(Vintage photos by Bob Boudreau) – I was pretty shocked and happily so at the response my recent story about the history of pro stock and the fact that only 61 people have ever won in the class’s now 46 year history. Over the years we have published nearly 20,000 stories and I have written a lot of them about drag racing stuff, history, etc. This one really struck a nerve more than most in that genre and it was fun to both educate and enlighten people as to what the actual history of pro stock racing looks like. Winning a pro stock race is one of the most difficult things in the world of motorsports to do. The numbers bear it out and they also bear out that there have been an incredibly talented and driven group of people that have raced the class over the years.

So some of you were wondering who the 61 people that have ever won in pro stock were and what order they fell in. Well, because I am a dork of epic proportions, here’s the list as I have compiled it of the 61 winners in the history of NHRA pro stock:

The list of NHRA pro stock winners in order of their first win –

1. Bill Jenkins

2. Ronnie Sox

3. Dick Landy

4. Herb McCandless

5. Don Nicholson

6. Mike Fons

7. Don Carlton

8. Ray Allen

9. Butch Leal

10. Bob Glidden

11. Wayne Gapp

12. Wally Booth

13. Larry Lombardo

14. Lee Shepherd

15. Frank Iaconio

16. Richie Zul

17. Randy Humphrey

18. Warren Johnson

19. Bruce Allen

20. Joe Lepone

21. Don Campanello

22. Don Beverly

23. Jerry Eckman

24. Tony Christian

25. Morris Johnson Jr.

26. Harry Scribner

27. Darrell Alderman

28. Larry Morgan

29. Kenny Delco

30. Mark Pawuk

31. Scott Geoffrion

32. Rickie Smith

33. Kurt Johnson

34. Steve Schmidt

35. Jim Yates

36. Mark Osborne

37. Mike Edwards

38. Chuck Harris

39. Tom Martino

40. Jeg Coughlin Jr.

41. Mike Thomas

42. Richie Stevens Jr.

43. Allen Johnson

44. V. Gaines

45. Ron Krisher

46. Troy Coughlin

47. Greg Anderson

48. George Marnell

49. Jason Line

50. Dave Connolly

51. Justin Humphreys

52. Greg Stanfield

53. Shane Gray

54. Vincent Nobile

55. Erica Enders

56. Roger Brogdon

57. Rickie Jones

58. Jimmy Alund

59.  Jon Gray

60. Chris McGaha

61. Drew Skillman