PRO STOCK CHEVY-HEMI HEADS FOR PRO MOD

The Agent was informed that a couple of very prominent West Coast supercharged Chevy Pro Mod racers are currently testing Sonny Leonard's Chevy Hemi heads for use on their Pro Mods. These are true Chevy Hemi heads (see DRO Nov. 2003 issue for a complete

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tech story on the heads and engine) and if they work as good as in dyno testing, these Chevy heads will replace the Chrysler hemi-heads one of the racers is currently running. [9-27-2004]

PRO MODS NOT LEGAL FOR FIVE-SECOND PASSES

There has been some talk about the possibility of five-second Pro Modifieds in NHRA competition, especially if new rules are made for NHRA Pro Mods that could result in 2600-lb supercharged Pro Modified cars and raising the allowable maximum overdrive to 29 percent from the current 20 percent maximum as mandated by IHRA. According to several chassis builders that DRO has contacted, current NHRA/IHRA Pro Mod chassis are certified for e.t.'s no lower than six-oh. So, for current Pro Mods to be legal for five-second passes the SFI would have to write a new set of specs and the racers would possibly have to build new cars. [9-27-2004]

'B'IS FOR BUS

While covering the NHRA National Open over the weekend at Los Angeles County Raceway, DRO West Coast Editor Darr Hawthorne spotted one of SoCal's best kept secrets. The guy who has probably stitched and embroidered more patches and names on drag fan jackets than any other; Big Black Broke Bill Bailey's latest bus.

Bailey and LACR owner Bernie Longjohn are longtime friends and the founding member of the 5B Club has been building his new altered wheelbase bus out there in the dry high desert climate. [9-27-2004]