NHRA Pro Stock Rule Change Draws Mixed Reaction

NHRA Pro Stock Rule Change Draws Mixed Reaction Icon Sports Wire - Getty Images A decade after ditching hood scoops and implementing Electronic Fuel Injection (EFI), the NHRA is doing an about face with the Pro Stock class. But not every driver thinks the move will result in what the Technical Department is promoting—parity, lower costs, and increased participation. EFI will remain, hood scoops will return in 2027, and the single forward-facing throttle body will give way to two top-mounted four-barrel-style throttle bodies.

In layman’s terms, “it's a total waste of money for all of the teams,” according to KB Titan Racing megateam principal and Pro Stock driver Eric Latino. Latino, prefacing his remarks by emphasizing that they aren’t intended to sound arrogant, contended that the performance gap his organization has on rival Elite Motorsports and any other team will be the same unless other teams use the same work ethic his does. “I’m just telling the truth,” he said.

“Some of the teams have tested with the throttle bodies up top and hood scoop and picked up 15 horsepower so far,” he said. “You know how well the KB Titan cars perform. So, if the other teams are picking up 15 horsepower, do they not think that we will also pick up 15 horsepower or more?

We will spend about $50,000 per car and be no further ahead. Eric Lation of KB Titan Racing. Icon Sportswire - Getty Images “These other teams need to understand that the KB Titan team is the hardest-working Pro Stock team out there and no matter what the rules are, we will always outwork all of the other teams and will continue to dominate until they learn or commit to work just as hard as our guys do.