Factory Cars to Pro Stock in 2018 - Speculative Web Article

[James L Miller]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

NHRA started letting the bodies get out of control around 1977 when people were "drooping" the front clip. It went down hill rapidly from there, just like when NASCAR started with all the goofy body rules, instead of making the teams run a body in white. Now both NHRA Pro Stock and NASCAR cars look like blobs with no character. That's the first trend to reverse completely, in the next year or two.

I think all that started in 1972 when they allowed tube chassis cars to compete. I think it was necessary for safety, but it sure opened the door for all kinds of mods or made it much easier. Changing from factory sheet metal to carbon fiber blew the door wide open.

Maybe people should pitch this to IHRA. If it takes off in IHRA, NHRA will follow once they see a class with a following, like Pro Mod. Pro Mod started back in the 1980s on the west coast, IHRA picked it up somewhere around the mid-1980s. When did NHRA finally add it, 5-10 years ago?

I'd like to see it on the divisional level. The early pro stock had a lot of guys running the divisional races that weren't competitive on the national level.