![]() ![]() Those include Pomona, which starts and ends each season, Las Vegas and Charlotte, with three other venues to be named later. It’s been reportedly discussed that the dates chosen for elimination would be at tracks that have two races each year. That last might have to be changed if NHRA foolishly goes with the rumored decision to lock Pro Stock out of six races next year. Nationals each year, whereas the Pro Bike Shootout - now with naming rights taken by Mickey Thompson Tires - occurs in Sonoma at the Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals, and the K&N Horsepower Challenge for Pro Stock occurs each spring during the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals on the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. NHRA holds a race within a race for all four of its professional Mello Yello classes: the Traxxas Nitro Shootouts for Top Fuel and Funny Car take place at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. It’s very seldom that NHRA does any marketing for Pro Stock and the class has languished without a tiller. The sanctioning body claimed, when moving to FOX television for its broadcasts, that showcasing the factory hotrods was part of the rationale, but to date the coverage has been spotty at best. With diminished entries – those entry fees do help pay the bill – NHRA has been at a loss to do anything for Pro Stock. Suffice to say it didn’t work out at all for Elite, who went back to wearing bowties this year. Prior to the announcement, two-time and reigning Pro Stock champions Elite Motorsport elected to switch from Chevy to Mopar. That’s a very short lead time, and the two results were 1) fewer racers able to heed the bell for the start of the 2016 campaign and 2) a lack of parity between the two manufacturers. Significantly, these mechanical and aerodynamic changes were announced in late July 2015, with the updates mandated to begin with the first race of the succeeding season, in February.
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