Pro-Stock going "silhouette" racing?

There is a lot of things about current day NHRA racing that I'm not real enthused about it, but I still very much like the sound of power that the nitro cars and pro stock have.

I have a lot of memories from 40 years ago about how it was that I like a whole lot more than how it is today.

I first went to the Indy Nationals in 77. In 77 they qualified 32 cars for top fuel. Modified eliminator ran a lot of powerful high winding stick shift cars. Pro stock was still in the pounds per inch era, so some of those cars would really rev too.

It started changing in 82. The new pro stock rules mandated 500 inch engines and minimum weight of 2350 lb. for everybody, no matter what brand. Which was good in the respect that it motivated a lot of people to try and run pro stock. There must have been 50 cars show up to try to qualify for the 16 car field.

But also in '82 they dropped modified eliminator and replaced it with super gas, a big step backwards that pissed off a lot of people.

I went to Indy for 30 years in a row starting in 77. Only been back a couple times since '07, may not ever make it back.

These days I like the vintage or nostalgia stuff a lot more. Last summer I went to the meltdown drags at Byron, IL. over 500 entries, everything '66 and older, had a blast. Saw some cars out there I hadn't seen in 40+ years.