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Why NHRA “Factory Stock” Is The Hottest Class In Drag Racing!

When it comes to muscle car bragging rights, nothing beats a good ol’ drag race to settle the score. This is nothing new, as production car drag racing has been going on since the 1950s and ’60s. Around 1970, Pro Stock was born and the performance escalated quickly. Today, the Big Three are still at it, and the showcase for this performance is the School of Automotive Machinists Factory Stock Showdown.

Fans of modern muscle will be instantly attracted to these insane, often unpredictable, and blindingly quick, low 8-second Factory Stockers that eclipse 170 mph. FSS is nothing short of pure, heads-up competition between Chevrolet COPO Camaros, Dodge Challenger Drag Paks, and fierce Cobra Jet Mustangs. Each of these are factory-built, strip-only cars that represent the ultimate in technology and performance, using production-style engines while retaining the street-car look.

Now in its 7th season, the series has evolved into a 7-race series where qualifiers compete for cash, an event champion jacket, the coveted “Wally” trophy, and NHRA national championship points. NHRA Stock Eliminator rules apply, which means the cars must be full weight (3,350 lbs with driver), have a full interior, and they must use 9-inch slicks. To run deep 8s, the factories have pieced together specific engine and transmission combinations to give these machines additional muscle—lots of additional muscle. In fact, the top cars are producing over 1,200 horsepower!

The formula has produced parity among the brands and excitement from qualifying to the final round. On average, nearly 30 racers show up for just 16 spots, so even qualifying is an accomplishment. Competitors range from average sportsman racers to a slew of professional racers, including Top Fuel pilot Leah Pritchett, Pro Stock’s Eric Enders, former Pro Stock drivers Allen Johnson and Mark Pawuk, and other notable sportsman standouts including Chris Holbrook, Bruno Massel, Chuck Watson Sr., and David Barton.

The most recent event was held this past weekend in Norwalk, Ohio (June 22 – 24, 2018) at the NHRA Summit Equipment Nationals. Amazingly, just one week after winning his first NHRA Factory Showdown event in Bristol, Tennessee, Mopar driver Joe Welch proved victorious again with his white Dodge called “The Vigilante.”

Welch produced a stout 8.09/169.00 mph pass in the rain-shortened qualifying to claim the pole before running the table in eliminations. In fact, Welch, Mark Pawuk, Leah Pritchett and Allen Johnson swept the top four qualifying spots with Dodge Challengers. Right behind the Mopars were Scott Liebersher (8.150/167 mph) in at COPO Camaro; Chuck Watson Sr. (8.152/169.25) mph; Stephen Bell (8.171/167.91 mph) and rounding out the top 8 was Aaron Stanfield who ran 8.184 at 167.05 mph.

But even qualifying at the top is no guarantee; it takes smart “race craft” and great lights to go rounds. With 1,200 hp on tap, every lap in a Showdown car is a challenge. There’s a fine line between out-of-control wheelie, spinning off the line, and the perfect launch when pouring the coals to one of these machines.

Piecing it all together is no easy task either. Just ask Chuck Watson Sr. who made the quickest lap of the entire event in Round 2 (8.075/169 mph), but lost on a holeshot (0.081 to 0.098) to Mark Pawuk who ran 8.091 to take the win by just 0.001.

After three hard-fought rounds, Welch and Pawuk prepared for the all-Dodge final. On green it was Welch out of the gate first (0.028 to 0.031) and he was able to hang on, scoring an 8.104 at 169.02 mph to best Mark “The Cowboy” Pawuk’s 8.115.166 mph effort by just 0.011-second to score his second win.

“Just like last week [in Bristol], we were struggling; something in our performance was falling off and I don’t know what it was,” said Welch, who uses engines supplied by Mike Moran. “I don’t know if our engine is getting tired or what. In the last round the times were off, but my guys did a great job getting the car together. I like the power we have, but we had more when we started racing in Bristol. I have about 40-45 runs on this engine and it needs to be freshened.”

Norwalk SAM Tech Factory Stock Qualifying

Psn.: Driver: Hometown: Car: ET: mph: top speed: 1 Joseph Welch Long Boat Key, FL ’15 Challenger 8.092 169 169.3 2 Mark Pawuk Akron, OH ’15 Challenger 8.102 169.06 169.08 3 Leah Pritchett Danville, IL ’15 Challenger 8.117 170.02 170.02 4 Allen Johnson Greeneville, IN ’15 Challenger 8.144 168.96 168.96 5 Scott Libersher Wilmington, IL ’15 Camaro 8.15 167.95 167.95 6 Chuck Watson Grosse Ile, MI ’16 Mustang 8.152 169.25 169.25 7 Stephen Bell Shreveport, LA ’18 Camaro 8.171 167.91 167.91 8 Aaron Stanfield Bossier City, LA ’15 Camaro 8.184 167.05 167.05 9 David Barton Robensia, PA ’18 Camaro 8.184 165.09 165.09 10 Arthur Kohn Richmond, TX ’18 Camaro 8.198 166.39 166.39 11 Leonard Libersher Wilmington, IL ’15 Camaro 8.211 166.81 166.81 12 Carl Tasca Cranston, RI ’16 Mustang 8.218 166.83 166.83 13 Pete Gasko Jr. Monroe Twp., NJ ’18 Camaro 8.227 166.93 166.93 14 Waldemar Rodriguez Cidra, PR ’15 Camaro 8.259 166.17 166.17 15 Clay Arnett Hartsville, IN ’15 Camaro 8.271 164.71 164.71 16 Kevin Skinner Grove City, OH ’16 Mustang 8.283 164.13 164.13

