all in the same plan. Allow people to race a fast car without competing to build the most HP from the same motors..or parts. Removes one part of racing but allows racers to run fast and feel they are getting off cheaper.... Less thrashing dyno time etc.

This hands down is one of the craziest, most un-informed post I have ever read on this board! Yes Pro Stock and Pro Mod are different animals and each has there own fan base but to say that Pro Mods are just noisy bracket cars and there is no competition to see who can be the best with a given set of rules in the class is crazy! Tell that to Reher Morrison, Buck, Sonny, or Pro Line. I promise those guys beat up the dynos to make those motors better every day. Tell guys like Bill Glidden, Rickie Smith, Steve Petty etc that they are just running a loud bracket car, and due to the fact it has a power adder on it, requires no technical skill or no changing of parts or set up to go as fast as possible under a given set of rules.

If building and competitively racing a "power adder" car is as easy as some of you think, you should get one and try it some time. You might walk away with a different opinion.