600-INCH PRO STOCK?
Wed, 2008-02-13 08:23
Stop the presses, three-time champion Greg Anderson confirmed
that he’s a fan of raising the 26-year old cubic inch ceiling of
500-inches for the Pro Stock division.
”I always want to go faster,” Anderson said. “I'm a fan of faster is better. I think Pro Stock is neat, it's interesting, it's great competition but I love the fact that they get faster every year. We work awful hard to find 15 horsepower, that's a good year. A gain of 15 horsepower -- boy you could pull in 600 cubic and pull 200 more horsepower -- so I'd be all about that.
Stop the presses, three-time champion Greg Anderson confirmed
that he’s a fan of raising the 26-year old cubic inch ceiling of
500-inches for the Pro Stock division.
”I always want to go faster,” Anderson said. “I'm a fan of faster is better. I think Pro Stock is neat, it's interesting, it's great competition but I love the fact that they get faster every year. We work awful hard to find 15 horsepower, that's a good year. A gain of 15 horsepower -- boy you could pull in 600 cubic and pull 200 more horsepower -- so I'd be all about that.
The NHRA first adopted the 500-inch “mountain motors” in 1982 after losing the Pro Stock media market share to the lesser financed IHRA Mountain Motor Pro Stockers that were firmly entrenched in the seven-second zone. The IHRA Pro Stockers are within two-tenths of the five-second zone presently.
Here’s a bit of trivia. Did you know Greg Anderson was a crew chief when the first ever 500-inch race was contested in February 1982? He wrenched John Hagen to the 13th spot in the field and a quarter-final finish.
”I always want to go faster,” Anderson said. “I'm a fan of faster is better. I think Pro Stock is neat, it's interesting, it's great competition but I love the fact that they get faster every year. We work awful hard to find 15 horsepower, that's a good year. A gain of 15 horsepower -- boy you could pull in 600 cubic and pull 200 more horsepower -- so I'd be all about that.
Greg Anderson admitted with 600-inch engines that NHRA could be in the 6.20s. Ironically, Kurt Johnson, in the opposite lane, would prefer to have larger displacement as well.
”I always want to go faster,” Anderson said. “I'm a fan of faster is better. I think Pro Stock is neat, it's interesting, it's great competition but I love the fact that they get faster every year. We work awful hard to find 15 horsepower, that's a good year. A gain of 15 horsepower -- boy you could pull in 600 cubic and pull 200 more horsepower -- so I'd be all about that.
The NHRA first adopted the 500-inch “mountain motors” in 1982 after losing the Pro Stock media market share to the lesser financed IHRA Mountain Motor Pro Stockers that were firmly entrenched in the seven-second zone. The IHRA Pro Stockers are within two-tenths of the five-second zone presently.
Here’s a bit of trivia. Did you know Greg Anderson was a crew chief when the first ever 500-inch race was contested in February 1982? He wrenched John Hagen to the 13th spot in the field and a quarter-final finish.
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