Photos by Mike Burghardt
Words by NHRA Communications
The extreme racing of the NHRA Factory Stock Showdown is returning for the 2016 season with four stops on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series including a new stop at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio.
This season will mark the fifth year of the program that was designed to showcase the Chevrolet COPO Camaro, Ford Mustang Cobra Jet and the Dodge Mopar Challenger Drag Pak.
The Factory Stock Showdown will kick off at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway in Gainesville, Fla., March 17-20, then head north for the NHRA Summernationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J., June 9-12. The third race will take place at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio, June 23-26, with the final event happening at the birthplace of the program, the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, Labor Day weekend, August 31 through September 21.
Details concerning the format and rules for these events will be posted on NHRARacer.com in the near future.
Headquartered in Glendora, Calif., NHRA is the primary sanctioning body for the sport of drag racing in the United States. NHRA presents 24 national events featuring the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series and NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series. NHRA provides competition opportunities for drivers of all levels in the NHRA Summit Racing Series and the NHRA Drags: Street Legal Style presented by AAA. NHRA also offers NHRA Jr. Street program for teens and the Summit Racing Jr. Drag Racing League for youth ages 5 to 17.
Attention NHRA, this is how Pro Stock use to look like – actual production cars, not carbon fiber jelly beans on wheels.
Here is a race car division that has huge appeal across the country
Watch other sanctioning bodies quickly adopt this same format.
The old nhra spectacle has grown old and boring while it bankrupts every last racer.
Sponsors are dropping them in droves as there is no connection between the race and selling on Monday.
This division has the potential to turn into 32 + car fields at every event and generate match races that fill the stands.
I am a shitload more interested in seeing this class than all of the new old EFI pro stock retreads, That show is OVER!