Total NHRA B.S.! Any engine make in Pro Stock.

[machoneman]

Wow, in late 2017, those idiots at NHRA changed the rules that have been in effect since the very beginning of the class. Now, any engine make can be used in any body. Well, the first of these abortions made its 2019 debut at the Route 66 Nationals in Joliet, IL as Elite Motorsports fielded a BBC powered 2018 Ford Mustang.

The shame of it all! Only Chevies have won the title since 2012 (last time was a Mopar) and now many have already said they'd dump their Chevy bodies for the more aerodynamic Mustang.  The horror! All those great Ford Pro Stock winners must be ashamed these days.

I guess it was inevitable as the NHRA's staff has messed up so much of this once fine sport. Outlawing Ford's 385 series block due to bore spacing in Top Fuel and Funny Car. The 1,000' rule. Unnecessary rules for lower class cars. No money payouts for all but the Pro Classes. And now this final slap in the face.

No more NHRA for me. No sir! Eff-em all!

[JamesonRacing]

Don't think it's a big deal.  The PS engines have all been pretty much the same anyway, very little resemblance to factory engines.

[e philpott]

Not new news and yes they did , when asked about it he said just not enough parts available to make the Ford engine competitive . by that I assume not enough choices in deck height , seems the GM guys have 5 different deck heights to choose from and Mopars have 2 different heights and Ford has 1 choice ….. the deck height affect the runner length and some lengths are better than others in certain conditions and in certain combos

[BattlestarGalactic]

Just like top fuel and funny car.  It's just a sticker on the body to say what it is, but all powered the same.

There is nothing FORD or CHEVY about any of these pro stock motors that anyone would be able to walk up and see the difference.  40 yrs ago,  yes.

[Falcon67]

Erica put out the Mustang with the "chevy" engine this weekend, so that resulted in some satisfaction here.

[e philpott]

Unless Elite changed the Mustang body Larry Morgan complained that Ford didn't do the minimum spec on the Body and was handicapped compared to the chevys , Ford could have made the nose smaller lower , narrower ,ect ect but instead made the body in the middle of the specs . GM supports its racers better than Ford or Mopar and always have , that's a tough combo to beat

[cjshaker]

Ford said several years ago that it was getting out of drag racing and concentrating on road racing and endurance, so none of this should surprise anyone. That's the reason for the IRS in the latest Mustangs.

Pro Stock is anything BUT. A has-been class that few people are interested in anymore. I think they're the least interesting class to watch because there's no 'action'. It's like watching the middle of a Nascar big track race, where they're all bunched up, running all the same speed....except there's no crashes to keep people interested.

[fekbmax]

Erica or Jeg or both could end up in the "new" mustang body  before the year is out. Both the pro stock and funny car mustang bodies are completely new. Both are suppose to have a bit of aero advantage over the others at this time. In funny car it constantly changes as all the manufacturers are always trying to make improvements.  A couple of the mountain motor guys are putting together the new  mustang bodied cars now. PDRA is some great drag racing to see for the money. 

[TomP]

If they had done this in the 80's they'd all be in Boss 429 Camaros....

[mike7570]

looks like an egg 

[machoneman]

If they had done this in the 80's they'd all be in Boss 429 Camaros....

True!

[Falcon67]

>Both are suppose to have a bit of aero advantage over the others at this time.

Why the chevy guy was using the Mustang body.  I didn't catch who it was. 

[machoneman]

Erica Enders, Elite Motorpsorts.

[fekbmax]

Yep, owner Was driving the car.

[Falcon67]

Erica Enders, Elite Motorpsorts.

No, Richard Freeman - she took out the boss.  He out ran her but was late as hell on the tree.  .004 slow at the 60', .001 quicker at the 330' mark on the track but .137 behind on the start so give that up. 

LANE   DRIVER   CLASS   DIAL IN   RT   60 FT   330 FT   660 FT   660 FT MPH   1000 FT   ET   MPH   OV/UN
Left   Erica Enders WIN   PRO   --   .023   .979   2.760   4.222   166.89   5.494   6.566   209.75   --
Right   Richard Freeman   PRO   --   .160   .983   2.748   4.217   167.34   5.488   6.560   210.24   -