ROUNDING UP THE HORSES
In 2013, Line won two national events,
finishing third in the final points. But with
the super-close nature of Pro Stock
competition and the relentless quest by
each and every team in the class to find
the tiniest performance advantage, he
and Anderson know time spent in the
dyno isn’t advantageous, it’s essential.
“OK, 10hp doesn’t sound like a lot
when you’re talking about 1,400 or
1,500, but these cars have gotten so
refined that it’s actually a ton,” Anderson
says. Top Fuel and Funny Car tuners can
bump the ignition lead a degree or two,
or up the nitro percentage a few tenths
of a point and pick up literally hundreds of
horsepower just like that, but there’s no
supercharger to spin faster on a Pro Stock
engine, no nitromethane percentage to
increase. In Pro Stock, gains still come
the old-fashioned way: in a war of attrition
centered on the dynamometer.
(MAIN) Formation
flying... Greg Anderson
(right) and fellow
Camaro driver Roger
Brogdon pull ’chutes
after a typically close
Pro Stock duel. (ABOVE
RIGHT) Erica Enders-Stevens took two wins
and sixth in points.
