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Originally Posted by Bob Don
Congrats to Adam for being #1. Nice going!
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Yeah, not many Pontiac powered stick cars still competing. JB Clegg has the only other one I can think of right off the bat.
I still occasionally think of my 1st Pontiac hero, Truman Fields. Won the '73 US Nats, and set a new nat record, with his '68 RA2 stick Bird. The car won again a few years later, with a different driver. Another trivia fact is that the runner up that year was also Pontiac powered, and it was his 3rd US Nats RU in a row. That may still be a record.
http://www.risesales.com/pages/Dragr.../t_fields.html
http://www.competitionplus.com/compe...-amateur-video
"... Mick Leiferman probably holds the record for Indy frustration? He reached the Stock final three straight years (1975, 1976, 1977) and finished as runner-up all three times. He has never won the U.S. Nationals..."
Nowadays, it's tuff to be competitive with a stick. But, it IS lots of fun.
Adam has said he might try a 350HO engine this season. Lookin forward to seeing how much he can get out of it.