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NHRA Pro Stock Superstar Larry Morgan going Pro Mod
January 19, 2017
We are sure this isn't really breaking news at this point for anyone following the pro mod scene, but today Larry made it official with his entry into pro mod for the 2017 season opener in Gainesville.

Based on what we know at this time, Larry will be driving a 2017 BAE powered 521 Camaro with a blower sitting atop the 521. Larry had previously revealed that he will also be competing in the ADRL this season. From our understanding that will be in extreme pro stock though.

For years Larry has been a fierce NHRA Pro Stock competitor over the years. He has numerous NHRA national event wins and round wins. We didn't see much of Larry at all during the 2016 season due to a lack of funding though. It appears that the primary sponsor for the Gainesville race is Brad Anderson Enterprises and FryMiller.

As you can tell, the last couple of days have been filled with awesome happenings. From NHRA superstars to small tire icons making announcements that they were coming to play in one of the toughest drag racing classes on the planet. And Larry certainly has the experience to make him a player no matter where he shows up.

I hope he does well, and wish NHRA would figure something out to keep the PS guys working. When you think what PS guys can do with 500 na, should be fun to watch.

Making the TA classes irrelevant.

I have a feeling that Pro Mod will eventually usurp pro Stock as a regular pro class. Pro Stock has outlived it's popularity.

And then Pro Mod will be Pro Stock.

There isn't enough money to run 24 races a year, and most of the PM guys don't want to run that many races a year anyway.


PM has its own TV show. If they replace PS with PM, PM will become the retarded stepsister of TF and FC and will be treated just like PS is now.

If PM moves to a 24 race schedule NHRA will repudiate 25 years of rules that are cubic inch to weight and go to a rules package that allows NHRA to manipulate the outcome of races by weight breaks, blower OD, NOS systems etc. and it will become a de facto assacar replica even worse than the dog and pony show PS has become.



NHRA doesn't want PS or PM. They want TF and FC and some way to keep people entertained between rounds. I suspect it won't be long before the in between round show will be music, dancing or some sort of social media/phone game where the spectators interact with each other on their phones etc doing some silly [censored], and the more juvenile the better.


The sooner NHRA folds up and gets out of the way the better.

I love Pro Mod and I hope they all join in.

Larry Morgan FAN here! He is a Racer's racer.

I still often say, "You can't fix stupid".

V. Gaines joining the Pro mod show would really make my day. Larry a great guy too and isn't afraid to rattle the cage. LOL

Not buying any of that. Pro-Mod is a well established class, with a well established set of rules. It's also a fan favorite, because it's over the top like Top Fuel and Funny Car. It fits well with the NHRA "extreme circus" type environment. Pro-Mod IS the class that put IHRA on the map as far as fan popularity. The balancing act of blowers, turbos and nitrous gives the fans a vested rooting interest in their type car. It works

Exactly right Monte. The fans and racers love Pro Mod

When they see it 24 times a year, and the car count drops because no one has the money to fund it, ir wants to race that much a year it will be just like everything else.

It isn't NITRO.


The rules that change at a human whim are stupid. That will also drive away real fans.

We've seen it before. Yet we refuse to recognize history telling us not be make the same mistake twice.

EFI and the lower rev limit was going to save P/S. Not sure that's working out.

I'm hoping Stevie Fast in P/M will make it worth watching.

I feel bad about Pro Stock. I still feel that there is a lot to be said for engine and car development working with N/A. I have a higher appreciation for the people behind a class like this that can go faster each year, after everyone continually says that the cars are as fast as they can possibly go.

It sure was.


It sure didn't.

x2. I might actually go to an NHRA race this year, just because Stevie knows how to be entertaining.

TWO fastest growing segments of Drag Racing currently by FAR......Pro-Mod and small tire racing. Also, Pro-Mod is healthy in EVERY region. So you don't need 16-20 full time touring teams. I think they could fill the fields easily and not need a bunch of the same cars. Look at the PDRA which goes no further west than Texas. They fill 16 car fields in Pro Nitrous, Pro Extreme and Pro Boost. That's 48 cars and many of them already run NHRA. Then you have the NEOPM in the northeast and there is a west coast series. There are a LOT of Pro-Mods in the country, so as stated, you don't need a group of touring Pros. There are more Pro-Mods that show up for a Saturday night show in North Carolina, than there are legit Pro-Stocks in the whole damn country

A new thing this year in the PDRA to make the "cars the stars" is that they are encouraging guys to name their cars. So much so in fact, that any driver who names their car, paints it on the side and put it on their tech card before the third race of the season, gets 200 bonus points.

I expect to see it a little like it used to be in Pro-Mod when we had the Batman car, Dr Moons Rage, Texas Bounty Hunter, Top Gun, Junk Yard Willys, Undertaker and all those other cool cars with the wild paint jobs.

This works too........LOL!!!

That's the problem.... nhra seems to kill what ever fans and racers like.

I may tune in too some nhra pro mod races now that Stevie fast is there. He knows how to wheel a car and loves running over the turbos.

And you refer to the NHRA as the "Extreme Circus"..........

Why, yes I do. Not sure about you, but I consider nitro Dragsters and Funny cars pretty extreme.....I think most do.

As far as the Pro-Mods, I always liked the wild paint. I hope it makes a come back