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Re: Mopar pulling out of Pro Stock
[Re: scottb]
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09/30/15 06:26 PM
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I cant say what but you guys are wrong. There will be a mopar team text year just cant say who yet but you will find out soon enough. AJ may not get it but someone else is for sure.
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Re: Mopar pulling out of Pro Stock
[Re: JAKE68]
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09/30/15 09:47 PM
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I cant say what but you guys are wrong. There will be a mopar team text year just cant say who yet but you will find out soon enough. AJ may not get it but someone else is for sure. So you have the number 3 guy in points in P/S which is NO small feet in itself and you're going to go after an unknown new team that hasn't proven to make power with the Mopar. Brilliant idea, I know because it's worked so well for Mopar in the past. Dale Eicke? David Nickens anyone?
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Re: Mopar pulling out of Pro Stock
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09/30/15 10:51 PM
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NHRA is dying, I used to live and breath this stuff but could care less anymore. Bet Im not alone. Yep, me too. It seems FIAT wants little to do with "traditional" hot rods and I'm sure in their eyes there is little if any, ROI with NHRA. Will they cease sponsoring the Denver race if this is true? Thought I was the only one. I'd much rather watch Lights out/No Mercy type stuff.
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Re: Mopar pulling out of Pro Stock
[Re: scottb]
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09/30/15 10:53 PM
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While there certainly were rumors floating around in St. Louis regarding the future of Mopar's flagship Pro Stocker driven by Allen Johnson, a source close to the situation tells us the Greeneville, Tenn.-based driver, is ready to call it a career, thus leaving the Mopar sponsorship open for another team. Johnson isn't talking but others are, and signalling there could be a two-car Mopar Pro Stock effort next season. Now if what we hear pans out, there could be two manufacturers in one camp and this will be an interesting scenario to watch play out. Additionally, we can tell you there will possibly be more announcements similar to this coming out as a thinning of the herd is forthcoming in Pro Stock. http://competitionplus.com/drag-racing/rumor-mill/rumor-mill-pro-stock-aj-hanging-it-up
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Re: Mopar pulling out of Pro Stock
[Re: Streetwize]
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10/01/15 03:51 PM
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Wasn't V a part of MadCap Racing a few years back? I thought they ran a GM and a Mopar for a season... V Gaines owns Madcap Racing Engines as well as Lazurus Race Cars. They build a lot of engines and chassis for people. A friend of mine in Denver just took delivery of a brand new 2015 Camaro Pro Stocker from Lazurus with a flat hood 
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Re: Mopar pulling out of Pro Stock
[Re: Monte_Smith]
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10/01/15 06:29 PM
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It's NEVER going to be like it was in the "good old days" as many often lament. So if you are looking for a rebirth of the 60s factory wars......NOT going to happen.
Racing is about ONE thing these days..........and that's MONEY and corporate exposure. Has nothing to do with selling that car on Monday. Has to do with brand exposure But Monte, isn't "selling that car" and "brand exposure" the same thing?
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Re: Mopar pulling out of Pro Stock
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10/01/15 07:30 PM
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Not really, because there is NOTHING about a pro-stocker that remotely relates to new car MODEL sales. Toyota sponsors top-fuel cars......why? It's sure not because people relate a fuel car to what they drive.
In the 60s, the "factory wars" were stockers and super stockers. Joe Blow, could go buy what he saw at the track duking it out. Same car, same motor. Pro-Stock morphed from that, but has been NOTHING related to factory cars in eons.....pretty much since they went to the 500" format.
Guys longing to see factory cars like Mustangs, Camaros and Challengers vying for supremacy in Pro-Stock, can just hang that up. Not going to happen and hasn't happened in 30 years in that class. By the time Pro-Stock adopted the 500" rule, HEMIs were long gone, muscle cars were gone, and big blocks came in tow trucks for the other brands. So it was nothing then but BRAND, had nothing to do with the actual cars. Think guys went out and bought a new 4 banger Ford EXP, because Glidden just won Pro-Stock in one with a shotgun HEMI in it
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Re: Mopar pulling out of Pro Stock
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10/01/15 08:21 PM
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Not really, because there is NOTHING about a pro-stocker that remotely relates to new car MODEL sales. Toyota sponsors top-fuel cars......why? It's sure not because people relate a fuel car to what they drive.
In the 60s, the "factory wars" were stockers and super stockers. Joe Blow, could go buy what he saw at the track duking it out. Same car, same motor. Pro-Stock morphed from that, but has been NOTHING related to factory cars in eons.....pretty much since they went to the 500" format.
Guys longing to see factory cars like Mustangs, Camaros and Challengers vying for supremacy in Pro-Stock, can just hang that up. Not going to happen and hasn't happened in 30 years in that class. By the time Pro-Stock adopted the 500" rule, HEMIs were long gone, muscle cars were gone, and big blocks came in tow trucks for the other brands. So it was nothing then but BRAND, had nothing to do with the actual cars. Think guys went out and bought a new 4 banger Ford EXP, because Glidden just won Pro-Stock in one with a shotgun HEMI in it And this is exactly why, IMO they SHOULD use factory blocks and cars. Maybe if people raced cars that other could actually purchase it would be more interesting creating more of a following.  Matt
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Re: Mopar pulling out of Pro Stock
[Re: scottb]
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10/01/15 10:30 PM
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Too many of you are thinking like car guys.
Joe average NHRA viewer, who NHRA caters to, doesn't care about brand loyalty.
He/she has a favorite DRIVER. doesn't matter what car they are in.
You think John Force lost his fan base because ford pulled out of racing?
If MOPAR next year was to sponsor, say, Warren Johnson, you'd all be behind him because he was in a Dodge, right?
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Re: Mopar pulling out of Pro Stock
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10/02/15 12:21 AM
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You can see the factory block and bodies now. It's called Super Stock and the stands are usually empty.
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Re: Mopar pulling out of Pro Stock
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10/02/15 12:40 AM
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You can see the factory block and bodies now. It's called Super Stock and the stands are usually empty. Exactly...........and they already have something they call the top stock shootout or something similar. So why in the world are they going to morph what is considered a PRO class into something with factory bodies and motors. Some HERE might care and watch it........but nobody else will.
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I lost interest too.
Sure would be nice to see factory cars back in Pro Stock since they already run EFI and factory hoods... 