Who decides what rules are in place in NHRA Pro Stock? Do the drivers get a say in it? Are the people making the decisions, actual car/engine people like us? I assume the rules changes in Pro Stock were simply done for money reasons. Seems to me they are saving money on the front just to lose it on the back. I say 'losing' because I don't know a single person that likes Pro Stock - if they don't like it, they aren't buying tickets. I know that is a poor way to come to a conclusion, but the volume of people I interact with is probably a little above average and quite large.
If I was making the rules, I would let them have full reign over the ECU. Sure it would be a 'spec' ECU, but let them change everything - by 'everything', I mean the tune. Are they allowed this much at least? I should know this, but I don't.
RPM limit? hell no. Let the valve springs dictate rpm!
I still love Pro Stock (it is my favorite), but I just don't invest my time in it anymore. Will I continue to go to the US Nationals every year (been going since 1990), absolutely! I will be glued to my seat for Pro Stock and go to the bathroom and get beer refills when pro stock hawg is next up.