Below is a link to the whole artcle, I posted the things I thought were key points from the article. Very crazy to think of these cars getting into the 5's in the 1/4 !
Looks like forced induction is starting to take over.
http://www.dragracingonline.com/burksblast/vi_10-1.html
When I heard the new rules that were being proposed for the 2005 NHRA AMS Pro Mod series that would essentially eliminate nitrous oxide-injected combinations by taking 100 lbs. off the minimum weight for blown cars and increase the maximum overdrive to 29 percent, penalize any car with current body styles by adding 100 lbs. to their minimum weight, and, if the rumors are true, would legalize turbocharged engine combinations, I freaked.
Basically these rules if adopted by the guys in charge would sooner than later turn NHRA Pro Mod into a five-second blown or turbocharged class.
I especially got worried about the rumored turbo rule when I heard that Stephan Papadakis recently ran a 6.541/211.73 in a 183 cubic inch, twin turbocharged, V-6 powered Don Ness built Honda Civic then backed it up with a 6.55 !
Yeah, let's up the overdrive, reduce the weight and allow turbos, and everyone will be in the fives. Turbocharged engines in the hands of guys like Howard Moon, Chuck Ford, Darren Mayer or Jim Oddy won't be faster than any other combination, will they?
If they weren't it would be the first time in the history of auto racing that turbos didn't dominate a class once let in.