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Mountain Motor Pro Stock Exhibition Passes at Indy
- Thread starter justafan
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My prediction:
NHRA has these exhibition passes
Fans demand it be included in the big show
NHRA adds them to regular Pro Stock
The Mopars and Fords start kicking ass
weight is added to them to "even the playing field"
Mopar and Ford bow out again
Pro stock remains as boring and on life support as before this happened
NHRA has these exhibition passes
Fans demand it be included in the big show
NHRA adds them to regular Pro Stock
The Mopars and Fords start kicking ass
weight is added to them to "even the playing field"
Mopar and Ford bow out again
Pro stock remains as boring and on life support as before this happened
Weight hasn't been added to a Pro Stock car since 1982. How long does it usually take you to get passed something?
Bob Glidden won 5 titles in the 80's for Ford. No penalty
Darrell Alderman won 3 in the 90's for MOPAR. No penalty
Allen Johnson and Jeggie won titles in 2012 and 2013 for MOPAR. No penalty
Like Princess Elsa said, "Let it go."
Alan
I wasn't referring to previous actions taken or not taken by the sanctioning body....it was tongue in cheek observations about level playing fields.
I know nothing of weight being added to any one. My argument in any of this was the RPM change if anything.
I always admired the inventiveness of drag racers to find an edge....creative interpretation of the rulebook. That gets lost under the thumb of the sanctioning body.
Why would Ford and Mopar leave if they were being treated fairly and evenly? What keeps GM in the game? And why would Mopar or Ford sponsor a race where any of their cars are powered by a GM motor?
BTW, as far as letting something go, anytime I remember my favorite PS team (Wayne County) winning the championships, I get inundated by cries of "foul" and "nitrous"!
Kudos to Allen Johnson and Jeg for bringing the Championship back for us Mopar guys
I know nothing of weight being added to any one. My argument in any of this was the RPM change if anything.
I always admired the inventiveness of drag racers to find an edge....creative interpretation of the rulebook. That gets lost under the thumb of the sanctioning body.
Why would Ford and Mopar leave if they were being treated fairly and evenly? What keeps GM in the game? And why would Mopar or Ford sponsor a race where any of their cars are powered by a GM motor?
BTW, as far as letting something go, anytime I remember my favorite PS team (Wayne County) winning the championships, I get inundated by cries of "foul" and "nitrous"!
Kudos to Allen Johnson and Jeg for bringing the Championship back for us Mopar guys
Gee, it seems like I've heard that somewhere before.........
My concern is, and it's not really a concern, is that these cars come in for this exhibition and throw down some .20's, getting everybody excited, then if/when they get mixed in get 200-300 pounds put on them to back them into the 500-inch cars, making the exhibition inaccurate.
Again, not really a big deal I guess, but I would think if the ultimate goal is to merge them with the 500-inchers, why not exhibit them in the fashion they will be competing in if that indeed happens.
Sean D
My concern is, and it's not really a concern, is that these cars come in for this exhibition and throw down some .20's, getting everybody excited, then if/when they get mixed in get 200-300 pounds put on them to back them into the 500-inch cars, making the exhibition inaccurate.
Again, not really a big deal I guess, but I would think if the ultimate goal is to merge them with the 500-inchers, why not exhibit them in the fashion they will be competing in if that indeed happens.
Sean D
Maybe not since 500 cubic inch rule but before that :
http://competitionplus.com/drag-racing/news/1488-encore-pounds-cubic-headache-the-days-500-inch-ps
http://competitionplus.com/drag-racing/news/1488-encore-pounds-cubic-headache-the-days-500-inch-ps
have doubts about MMPS's coming into nhra PS and suddenly making the class popular again. IMO there are just too many classes to enjoy these
days at about every half second interval, whether nhra classes or other. example: why would i want to spectate top sportsman, pro mod, then pro stock, back to back to back? a few years back after comp. eliminator, the next closest car that didn't have dragsters in the class too was pro stock. it was the ONLY really fast door slammer class at
a national event. they stood out. they were fun to watch......now there are super stock cars in the 7's and the factory stock cars that IMO are waaay more exciting to watch.
there's just too much. IMO the nhra was on the right track 1 or 2 years ago when they wanted to cut the PS events......good luck with the experiment. for the sake of
the few touring PS teams
days at about every half second interval, whether nhra classes or other. example: why would i want to spectate top sportsman, pro mod, then pro stock, back to back to back? a few years back after comp. eliminator, the next closest car that didn't have dragsters in the class too was pro stock. it was the ONLY really fast door slammer class at
a national event. they stood out. they were fun to watch......now there are super stock cars in the 7's and the factory stock cars that IMO are waaay more exciting to watch.
there's just too much. IMO the nhra was on the right track 1 or 2 years ago when they wanted to cut the PS events......good luck with the experiment. for the sake of
the few touring PS teams
