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oldskool · 12-17-2021, 12:48 AM

Here's a quote from another article I read, about the '72 Stock Elim class.

"...if you ran a Stocker in 1972, not only weren't you allowed such basic amenities as headers, slicks, racing cams, and manifolds, but you also had to drive the car to the track instead of trailering it..."

I also thought this was interesting. I'd mentioned that all the class records were set to a minimum, at the beginning of the '72 season. It seems that they were quite soft. Don't know if this was a minimum, or a record a racer had set.

" Some of those early 1972 Stock Class records were easy targets.
I found photo's of my friend running a 1970 Plymouth Superbird 440/375 HP in
A/SA (9.00 - 9.99 wt/hp)
Window shoe-polished with a 13.12 in April 1972."

Here's a video from the 1972 World Finals race, @ Amarillo. The winning Stocker was a '72 C/SA Buick, which won the All-Buick final. That Stock final begins @ the 10:45 point of the video. That Buick was the C/SA record holder & won most of the races that year.

https://bangshift.com/bangshift1320/...-world-finals/

Here's a pictorial video about that Buick. There is a very interesting pic @ the 3:20 point. If I understand it correctly, it says that Truman Fields won @ the Summer Nats & @ Indy, but was disqualified from both wins because of tires. I've never heard of that before. I've even posted a pic of Truman & his '68 Bird in the Summer Nats winners circle.

There is a pic of an M&H tire ad, showing that the Buick ran M&H treaded street tires that season. They are exactly the same tires I ran during my '73 season.

12-17-2021, 12:48 AM	#8
oldskool VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: The Land of Bayous, Boudin & Crawfish Posts: 1,668 Likes: 223 Liked 747 Times in 362 Posts	Re: 1972 ONLY NHRA Stock Eliminator Here's a quote from another article I read, about the '72 Stock Elim class. "...if you ran a Stocker in 1972, not only weren't you allowed such basic amenities as headers, slicks, racing cams, and manifolds, but you also had to drive the car to the track instead of trailering it..." I also thought this was interesting. I'd mentioned that all the class records were set to a minimum, at the beginning of the '72 season. It seems that they were quite soft. Don't know if this was a minimum, or a record a racer had set. " Some of those early 1972 Stock Class records were easy targets. I found photo's of my friend running a 1970 Plymouth Superbird 440/375 HP in A/SA (9.00 - 9.99 wt/hp) Window shoe-polished with a 13.12 in April 1972." Here's a video from the 1972 World Finals race, @ Amarillo. The winning Stocker was a '72 C/SA Buick, which won the All-Buick final. That Stock final begins @ the 10:45 point of the video. That Buick was the C/SA record holder & won most of the races that year. https://bangshift.com/bangshift1320/...-world-finals/ Here's a pictorial video about that Buick. There is a very interesting pic @ the 3:20 point. If I understand it correctly, it says that Truman Fields won @ the Summer Nats & @ Indy, but was disqualified from both wins because of tires. I've never heard of that before. I've even posted a pic of Truman & his '68 Bird in the Summer Nats winners circle. There is a pic of an M&H tire ad, showing that the Buick ran M&H treaded street tires that season. They are exactly the same tires I ran during my '73 season. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by oldskool; 12-17-2021 at 02:13 AM.