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.
”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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