Has anyone else here who works for someone get a raise that big in the last 12 years? Do you sell something that you now charge of 120% more for in the last 12 years, I know I don't. If you want a new one with one color paint, you are gonna need about 127K. Probably with some more computer options and electric shocks which we didn't get, the price would have been about 58K. It was a steel roof and quarters car that was very time consuming to build. The millionaire playground in which drag racers play is saturated with guys with a lot of money, and the top builders say this is the price take it or leave it.īack in 1995 our RJ Cutlass was 50K, just bring your engine trans and clutch and leave the shop and put it in the water box. The only reason these chassis builders can demand such high prices is because they get away with it. The ADRC Pro Stock Championship can be seen live and free on 7+ around Australia, and will be featured in highlight specials on 7mate.įor more of the latest motorsport news pick up the current issue of Auto Action.The cost of a new Pro car has skyrocketed in the last 12 years. The highly anticipated joint venture will have its first showing at the Heathcote raceway on October 1-2 of this year. We’ve done okay so far, and it sure would be nice to get the first championship in this new era.” “We’ve still got some refining to do and it can go a touch quicker. We’re one of the newest teams, but we are also ready to commit to events around the country,” said Dekert. “There’s 20 odd Pro Stock teams around the country right now who want opportunities to go racing, and more championship events for Pro Stock is going to be great for the class. Rob Dekert, another of the Pro Stock heavy hitters, having just made headlines with eye openly slick 6.88s pass, is understandably over the moon about firing up his Pontiac GXP. “Everyone loves to watch Top Fuel and I’ve seen the people they are bringing to the sport, the idea of following them and having some fun sounds good to me,” Soldatos says of the prospect. “At the moment we are tinkering with the car but honestly we don’t have a real lot to do other than going and running it! “As a team owner, I’m looking for good tracks to run on, that’s all I want, just somewhere to race,” Soldatos said. Pro Stock drivers across the board are amped about the prospect of the extra racing packed into their season, with Chris Soldatos, a decade long veteran of the category, keen for the prospect of racing at new venues. The Pro Stock racers will join the ADRC at Heathcote in October. We’ll treat them with respect, put on an awesome event, and showcase them in the best drag racing broadcast in Australia. “All the teams need to do is turn up and put on a great show. “The ADRC Pro Stock Championship is going to feature some of the best and hardest working Pro Stock team from around Australia,” Says Lopez. Top Fuel Championship contender Andy Lopez has joined the excited chorus in welcoming the top class Pro Stock machines to the ADRC. It’s fantastic to see Pro Stock race where we want to, without limitation.” Some teams will do both! Like the Top Fuel guys have been saying … more racing, more fans, more tracks. ![]() “With three rounds, the ADRC Pro Stock Championship is certainly fast and furious, and we’re excited that Pro Stock is racing in the 400 Thunder series too. We don’t have to choose between one series or another,” said Ridgeway, the Pro Stock Association president. “The Top Fuel promoters told us to just get out and race where it works for the racers. Peter Ridgeway has been involved in Pro Stock racing for 30 years as an engine builder, team owner, and champion driver he was also the first Pro Stock driver to pass under seven seconds in national competition, recording a 6.99s pass in his Holden Monaro, recording a speed of 313.45kph. The news of the Pro Stocks joining up with the Top Doorslammer and Top Fuel Motorcycles, provides an even greater spectacle and package for Australia’s ever-growing Horsepower festival circuit, whether it be for the live fans, TV audiences, or the racers themselves. The rounds for the Pro Stock currently announced are the Heathcote Park Raceway (VIC), the new drag strip at The Bend (SA), Sydney Dragway (NSW), and hopefully in Top Fuel’s New Year Nitro event at Willowbank (QLD).Īmongst Aussie drag racing fanatics, the naturally aspirated sedans have gained a cult following due to the extremely close-run nature of the racing, offering a refined and precise spectacle of high speed orchestration, providing a surefire spectacle along with the heavy metal octane of the Top Fuel dragsters. Date posted: JAustralia’s Pro Stock racers will be joining the Australian Drag Racing Championship (ADRC) alongside the Top Doorslammer and Top Fuel Motorcycles at selected Championship events in the country it has been announced.
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