justafan
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Rickie Smith Goes Turbo, Teams With Petty and Pro Line (1 Viewer)
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vegasnitro
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Stevie Fast has been saying to anyone that listens that Pro Mod is going to be all turbo cars in 2 years. Rickie changing over is a BIG deal, and likely the first of several to make the change.
justafan
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You are right Chris, it is a BIG deal! As Rickie points out in the article, unless the NHRA does something help the nitrous cars (reducing weight and/or increasing cubic inches), which they haven't, they will become a thing of the past in Pro Mod. And now with Rickie and Khalid running turbos, the only 2 nitrous cars left from last year are Chad Green and Bob Rahaim. Team Galot is now teaming up with Pro Line and Steve Petty, they are going to run Pro Chargers in their 2 cars in the Pro Boost class in the PDRA. I know that the NHRA is considering allowing them to run in 2020.
https://www.dragzine.com/news/galot-pro-line-team-for-procharger-pro-boost-effort-in-2019/
https://www.dragzine.com/news/galot-pro-line-team-for-procharger-pro-boost-effort-in-2019/
vegasnitro
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I don't think it is only nitrous cars making the change. You are going to see some blower cars make the change too. Once that starts happening, then it cascades into everyone running turbos in very short order, and a lot of cars sitting on the sidelines. Rickie said he is spending 100s of thousands of dollars to make the change, not everyone can do that.
Sean D, shondoo
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I really hope the NHRA addresses this ASAP. They've done a good job keeping parity in that class up to this point.
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Chili
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It’s going to be hard to reduce the weight on a nitrous car and increasing the engine size will help but more than anything they need to slow down the other combinations. The current nitrous combination is close to being maxed out performance wise. They just need to restrict the blower overdrive and turbos boost as needed to keep them in the high 5.60s, low 5.70s. This isn’t the first time that Ricky has purchased a turbo car. The last one was sold to Stevenson prior to it hitting the track. I also saw a rumor somewhere that Bob Rahaim might not be out as much this year or at all. That would leave just Chad Green as the lone nitrous regular. It will be interesting to see if the pro charger makes it way into the mix. That combination has some serious potential.
Nick Name
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Same here.I just can't get excited about drag racing cars with turbos. When the blown cars are gone then I will not be watching pro mod.
stitcherbob
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make the turbos run full exhaust out the back....mufflers if you want to really be nasty
DrRocket
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And each driver must gain at least 25 pounds...
stitcherbob
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no problem....got that covered easy
....but if it's in bags of M&M's then the reaction times may go down, leading to an unfair advantage again
Dennis
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And it's funny because I'm not really a fan of nitrous cars. (not that I don't like them, just not sad if they go). But then again, for some weird reason I like anything with a high pitched whine like blown alky, turbos and jets. Weird, I know.I just can't get excited about drag racing cars with turbos. When the blown cars are gone then I will not be watching pro mod.
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