The Dawn of Pro Stock

Customer Reviews

Best ON-track and OFF-track action... Review by -a-d-

Started reading this book soon as it arrived. This was a great flash back to eponymous era. Really enjoyed seeing not just on track action like burnouts and side-by-side racing, but also the behind-the-scenes and off-track action as well, such as drivers and mechanics working tirelessly to repair their rides, towing action, family involvement. It was also very neat to see some tie-in to racers who still are involved today. Finally, to add a true touch from the seventies era, depictions of full page ads from that time were also included. Overall, very informative, very descriptive and chalked full of pictures making it easy to feel like I was really there! (Posted on 2/23/13)

Brings Back Great Memories of Drag Racing Review by Michael

This book is filled with professional and fan photographs of the Pro Stock cars and drivers. The photographs alone make this book worth while. But in addition the author highlights the first drivers to move from Super Stock or Funny Cars into the Pro Stock class of Drag Racing. Hidden within these snippets of driver history are the class and regulation changes that the NHRA implemented over the course of this decade. These changes of course necessitated a modification of the cars too stay competitive or even compete. I was a fan and member of NHRA Drag Racing events and spent ever weekend the raceway was open in the pits and watching the races. I even raced in the late seventies in the Street Class and then later the Super Street Class. It was an exciting time and I think this short book catches a bit of that. (Posted on 2/14/13)