Sunday, following KB Racing's second consecutive 2017 Pro Stock victory, Greg Anderson proclaimed the official factory hot rod division was not dead.

Just because the class isn't dead doesn't mean there isn't at least one aspect he'd like to see change.

Anderson prefers a class which isn't overrun with one body style and make.

"I wish there was the Big Three for sure, plus some of the other manufacturers," Anderson admitted. "I wish there were all kinds of them duking it out. That’s the way it used to be in the old days. That was fun, and people loved that. I wish I could change it. I don’t have the answer for it. It’s just, right now, this particular year, this is the way it’s going to be."

This season only three non-Chevrolet Camaro racers have qualified in both events, with those three racing Dodge Darts. In comparison, during the 2007 NHRA Winternationals, there were five Chrysler bodied entries, seven of the defunct Pontiac brand and four Chevrolets.

This year teams have barely filled a sixteen-car field while a decade ago there were 24 entries at the same event.

Anderson hopes other manufacturers will better see the value of a naturally aspirated division showcasing cars similar to those their racing brethren run in NASCAR.

Hopefully by next year the other manufacturers get things different in their organizations and decide they need to do this again or want to do this again," Anderson said. "I think it’s a great avenue for them to learn technology for their race cars for the road, for the street. And that’s why General Motors is still in it. They don’t have Mopar [factory support] to race against in Pro Stock, they don’t have Ford to race against, but they still learn for their street cars. There’s technology gained every day.

"We work together with their engineers and try all kinds of different things, and it does translate back to things they do to developing things on their new cars down the road. So, it’s still a benefit to them. But, yes, I wish I could wave my magic wand and have the big three back out here. Toyota is obviously involved in Funny Car; I would love to see them in Pro Stock. And the other manufacturers. I’d love to see that. But I don’t have a magic wand. I wish I did."

Anderson will need a magic wand to get Toyota involved in much the same way they are in NASCAR. Sources inside the push to get Toyota involved in Pro Stock have confirmed the manufacturer has zero interest in this style of racing. The 500-inch engine platform just isn't conducive to the business model, the same sources confirm.

Anderson will readily admit, with the exception the first few years of Pro Stock, teams heavily favor the Chevrolet. Even when Bob Glidden and the Ford brand dominated the pounds per cubic inch format, winning titles in 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980, the Fords, Mopars and American Motors entries were still in the minority.

”There’s definitely been more Chevrolet’s for many years," Anderson said. "When Bob had the Ford deal there, that was the number one team. There was only one of them, but it was still the number one team. It might as well have been ten teams.

“It’s just a little bit different now. I always favored Chevrolet; I don’t know why that is. I think it’s a bigger car company I guess. There are more followers to that one than there are the other ones. It’s no different than your computer companies or whatever. If you’re in a bigger company, you probably have more people use your computer. And it just kind of has worked that way over the years. There’s nothing big about it. They can all compete, they can all win. It’s just the odds are a little bit higher being in Chevrolet."

Reportedly, NHRA has fielded questions recently from at least one racer of a non-Chevrolet brand seeking a weight break to be competitive. Anderson said such a move isn't necessary, nor should it be.

“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the Chrysler engines," Anderson said. "Obviously they’ve proven they can win championships, they can run fast. There’s nothing wrong with that engine. It’s just something went wrong last year with the people that were using it. But there’s nothing wrong with the hard parts. They’re all designed, they all know what the others have.

"And there’s been plenty of cross-over where people have bought Chevrolet’s one year, Mopar the next year, maybe a Ford the next year. There’s plenty of crossover. They all know what the hard parts are, the block, the cylinder heads, that we have to use from the manufacturer. It’s all very similar right now. You should be able to make any one of those run just as well as the other."

But for some reason, in this Monkey-see, monkey-do world of drag racing, no one is willing to be another kind of animal other than the current pack of Chevrolet Camaro Pro Stockers.