Early years of Mountain Motor Pro Stock Racing

[Bobby Bennett]

With the large displacement cars coming into NHRA, if you're interested in how this style of racing affected all of Pro Stock, here's a three-part series.

Warren Johnson praised those early years of Pro Stock in the IHRA citing, the experience taught him how to win.

ENCORE - MOUNTAIN MOTOR PRO STOCK RACING'S EARLY YEARS | Competition Plus

Ted Jones had an open-door policy with IHRA founder Larry Carrier, and while he tried to not wear out his welcome, on a fall day in 1976 he couldn’t resist bringing his idea to the boss. Jones was the VP of Competition for the five-year-old sanctioning body, and little did he know that his...

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THE ORIGINAL PRO NITROUS CARS - AHRA PRO STOCK

ENCORE - THE ORIGINAL PRO NITROUS: THE AHRA PRO STOCKERS | Competition Plus

Originally published February 2003

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THE EARLY DAYS OF 500-INCH PRO STOCK

ENCORE - THE EARLY DAYS OF 500-INCH PRO STOCK | Competition Plus

The cover blurb on the October 22, 1981 issue of National DRAGSTER said it all. 1982 Rules: Pro Stock Revamped. The NHRA decided they’d had their fill of the pounds-per-cubic-inch format which had defined the Pro Stock division since its inception in 1970. The continual factoring of the leading...

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POUNDS-PER-CUBIC HEADACHE

ENCORE - POUNDS PER CUBIC HEADACHE - THE DAYS BEFORE 500-INCH PS | Competition Plus

We all take for granted that Pro Stock has been a simple formula. Today, those that participate in the class carry a common weight of 2,350 pounds in a two-door American made coupe no older than five years old with the source of motivation coming from an engine that displaces 500-cubic inches...

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[Cliff]

Thanks Bobby. You always have great articles on compplus. Just for yuks & grins, was trying to remember who was the first 7 second Pro/S & I think it was Dyno Don Nicholson, in a match race Mustang.