Factory Cars to Pro Stock in 2018 - Speculative Web Article

[Mike Pearson]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

I agree with everything you said. People ask me about those throttle stop cars too. Explain it to them, they laugh and coment on how stupid that is. It's a different crowd. Not much tech inspection required. Lots of them. NHRA evidently loves them.

The throttle stop classes seem to be dwindling in numbers too lately. Not too many want to sit 4 days for a national event any more for the low purse and almost no contingency payout. Its very expensive to race a top quality throttle stop car.

There is little that can be done to resurrect Pro Stock. Every rule change just costs the teams a bunch of money and does nothing to improve the class. This last rule package was a complete flop. The only thing that will help the pro classes is if the economy takes a upswing and there is more corporate sponsorship money available to fund more teams that can run competitively. They are out there but cant afford to compete at the top level. The bright spot in PS for me this year was Matt Hartford running in the top half with WJ power. I hope he sticks with it.

Its sad to see our sport in such a state of decline over the past 10 years due to the poor management at NHRA and lack luster economy.