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patches
Most of us that have been watching since the 70s remember how much more interest there was in the classes.personally I'm not a fan of any particular brand,I'm a fan of the sport,which in my eyes takes people to be fans.the more there are the better it is.when there was real ac's, fords,and cases mixed in it gave variety.altho at that time not many off brands could be competitive due to sheer numbers.its a shame those brands got pushed out of most major classes.pulling would be so much more interesting if the off brands could be competitive with stock blocks.simpson made the ac live at the highest level, of diesel classes,even against recast blocks..there's a reason why there's only red and green in national classes,it's not because the others are not good quality,it's not looking toward the future

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Jake Morgan

jake there was no complaining about any of this when ih was winning all the pulls now they are on the short end this is what we here.

I was complaining about the 680 cubic inch limit 20-25 years ago when IH was still at the top of the class. I got told by tons of small block Deere guys and IH guys that they weren't worried about the big block Deere. The writing has been on the wall forever for those who were willing to look. This motorsport has been HORRIBLE about looking towards the future and addressing problems BEFORE they become problems. If Prostock was knocked back to 510-540 20-25 years ago we probably wouldn't have Light Pro, 4.1 Limited Pro and 5.0 Limited Pro. We might have one of those but not all three.

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4510
jake there was no complaining about any of this when ih was winning all the pulls now they are on the short end this is what we here.

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Under_Pressure
No the same basic format has always been there. Only major change was allowing components, but things were on the current course long before that. The 680 ci thing doesn't help, but even if it were 540 or something, I don't think the costs would be drastically lower. I think probably the biggest thing was diesel supers getting more and more unreliable combined with the alcohol super revolution in the 90s- the focus for dollars and competitors looking for the top dog diesel class switched to PS. Around the same time, diesel performance/motorsports in general really took off, so pump/turbo/etc. R&D was happening beyond the traditional tractor pulling niche, most of it geared towards single-turbo inline 6s.