History
The National Hot Rod Association Pro Stock class emerged from the production-based Super Stock class in 1970 with a more liberal set of rules and an absence of handicaps. Rules initially favored big-block V8s but by 1972 had changed to favor small-blocks to reflect contemporary trends in the American auto industry. In 1982, the NHRA implemented a new engine formula that allowed the big-blocks to return, due to the popularity of the Mountain Motor IHRA Pro Stocks with unlimited displacement in the late 1970s. However, NHRA still limits the size of the engine to no more than 500 cubic inches(about 8,194 cubic centimetres) in displacement.
The 1972-81 small-block formula (358 cubic inches - about 5,867 cubic centimetres) would reappear from 1998 until 2001 in the Pro Stock Truck class that used compact pickup truck bodies instead of sedan bodies.
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