Don,
A couple of the IHRA modified Corvettes you probably remember are the ones of Wayne Allison and Dane Pearson. There were others but I can't recall their names.
Allison still runs his I think in IHRA div2 and I heard through the grapevine that Dane Pearson is putting something together.
Doyle Evans of Jacksonville NC has a 66ish Vette with a small cid sbc that runs in modified also.
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Originally Posted by Bench Racer
Back in the 80's IHRA was thick with corvettes. The (wish it was back) modified production class had its share of 11,000 rpm, heavy flywheeled screamers. I always figured if the fuel pump quit on the launch the stored inertia of them boat anchor flywheels would at least push the car past the 60 foot mark lol. There were several in super stock both production (ihra) style and formula 4 (nhra) style engines. Butch Williams SS/CA, Johnny Mcguirt SS/FA, Ham Smith ?SS/CA were all big blocks from Heintz racing. Another impressive big block vette was a production engine (I think) 454 that belonged to Wayne Dollyhigh. Wayne had a prosthetic leg and maybe by necessity or not would stage and leave off idle. That car was a front end toting monster that would have to have been one fun ride! Steve McCreary also has a unique early 60's small block. They were several more but due to senility and the coffee has not fully kicked in I can't recall their names at this time. Don Jackson
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