Pro Stock Mountain Motor Series

Posted on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 by Roger

Mountain Motor Pro Stock Racing’s Early Years – CompetitionPlus – December 30, 2012

1st installment – 2nd installment – Conclusion

 

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About Roger

Driver of our '57 Chev from 1972-2019, Vietnam veteran (A Troop, 3/17th Air Cavalry Scout helicopter Line Chief and later Cobra Periodic Inspection team leader), retired ASE rated automotive mechanic. Roger became involved in drag racing during his high school days and after his stint in the Army ran E & F/MP [Modified Production] here in Division 6 before switching to bracket racing when the '57 became obsolete for class racing. He often raced at Puyallup, Kent-Pacific Raceways, Bremerton, Portland & the original Mission, B.C. track.
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5 Responses to Pro Stock Mountain Motor Series

  1. Paul Young says:
    Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 4:44 pm

    Pretty cool articles, crazy how the guys like Sonny, Musi & Trick Rickie are still hard at work trying to continually revolutionize the mountain motor classes with turbos, efi, nitrous, etc.

  2. Roger says:
    Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 2:58 pm

    This is a very well written history on the development of the big-inch Pro Stocks in IHRA. Yes, the IHRA did shame the NHRA to move to the 500 cubic-inch standard that remains today because the IHRA class was stealing their thunder, plain and simple.

    Personally, I always enjoyed the small-block Pro Stocks but the class was becoming very cumbersome with the various and ever changing weight breaks. Much like Pro Stock Motorcycle today.

  3. CHRIS YOUNG says:
    Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 7:00 pm

    Very good article! I have to wonder who is going to step up after Musi, Sonny, Smith, Fultin and some of the older Guy’s quit building these motors? They are responsable for the cost becoming somewhat affordable for guy’s in top sportsman and the quick bracket cars. You don’t really see the younger generation learning how to make power, they just go buy it..

  4. Butch says:
    Monday, January 21, 2013 at 11:08 pm

    That is very true Chris. I have often said that about good machine shops. When we get a street build or bracket build, 99% of the time some machine work is needed, and all the good shops are men over 50 years old. Who is going to take over when they retire???? The machines cost so much, My valve machine and seat machine is about $15k now but the ones they use are pushing $50k and makes my stones look like a relic but I’m happy to have mine, as it does as good of a job just more time consuming

    These big cubic inch engines are crazy. It does lower the cost it seems, probably a lot due to the valve train not getting the snot beat out of it at 10k+

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