Interesting...Jon Asher on Pro Stock and Factory Stock

[James L Miller]

Originally Posted by Coleydog

My opinion, I've watched and raced since the sixtys, back then it wasn't just racing, it was BRAND AFFILIATION, I personally liked Plymouth, if they lost I went home.

I could go either way, Dodge or Plymouth. Sort of like both kinds of music, Country AND Western. The Jenkins Vega was the beginning of the end of PS for me. That was a big move away from Stock and they just starting calling it PRO. More opportunity to cheat and modify the cars and get to where the bubble aero cars we have today. I thought Freeman was spot on about the aero being needed for safety. At some point for safety they would have needed to go to the tube chassis. I thought the comment about the Factory Stock cars already being too fast was interesting as well. They should have their own class and go to bigger tires, 10.5"? The comments about the difficulty of getting sponsorship at the end of the interview was interesting. It's not there for most teams.