I'm done with it. Pro Stock NHRA racing over for me
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03/18/17 03:10 AM
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40 plus years of racing for me and my favorite class was ALWAYS Pro-Stock. I'm done with it. I subscribed to All Access NHRA and watched 30 Pro Mods flying down the track. Not so much for the dam Mopars in Pro Stock.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Order after 2 rounds of qualifying in Pro Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 48th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type---------------Qual-ET--Qual-Spd-Top Spd
1 1 Jason Line, Mooresville NC, '17 Camaro 6.476 213.87 213.87 2 4 Bo Butner, Floyd Knobs IN, '15 Camaro 6.477 213.60 214.28 3 9 Erica Enders, Houstin TX, '16 Camaro 6.490 214.01 214.01 4 10 Jeg Coughlin, Delaware OH, '17 Camaro 6.491 214.01 214.31 5 2 Greg Anderson, Mooresville NC, '17 Camaro 6.491 213.91 214.59 6 3 Shane Gray, Mooresville NC, '15 Camaro 6.493 214.11 214.11 7 7 Chris McGaha, Odessa TX, '17 Camaro 6.517 212.96 212.96 8 6 Drew Skillman, Bargersville IN, '15 Camaro 6.526 213.20 213.20 9 15 Tanner Gray, Mooresville NC, '15 Camaro 6.531 213.03 213.37 10 150 Kenny Delco, E. Setauket NY, '16 Camaro 6.562 211.56 211.56 11 666 Matt Hartford, Scottsdale AZ, '16 Camaro 6.584 211.53 211.59 12 106 Alan Prusiensky, Rockaway NJ, '16 Dart 6.609 211.03 211.03 13 8 Allen Johnson, Greeneville TN, '17 Dart 9.838 93.04 93.04 14 5 Vincent Nobile, Dix Hills NY, '15 Camaro 18.742 42.69 42.69 15 128 John Gaydosh Jr, Baltimore MD, '14 Camaro DQ
1970 Duster Edelbrock headed 408 5.984@112.52 422 Indy headed small block 5.982@112.56 mph 9.42@138.27
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Re: I'm done with it. Pro Stock NHRA racing over for me
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03/18/17 03:32 AM
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It's been over for decades. We can blame Fiat for not participating I suppose, however I wouldn't put my millions into funny cars to try to promote my street cars either.
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Re: I'm done with it. Pro Stock NHRA racing over for me
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03/18/17 06:33 AM
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Its over far us MOPAR guys as is.
1970 Duster Edelbrock headed 408 5.984@112.52 422 Indy headed small block 5.982@112.56 mph 9.42@138.27
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Re: I'm done with it. Pro Stock NHRA racing over for me
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03/18/17 06:53 AM
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Guitar Jones
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It should just be called Pro Camaro.
"Follow me the wise man said, but he walked behind"
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Re: I'm done with it. Pro Stock NHRA racing over for me
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03/18/17 09:42 AM
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Steve "Fast" Jackson is going to put pro-mod back on the map for NHRA I bet. For those that don't know him he has been a radial tire racer for years with a few different combos and has raced all over the world. I don't know a ton about him but from what I have seen is is extremely popular in that circuit and would give John Force a run for his money when it comes to Interviews.
Gainseville is his first NHRA Pro-Mod race and he is qualified #1 after Q2 with a 5.78 and they(NHRA) have already been over to his pits and measured bores and checked blower overdrive lol. My Facebook feed has been lit up with updates about his Q1 position. I also stepped over to yellowbullet and found a 5 page thread about him being there and several people were buying the trial NHRA access just to check on him. It might be just the circle of stuff I pay attention to but this guy will do wonders to help the already growing popularity of Pro-Mod.
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Re: I'm done with it. Pro Stock NHRA racing over for me
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03/18/17 10:41 AM
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Stevie Fast is hilarious. His level of trash talking is on par with the best in the grudge game, and him & Phil Schuler know how to get a car down the track. He was already running pro mod in PDRA but has decided to move over to NHRA, hopefully it is enough exposure to get the pro mods onto the regular broadcast as it definitely appears that pro stock interest is waning.
I'd like to see the top level SS cars replace pro stock. At least in the first year or two of pro stock most of the cars were powertrain combinations you could buy at a dealer. Now it's so far removed that it's hard to identify with the cars. At least the SS Camaros, Mustangs and Challengers are care you can run out and purchase, and don't look like jellybeans.
'18 Ford Raptor, random motorcycles, 1968 Plymouth Fury III - 11.37 @ 118
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Re: I'm done with it. Pro Stock NHRA racing over for me
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03/18/17 12:10 PM
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Not even a 16 car field ? Pro Stock as MR. WONDERFULL says, is dead to me.
it's ok to butt heads, just don't do it with a butthead
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Re: I'm done with it. Pro Stock NHRA racing over for me
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03/18/17 12:27 PM
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They totally killed it for me when they went FI... before that, they had some of the closest ets top to bottom that I can remember seeing in a long time.
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Re: I'm done with it. Pro Stock NHRA racing over for me
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03/18/17 12:29 PM
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Steve's video about hossin' the gas on Keith Szabo is epic!
I might even start paying attention to Pro Mod.
Hate to say it, but the EFI and RPM limit Monte claimed would save the class seemed to have been the death knell.
"Everybody funny, now you funny too."
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Re: I'm done with it. Pro Stock NHRA racing over for me
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03/18/17 01:15 PM
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I'm finally off work for Topeka this year. And usually have tickets reserved by now. But I' dragging my feet this year. Not sure if it's worth going anymore. I usually do Topeka, but someone said tickets at the gate went from $48 to $58 this year! I'm out!
'63 Dodge 330 11.19 @ 121 mph Pump gas, n/a, through the mufflers on street tires with 3.54's. 3,600 lbs. 10.01 @ 133mph with a 250 shot of nitrous an a splash of race gas. 1.36 60 ft. 3,700 lbs.
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Re: I'm done with it. Pro Stock NHRA racing over for me
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03/18/17 01:35 PM
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Roughbird72
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I pretty much gave up being interested in the NHRA pro classes years ago. The last U.S. Nationals I went to was in 2007 and it's only a 2 hour drive away. When Pro Mod started it was pretty much the death nail for Pro Stock ... IMO. As stated many times before, Fiat isn't interested in putting $$$ into racing programs. I've pretty much gone to and enjoy watching the NMCA,Nostalgia and Heads Up/Radial racing.
72 Plymouth Roadrunner 11.08@123.25
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