Not Qualified

17 Dan Condon Wilmington, IL ’18 Camaro 8.298 165.6 165.6 18 Doug Hamp York, PA ’17 Camaro 8.298 164.07 164.07 19 Jason Dietsch Edgerton, OH ’16 Mustang 8.31 167.01 167.01 20 David Janac Caldwell, TX ’18 Camaro 8.349 164.25 164.25 21 Robert Falcone Pleasant Valley, NY ’16 Camaro 8.356 164.67 164.67 22 Randy Taylor Artesia, NM ’17 Camaro 8.391 165.05 165.05 23 Randy Eakins Sikeston, MO ’16 Mustang 8.393 163.37 163.37 24 Dan Stevenson Bolingbrook, IL ’18 Camaro 8.543 161.4 161.4 25 Chris Holbrook Livonia, MI ’14 Mustang 8.596 164.23 164.55 26 Jesse Alexandra West Bend, WI ’17 CamarO 8.647 158.87 158.87 27 Bruno Massel Elmhurst, IL ’18 Camaro 11.985 75.38 75.38

2018 School Of Automotive Machinists & Technology Schedule

March 15-18* Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals Gainesville, FL April 27-29* NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Charlotte, NC June 15-17* NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals Bristol, TN June 21-24 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals Norwalk, OH Aug. 29-Sept. 3 Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Indy Sept. 21-23 AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals St. Louis Oct. 4-7 AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals Dallas

* previous completed event

The SAM Tech Factory Stock Showdown is made up of Dodge Challengers, COPO Camaros, and Ford Performance Cobra Jet Mustangs. The cars look stock but run 8.0s at 170 mph.

Joe Welch went wire to wire in Norwalk, qualifying number one and then winning the event. Welch also won the previous FSS race in Bristol, TN, making this two in a row.

After a long hiatus from drag racing, Mark “The Cowboy” Pawuk returned to drive a Dodge Challenger Drag Pak in Factory Stock competition. In this, his second race, Pawuk qualified second with an 8.102 at 169.06 mph and he scored a runner-up finish.

Chuck Watson Sr. made the quickest pass of the weekend in his 2016 Cobra Jet Ford. Watson qualified fifth, ran 8.07/169 mph in the second round, but unfortunately lost on a holeshot to eventual runner-up Mark Pawuk.

Scott Liebersher slipped into the fifth position with his Ray Barton-powered COPO Camaro. His Chevy ran strong, but Liebersher lost a super-tight race to Welch in the semi-finals (8.12 to 8.13).

There are a handful of legal engine combinations, but there are three that seem to outshine the rest. One is the Ford 5.2L Cobra Jet engine. The Ford is the smallest in displacement and the only manufacturer to use overhead cams. Making boost is an intercooled 2.9L Whipple supercharger.

COPO Camaros use a 350-cube LS with the same 2.9L Whipple blower.

Dodge has the most cubic inches at 354, and with the corporate Hemi head it can make roughly 1,200 horsepower.

Aaron Stanfield (near lane) defeated the better-qualified Dodge of Allen Johnson in the quarter-finals. Stanfield used a 0.010 light and 8.158 at 167 to get past Johnson who redlighted.

In this epic match, Mark Pawuk used a slight holeshot (0.081 to 0.098) and an 8.091 at 169.19 to defeat Chuck Watson Sr. who ran 8.075 at 169.81 mph. Margin at the stripe was just 0.001.

Most hot rodders know the name “Tasca” as a famous car dealer from Rhode Island. This is Carl Tasca, son of Bob Tasca, who competes in FSS with a 2016 Cobra Jet. Tasca qualified 12th at 8.21 but was a First-round casualty.

In round two, Stephen Bell out-ran the better-qualified Dodge of Leah Pritchett (8.13 to 8.17).

Former Pro Stock racer Allen Johnson had his Dodge Drag Pak hooking hard and turning quick times. After a rough start to the season, the qualified fourth and went a couple of rounds.

Racing in his home state of Ohio, Mark “The Cowboy” Pawuk was a hit with fans of all ages.

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