Richard Freeman in Pro Stock (1 Viewer)

[Dragracer]

Saw on Competition Plus that Richard Freeman is bringing a new Ford Mustang Pro Stck car to Route 66. The car looks great. With the PS engine rule you can run any engine brand in any brand car. Mustang with Chevy Elite power.? I wonder if this is just the beginning. He said the Mustang is more aerodynamic than the Camaro.

 

[Cliff]

Yeah, I wanna see this thing run, even if it is a Treason Ford (cuz it has a Chevy in it).

 

[camaro]

excellent, I hope the car does good so more will be built and I bet as the years go by no one will care what kind of motor is in the pro stock cars as is the case with the nitro funny cars

 

[ironpony]

excellent, I hope the car does good so more will be built and I bet as the years go by no one will care what kind of motor is in the pro stock cars as is the case with the nitro funny cars

fixed it for you

excellent, I hope the car does good so more will be built and I bet as the years go by no one will care ABOUT pro stock AT ALL

 

[camaro]

yeah, just like u don't care about it so much, u had to post in a pro stock thread !!!

 

[DrRocket]

http://www.competitionplus.com/drag-racing/news/richard-freeman-returns-to-ps-with-new-mustang

Here's a link for you.

 

[ironpony]

yeah, just like u don't care about it so much, u had to post in a pro stock thread !!!

truth is I do/did/do love PS but if they are going to allow this they need to be named Pro Door Car or something. Stock should not be in the class name. NA FC maybe.
FSS is much better but at the rate they are progressing it won't be long before it is out of control also.
FC is just that FUNNY.

 

[camaro]

sure, having a car match its engine type is intriguing but they apparently decided that the group of people who care about that are pretty small and for the betterment of the class they made the move. i still say a heads up category with equal rules and all out racing is what keeps my interest despite an all camaro field for me, at least!

 

[Crash]

Just kill the class already. they're just slow funny cars at this point.

 

[mikebcurve]

Slow funny cars..... wow........what? lol

 

[Crash]

Slow funny cars..... wow........what? lol

yep. Indistinct blobs that have grilles that vaguely looks like some specific car, all of them have the same motor....blah

 

[Crash]

Slow funny cars..... wow........what? lol

And, don't get me wrong, I LOVE pro stock...just not what it has become.

 

[mikebcurve]

yep. Indistinct blobs that have grilles that vaguely looks like some specific car, all of them have the same motor....blah

I respect your opinion but I never thought of them like that. I certainly wish they would have kept them looking stock but I appreciate how amazing they are past the surface.

 

[nwspeedshots]

Me...? I love 'em all. I even like the classes that go quiet at sixty feet. Racing is racing.

 

[lp66me]

Didn't Jeff "Izzy" Isbell run a Mustang a couple races in the west the first of this year? Believe it had K&N on the side of it.

 

[ironpony]

Didn't Jeff "Izzy" Isbell run a Mustang a couple races in the west the first of this year? Believe it had K&N on the side of it.

I think he was trying to run Ford power, Freeman is ?? running Chevy power we are assuming. The Mustang is more aerodynamic they say and IIRC the Mopar was the slickest??

 

[Sean D, shondoo]

truth is I do/did/do love PS but if they are going to allow this they need to be named Pro Door Car or something. Stock should not be in the class name. NA FC maybe.
FSS is much better but at the rate they are progressing it won't be long before it is out of control also.
FC is just that FUNNY.

This is the point I was trying to make earlier in another thread. Pro Stock has lost their identity as being a factory hot rod as originally intended and marketed/portrayed. There's simply no avoiding how awesome the combination is, though. What they're doing on 500 inches without a power-adder of any kind is nothing short of phenomenal, and I think engine gurus from all walks of life would attest to that. As long as there is enough participant, sponsor and fan interest to keep the class afloat, I say let 'em eat. But re-brand them. Whether it be something like you said with NA FC, NAX (Naturally Aspirated Extreme), just do it. They're not Pro Stockers anymore.

Sean D

 

[TK]

^ Good point and Normally Aspirated Extreme (NAX) is appropriate.

 

[James]

I thought Isbell was running the entire PS season?

 

[ironpony]

This is the point I was trying to make earlier in another thread. Pro Stock has lost their identity as being a factory hot rod as originally intended and marketed/portrayed. There's simply no avoiding how awesome the combination is, though. What they're doing on 500 inches without a power-adder of any kind is nothing short of phenomenal, and I think engine gurus from all walks of life would attest to that. As long as there is enough participant, sponsor and fan interest to keep the class afloat, I say let 'em eat. But re-brand them. Whether it be something like you said with NA FC, NAX (Naturally Aspirated Extreme), just do it. They're not Pro Stockers anymore.

Sean D

So, FSS is in the 7's and PS is in the 6.'s
If you were to take the existing FSS engine and put in a PS which is 1000 lbs lighter what would it run??.
1000lbs, 1 second faster?? old rule of thumb 1/10 per 100 lbs.
This is what Alan Johnson suggested so at least there would be a reasonable resemblance to "stock".