Pro Stock Mt. Rushmore ? (11 Viewers)

[camaro]

Who would you put on Mt. Rushmore ? The first two slots are obvious with Glidden & Johnson. Last two would be very tough. Sox, Shephard, Jenkins, Erica, Greg or Jeg. Glidden and Johnson were one man entity's while the remaining drivers were all part of an ensemble. Greg Tops everyone with pure numbers and stats. Erica and Jeg, are hands down the best drivers And Shephard, were it not for his death may have topped them all

 

[mick]

Dick Landy ..... Herb McCandless ..... Ronnie Sox ..... Bill Jenkins ..... Bob Glidden
my thinking is 'who founded what we know today', so didn't include WJ or Greg, although they are both do-it-yourself monsters of the class.

 

[none]

I always have a hard time with these. It's difficult to compare eras.

They started building Mt. Rushmore in 1927 I think. If they started today, I can't imagine that they same four faces would be there. I think that you have to add Greg, but that last one is going to be a debate.

Alan

 

[stitcherbob]

Mt Rushmore is the founding fathers, not todays greats. Therefore, it should be Da Grump, Shepherd, Glidden and Sox.
Now the question is, which order to put them in?

 

[PJ]

Mt Rushmore is the founding fathers, not todays greats. Therefore, it should be Da Grump, Shepherd, Glidden and Sox.
Now the question is, which order to put them in?

I was on board with the founding fathers line of thinking and your choices but then Roosevelt isn't a founder and really Lincoln isn't either. So while I thought it was an easier and smarter way to cut the nominees in half, now I question it


Glidden no doubt belongs if we do founder or all-time.

While I agree Shepherd would likely have been way up there in win totals (and effect Glidden's number) was his career long enough?

Grump, Sox, WJ, Anderson and Erica would battle it out to join Glidden. With Lee, Jeg and Nicholson just outside.


Screw it, we do top 10 in points, our drag racing Mt Rushmore should have 10. It will still be difficult. But it's much easier leaving out #11 then it is #5

 

[ironpony]

IMO I can agree with all except Erica, all the others developed components, Erica is just a great driver.

 

[TSK]

Don Carlton.

 

[65 Goatboy]

Darrell Alderman and Jeg Coughlin Jr.

 

[stitcherbob]

I was on board with the founding fathers line of thinking and your choices but then Roosevelt isn't a founder and really Lincoln isn't either. So while I thought it was an easier and smarter way to cut the nominees in half, now I question it


Glidden no doubt belongs if we do founder or all-time.

While I agree Shepherd would likely have been way up there in win totals (and effect Glidden's number) was his career long enough?

Grump, Sox, WJ, Anderson and Erica would battle it out to join Glidden. With Lee, Jeg and Nicholson just outside.


Screw it, we do top 10 in points, our drag racing Mt Rushmore should have 10. It will still be difficult. But it's much easier leaving out #11 then it is #5

Ok I'll go with you. But today's PS is rife with hired drivers with clean hands who don't even know how to adjust a clutch.
Shepherd was in the clutch can while Reher and Buddy were making the horsepower. I wish his career was longer, but he made a difference while he was here.
Sox took Super Stock and turned it Pro.
Grumpy took it into another level with his small displacement tech. Went up against the all-mighty Hemi....
Glidden took PS and turned it into a successful family business. And won with multiple manufacturers. Racing was his life. He lived on racing gasoline and cigarettes.
WJ comes closest to being up there with the others. Dyno Don and Gapp & Roush made great advances too, but there's only four heads on Mt Rushmore (maybe they'll add a fifth, one with crazy hair, someday....)

 

[Randy]

Jenkins first along side Ronnie Sox. Cheating rules out some already mentioned.