Big Changes coming to Pro Stock

[club]

Read the article...

You're asking a lot.

 

[Paul]

The big 3 are building more muscle type cars and wouldn't it be nice if they could use those type of cars to promote them in pro stock. I just bought a new Dodge Charger Scat Pack, it's just a hair under 500hp from the factory, this car and the Hellcat (700hp) Charger/Challenger would be great cars to use in pro stock if they look nearly the same as what you drive on the street. Unlike FC and even NASCAR where the cars really don't look like what you drive on the street, I can see the factories supporting this like they do the drag packs.

 

[Reese]

"Bigger stage" = brand new TV exposure including major network appearances???

Hey, I can dream can't I?

 

[HEMI6point1]

Rumor is now on Comp Plus as well....

 

[StockersRock]

Rumor is now on Comp Plus as well....

Ok, ok, I'll bite...

 

[StockersRock]

The big 3 are building more muscle type cars and wouldn't it be nice if they could use those type of cars to promote them in pro stock. I just bought a new Dodge Charger Scat Pack, it's just a hair under 500hp from the factory, this car and the Hellcat (700hp) Charger/Challenger would be great cars to use in pro stock if they look nearly the same as what you drive on the street. Unlike FC and even NASCAR where the cars really don't look like what you drive on the street, I can see the factories supporting this like they do the drag packs.

At the request of the factories, NASCAR has made a much more staunch push towards a better appearing car with the current generation car versus the COT, or the jelly bean cars before it. It has been successful from a public perception, so maybe the they are using that trend to drive this change.

 

[vegasnitro]

Toyota does make a 2 door Camry that you could easily drop the 4L Supercharged motor out of the Tundra and fit right in the new class rules. Nissan could use the 370Z with the twin screw GTR motor and use 6 cylinders to take on 8 from the US manufacturers, or their 8 cylinder Titan motor if the rules dictate it. If NHRA was serious, they could do like NASCAR does and give everyone the ECU when they show up at the track, so the field is somewhat level from an electronics perspective. The absolute key to this in my opinion, is that when a car rolls into the box you can tell from a mile away it is a Camaro or Mustang or whatever. If we are going to reinvent the wheel, let's get some brand identity out of it so the manufacturers get something out of being involved. Put the "Stock" back into Pro Stock if you will. Otherwise, it is a temporary fix for a permanent problem.

 

[Litefoot]

What Chris said, well put

 

[mick]

this is great news.....i could see this class one day having a tv broadcast of JUST this class....
with something like a 32 car field. i can see PS once again becoming wildly popular.
and let in any mfgr. that wants to play.

 

[TooTall999]

Doesn't sound promising for Toyota or Nissans: "three-year plan beginning in 2016 that will gradually phase out the current 500-inch Pro Stock engine in favor of the Ford, Chevy and Mopar supercharged, fuel-injected engines developed by Detroit for their current Factory Stock shootout cars." Also: "Our sources believe the NHRA will mandate a change from the current highly modified Pro Stock bodies to slightly modified from stock Mustang, Challenger, Camaro et al. bodies that will bolt up to the current Pro Stock chassis." I say keep it American!

 

[club]

I say keep it American

Yeah! Just Ford, Chevy and Fiat.

 

[Paul]

I hope Toyota sees value and decides to enter the category. More manufacturer support to the class the better. Right now Dodge is the only one supporting pro stock and that's sad.

 

[Litefoot]

Yeah, Ford USA-Mex, Chinalet moving all manifacturing to China ( heard, do not know if it is fact ) , and Dodge Fiat still being mostly made in USA and Mex

 

[vegasnitro]

Yeah! Just Ford, Chevy and Fiat.

And the Oshawa, Ontario built Camaro! And the Michigan assembled Mustang but the engine and transmission come from Windsor, Ontario! And the Brampton, Ontario built Challenger/Charger!

Meanwhile, nearly a million Camrys roll off the line in Kentucky every year out of 95% domestically sourced parts (only the electronics come from Japan). But those are Toyotas, they can't be 'Murican. Only them cars built in Canada are 'Murican!

I say let anyone in who wants in.

 

[my friends call me Zappy]

Great news, it brings the factory involvement factor back into the class like it was in the beginning. I hope NHRA allows brands like Toyota and Honda to join the fray. Most kids today understand tuning with a lap top better than working with the outdated carburetors. And why worry about the et's as they should be providing close racing with different brands no matter how quick they are running.

Sure let the imports in. It may draw the youth in. AS long as they run the SAME rules as everyone else. Don't make it a handicap class like PSM, different rules for different brands.
In a PRO class everyone runes the same rules, and let the quickest win.

 

[stitcherbob]

this, if it happens, could last as long as the manufacturers build the musclecars they are building right now....if gas goes back to $4.50 or more they will stop and it will be 1974 all over again....how many Vegas came from GM with V8 motors in them? Hemi Colts? Ford Taurus Tijuana Taxi anyone?

 

[Andy]

You got a least one billionaire...and a few millionaires in PS...probably not going to like alot of change that is going to cost them alot of change...

Love to see the faces of these guys went their cars...engine inventory is deemed worthless...OR wait..they can run Comp...or TS...LOL

Who is the billionaire?

 

[HEMI6point1]

And the Oshawa, Ontario built Camaro! And the Michigan assembled Mustang but the engine and transmission come from Windsor, Ontario! And the Brampton, Ontario built Challenger/Charger!

Meanwhile, nearly a million Camrys roll off the line in Kentucky every year out of 95% domestically sourced parts (only the electronics come from Japan). But those are Toyotas, they can't be 'Murican. Only them cars built in Canada are 'Murican!

I say let anyone in who wants in.

The difference is, while a Camry is made here, the profits go back to Japan. When you buy a Oshawa-built Camaro, the profits stay here in America.

Just an FYI....

 

[Paul]

Who is the billionaire?

Think he is referring to Johnny Gray.

 

[vegasnitro]

The difference is, while a Camry is made here, the profits go back to Japan. When you buy a Oshawa-built Camaro, the profits stay here in America.

Just an FYI....

A little thought exercise, then I will leave it alone. Which is better for John Q American:

A) Foreign company pays thousands of American workers, who pay taxes and buy houses, etc. But the company they work for banks the profits offshore.

B) Domestic company moves as many of it's jobs offshore as it can, but banks it's profits here.

(lest anyone think I am crapping on "American" car companies, this applies to many companies in many industries. Think Apple and Nike, most consider them American companies)