NHRA Pro Stock Camaro

Team Summit’s Greg Anderson currently races a Chevy Camaro in the NHRA’s Pro Stock class. New rules will give him more body and engine options. (Image/Summit Racing)

At the request of the race teams, NHRA Pro Stock competitors will be allowed to run any NHRA-accepted body and engine combination for the 2018 season, NHRA officials announced.

That means teams can run a Chevy motor in a Dodge body or a Dodge motor in a Chevy body, or (gasp!) a Ford motor in a Chevy body.

As long as the body and engine are NHRA-approved, you can drive it in Pro Stock. In other words, next year’s Pro Stock class just got really, really interesting.

NHRA officials hope this move will create more diversity within the class. The field is currently dominated by Chevy Camaros. In fact, the last non-Chevy to win Pro Stock was a Dodge Avenger driven by Allen Johnson in 2012.

In addition to Dodge, Ford’s Mustang may return to NHRA Pro Stock competition.

According to the NHRA announcement, the current rules stipulate the following:

“Body choice must be from a 2009 or later NHRA-accepted 2-door or 4-door coupe or sedan (domestic or foreign) production vehicle. Body, drivetrain, chassis, etc. may not be altered, modified, or relocated, except as outlined in Requirements & Specifications in the Rulebook. Minimum weight at conclusion of run: 2,350 pounds, including driver. Minimum weight on the rear axle at conclusion of run: 1,100 pounds, including driver.

“The engine still must be an internal-combustion, reciprocating, naturally aspirated, single camshaft, 90-degree V-8 (i.e., cylinder bank must be at a 45-degree angle from the camshaft/crankshaft centerline, creating a combined 90-degree angle) automotive-type engine with a maximum 500 cid. Aftermarket blocks permitted if designed and cast with OEM approval, and currently accepted by NHRA.”

This engine/body news comes on the heels of NHRA’s announcement that it is re-instating the 16-car field. (A move that reverses an earlier decision to reduce the number of cars competing in Pro Stock in select events on the 2018 calendar.)

You can read more about the decision in this story from our friends at BangShift.

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