Larry Morgan believes the Pro Stock class should be fair to every competitor. After last weekend’s ill fated, and incomplete NHRA Arizona Nationals, the line between fair and unfair was made crystal clear.

Morgan blames a few of the leading crew chiefs in the class for bending the ear of the NHRA in terms of track preparation and other issues. In the end, he believes this has become a detriment to the class.

“You have these guys that believe they are so ahead of the time, and they sit back every session, at the back of the pack and they want natural rubber from the burnouts and don’t want [NHRA] to drag the track and do what it takes to give everyone a fair chance,” said Morgan, who has qualified in both events this season. “The first few pairs of cars out don’t benefit from a sprayed and dragged [with rubber] track.”

Larry Morgan believes the Pro Stock class should be fair to every competitor. After last weekend’s ill fated, and incomplete NHRA Arizona Nationals, the line between fair and unfair was made crystal clear.

Morgan blames a few of the leading crew chiefs in the class for bending the ear of the NHRA in terms of track preparation and other issues. In the end, he believes this has become a detriment to the class.

“You have these guys that believe they are so ahead of the time, and they sit back every session, at the back of the pack and they want natural rubber from the burnouts and don’t want [NHRA] to drag the track and do what it takes to give everyone a fair chance,” said Morgan, who has qualified in both events this season. “The first few pairs of cars out don’t benefit from a sprayed and dragged [with rubber] track.”

Because of this, Morgan believes this enables the cars in the back of the pack to benefit from the shortcomings of those who open each session.

“John Nobile leaves the starting line and it’s like he’s got a clutch in the car from the 1980s,” Morgan said. “Again, these guys in the back – those crew chiefs – Rob Downing, Terry Adams and Mark Ingersoll, they want the rubber from those first cars out. There are times the NHRA ought to flip around the qualifying order sometime and see how those guys like it.”

Morgan says when the shoe is on the other foot, those same teams will place blame everywhere but in the proper spot. He’s witnessed blame put on everything from clutch to the car itself.

“Those guys are living in denial,” Morgan said. “They are only facing what those first guys have to run on and they want to blame everything else on the car. It’s not the car. We’ve got to make it fair for everyone.”

The problem, Morgan believes, goes well beyond the early track prep and into the top end preparation, another area he feels where the NHRA is listening to these same crew chiefs. The big picture is the NHRA is forced to prep the track two different ways for professional classes the follow one another.

Two different methods of track prep doesn’t make sense to Morgan.

Morgan believes making a unified prep for the two diametrically opposite styles of racing hurts both classes. If they have to prep according to the nitro cars, the Pro Stockers suffer and vice versa.

“The NHRA has to stop at 1000 foot prepping the track and I understand why they have to do it,” Morgan explained. “It’s for the fuel cars and I understand that because I have friends in the nitro classes and I don’t want them tearing up tires and getting hurt.

“That’s why we need a wing in these cars. The idiots that we race against, they all know everything and don’t want to do that. But yet they want to fuss about the traction.  We’ve got a real double-edge sword going on in our class.”

The double-edge sword, Morgan believes, is prone to cut anyone as it did Vinny Deceglie and Gordie Rivera, the two Pro Stock drivers who crashed at Firebird Int'l Raceway during the NHRA Arizona Nationals.

“If they didn’t have as much under the hood, they’d find a way to get down the track,” Morgan said. “I don’t blame the NHRA.”

Morgan says the new edict handed down by the NHRA increasing wicker size is just one move in the right direction. Furthermore, requiring more weight on the rear of the Pro Stockers will only enhance the aforementioned wicker adjustment. He wouldn't be opposed to NHRA shortening the Pro Stock division to 1,000 feet either.

“We’re going to have to have a three-quarter wicker and weigh 1090 on the rear,” Morgan explained. “There are cars out there running 1050 on the rear, and they’ve changed their shocks and springs down, to get the car just barely out of control on the top end. The NHRA stepped up, told them how it was going to be and that’s how it should be.”

In terms of track prep and safety Morgan feels it is time the sanctioning body takes charge of the situation and instead of listening to just a few, it’s time they look at the big picture for everyone in the class.

“I can tell you, I hate being in those first pairs of cars out,” said Morgan, referring to both qualifying and eliminations. “It’s just embarrassing and it can’t be a good experience for the fans either. It’s high time we fix this and make it fair for everyone.”