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Old 02-20-2018, 10:14 AM   #7
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Default Re: 1978 Regal Turbo

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Originally Posted by Buick6 View Post
Just looked at the classification guide and noticed the 1978 Regal Turbo took a big hit from being a U/SA to a P/SA car.That's a big difference. The "gift" is gone on this one I guess.
This occurred back in the mid-eighties.

A Jim Deter from Indiana took his 78 turbo Regal (car was blue) to the Springnationals in U/SA, and qualified number 1 at about 1.5 seconds under. (That far under back then was unheard of.)

It was immediately hit and he ended up in Q.
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