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
Pro Stock Mt. Rushmore ?
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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
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
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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?
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
65 Goatboy
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Darrell Alderman and Jeg Coughlin Jr.
stitcherbob
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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.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
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....)
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u might have to carve in an asterisk next to one of those names
Sox, Jenkins, Glidden, Shepherd. That's the order in which those four won their first Pro Stock race. Don't put the modern-day champions in with them; they're great champs in their own right but these four are the pioneers that will always be remembered, not Anderson, Enders or Coughlin.
Slightly unrelated topic - when discussing Pro Stock runs, this one (Pomona 2014, semifinal) sticks out in my head more than any other and led to Erica Enders' first Championship. Dave Reiff and Mike Dunn absolutely lost it on this one.
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Speaking of Darrell Alderman, whatever happened to him?
ZWeinstein
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Just like any Mt. Rushmore conversation there will be locks and there will be some that barely make the cut. I personally feel like Pro Stock is the "easiest" to come up with four but the fifth one is the debate.
My personal four are Warren Johnson, Bob Glidden, Greg Anderson, Grumpy Jenkins with Erica being the 5th choice. WJ with all of his technical innovations in the shop, the wins and championships, the performance barriers he busted and not to mention the fact that the DRCE engines that he helped design are still used in the class to this day. Bob Glidden's record speaks for itself. What he accomplished with his family while proudly carrying the Ford banner was unmatched for a long time. Greg Anderson because his fingerprints have been involved with countless victories and championships for the better part of 40 years as a driver, crew member, crew chief, engine builder, tuner. I've always wanted to ask Lewis Bloom, how many race wins and championships has he had some part in. And Grumpy Jenkins for being the godfather of the class and what he did in the early years behind the wheel and behind the wrenches. Of course with Jenkins there may be consideration for Ronnie Sox as well. As far as Erica goes, when her Pro Stock career is all said and done, she may crack the top four. Outside of Jeg I believe one of the best pure drivers ever in the class. Not to mention the barriers she has busted down by being a woman.
My personal four are Warren Johnson, Bob Glidden, Greg Anderson, Grumpy Jenkins with Erica being the 5th choice. WJ with all of his technical innovations in the shop, the wins and championships, the performance barriers he busted and not to mention the fact that the DRCE engines that he helped design are still used in the class to this day. Bob Glidden's record speaks for itself. What he accomplished with his family while proudly carrying the Ford banner was unmatched for a long time. Greg Anderson because his fingerprints have been involved with countless victories and championships for the better part of 40 years as a driver, crew member, crew chief, engine builder, tuner. I've always wanted to ask Lewis Bloom, how many race wins and championships has he had some part in. And Grumpy Jenkins for being the godfather of the class and what he did in the early years behind the wheel and behind the wrenches. Of course with Jenkins there may be consideration for Ronnie Sox as well. As far as Erica goes, when her Pro Stock career is all said and done, she may crack the top four. Outside of Jeg I believe one of the best pure drivers ever in the class. Not to mention the barriers she has busted down by being a woman.
MM
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Runs a construction company in Kentucky last I heard.
"if they started today...." Actually it's unfinished as-is. Work stopped on in it in early 1941 with the eye for gearing up for WW2, and the work never re-started after the war was over.
Glidden and WJ first. I believe they well outpaced Sox in wins and championships. As much as I think Erica could be the most talented driver ever, I have a lot of respect for the engineering and development aspect many others contributed so I wouldn’t include her. And I’m a fan!
