Thinking outside the box
Consider this:
The only motor approved for Top Fuel and Fuel Funny Car in NHRA racing has Chrysler Hemi specs. No Chevys need apply (Ford is building a Chrysler Hemi "clone" for John Force's cars, currently.) Chrysler Hemis have dominated Top Fuel and Funny Car racing almost since it was invented.
Arias makes a Hemi head for a Chevy, but it hasn't ever been very successful, and it LOOKS just like a Mopar engine. They say that imitation is he most sincere form of flattery. 8)
Mopar OWNS Top Fuel and Fuel Funny Car... no question.
NHRA's Pro Stock Eliminator is not a Mopar stronghold although at most NHRA national events. there will be at least five Mopars in the top 16 qualifiers. Occasionally, they will win one. That could change overnight, as they are usually only a hundredth or two off the winning time, and qualify in the #1 position, frequently.
Super Stock: The quickest and fastest "legitimate" Super Stockers in existence are the factory-issued 1968 Hemi Barracudas and Darts that are SO fast that NHRA created a class just for them (SS/AH.) Nobody (not G.M. nor Ford) has ever built a car that can run anywhere close to them... They OWN Super Stock, when it comes to "fast." The only cars in S/S that are faster are the ex-Modified Eliminator cars that were put into S/S when Modified Eliminator was cancelled, and they run off pounds-per-cubic inch rules, not pounds-per-horsepower, so it's not a direct comparison.
Stock Eliminator: The Louisiana-based 1970 Hemi GTX of Ronnie West, and the East Coast's David Barton "NASCAR" (single 4bbl) Hemi Dodge are the quickest A/SA cars in the country.
The new classes ("AA/S" and "AA/SA") have yet to produce a dominating car, but John Shaul's Stage III Wedge '64 Savoy is usually the quickest car in the class, wherever he races (and, he races all over the place.)
Competition Eliminator: It's a crapshoot, with everything from weirdo 4-cylinder boat motors and turbocharged V6s ruling the roost from time-to-time, so, there's no particular "make" domination there...
In NHRA drag racing, it would seem to me, at least, that yes, it really IS a Chrysler world... even though Chevys make up something like 77-percent of the entries. The Mopars are just hard to beat...
Of course, NHRA drag racing is only a small part of the whole spectrum of the automotive world, (and again, this is only my opinion...) but, I don't think its significance can be overlooked.
My 2-cents...
Bill, in Conway, Arkansas
Consider this:
The only motor approved for Top Fuel and Fuel Funny Car in NHRA racing has Chrysler Hemi specs. No Chevys need apply (Ford is building a Chrysler Hemi "clone" for John Force's cars, currently.) Chrysler Hemis have dominated Top Fuel and Funny Car racing almost since it was invented.
Arias makes a Hemi head for a Chevy, but it hasn't ever been very successful, and it LOOKS just like a Mopar engine. They say that imitation is he most sincere form of flattery. 8)
Mopar OWNS Top Fuel and Fuel Funny Car... no question.
NHRA's Pro Stock Eliminator is not a Mopar stronghold although at most NHRA national events. there will be at least five Mopars in the top 16 qualifiers. Occasionally, they will win one. That could change overnight, as they are usually only a hundredth or two off the winning time, and qualify in the #1 position, frequently.
Super Stock: The quickest and fastest "legitimate" Super Stockers in existence are the factory-issued 1968 Hemi Barracudas and Darts that are SO fast that NHRA created a class just for them (SS/AH.) Nobody (not G.M. nor Ford) has ever built a car that can run anywhere close to them... They OWN Super Stock, when it comes to "fast." The only cars in S/S that are faster are the ex-Modified Eliminator cars that were put into S/S when Modified Eliminator was cancelled, and they run off pounds-per-cubic inch rules, not pounds-per-horsepower, so it's not a direct comparison.
Stock Eliminator: The Louisiana-based 1970 Hemi GTX of Ronnie West, and the East Coast's David Barton "NASCAR" (single 4bbl) Hemi Dodge are the quickest A/SA cars in the country.
The new classes ("AA/S" and "AA/SA") have yet to produce a dominating car, but John Shaul's Stage III Wedge '64 Savoy is usually the quickest car in the class, wherever he races (and, he races all over the place.)
Competition Eliminator: It's a crapshoot, with everything from weirdo 4-cylinder boat motors and turbocharged V6s ruling the roost from time-to-time, so, there's no particular "make" domination there...
In NHRA drag racing, it would seem to me, at least, that yes, it really IS a Chrysler world... even though Chevys make up something like 77-percent of the entries. The Mopars are just hard to beat...
Of course, NHRA drag racing is only a small part of the whole spectrum of the automotive world, (and again, this is only my opinion...) but, I don't think its significance can be overlooked.
My 2-cents...
Bill, in Conway, Arkansas