Interesting Commentary on Pro Stock and Factory Stock

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Originally Posted by Ok stocker

The last time I enjoyed Pro Stock was back when you could run different motor combos and all the different body styles that were different wheel bases. The 70's were the golden ages of creativity. Pro Stock is during because of the rules no one has a connection to the cars or respect for the cookie cutter motors. Bring back the variety.

X2, Exactly my thoughts. The time and money it costs to be innovative and gain an edge in Pro Stock is beyond most human's means now, so the class will most likely wither on the vine. Hard work and some creative thinking like the 70's and 80's cars had won't cut it any more because *everybody* does that with their multi-faceted computer design driven racing operations. And if you did happen to gain some kind of advantage of a few hundredths that couldn't be called cheating, there'd probably be a short period of time before spies caught on, or the secret was sold off or leased out to other teams via a "corporate built motor".

I have the same trouble with trying to watch NASCAR races today. It's not that the sport doesn't have some appeal by it's very nature and use of strategy, after all it IS good old American auto racing, but I truly do find them boring. They weren't boring back in the 70's though. The only time anything different happens on track now is when there's a wreck and it shakes up the field. Otherwise they follow each other around lap after lap because the slightest deviation from the draft will cost them dearly.