1977 NHRA Records

TOM KASCH · 06-24-2019, 10:14 AM

Comp:

Modifed:

SS /aa-ca

SS da-ua

stock stick :

Stock auto;

DeuceCoupe · 06-26-2019, 11:07 AM

It looks like the last 2 sheets are Super-Stock Manual car and Stock-Class automatic?

Under what I think is SS/C=7.00 (the classes got cut off that page) it says 64 Fairlane (at 132.35mph), it looks like the Thunderbolts had returned by then?

I forgot how many SS/ classes there were by then but sure it a lot of cars on that page. I don't have a 1977 rule book so just guessing.

The last page shows a 72 Comet under X/SA=23.00 class. That specs out to a 200i6-1bbl Comet with 91 net HP. Was NHRA actually mixing GROSS hp (1955-1971) with NET hp (1972-up) in those days? That would make for some funny factoring.

EDIT: Tom thanks for the Comet picture and posting SS/AA-SS/UA also. The classes are still cut off the1st page but easy to figure out, they're just SS/A-SS/U stick classes. Makes sense.

TOM KASCH · 06-27-2019, 03:36 PM

Here is McElroy & Doolittles car 1977

oldskool · 08-27-2021, 02:48 PM

Apparently, these were the records at the beginning of '77, since the latest records were set in Nov of '76.

The reason I noticed this is because I knew that the H-O Racing Specialties SD455 T/A set the SS/KA record at 11.31, in March of '77. But when I looked for it, that class rec was "Minimum".

06-24-2019, 10:14 AM	#1
TOM KASCH VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: TOLEDO,OHIO Posts: 1,735 Likes: 0 Liked 241 Times in 100 Posts	1977 NHRA Records Comp: Modifed: SS /aa-ca SS da-ua stock stick : Stock auto;

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DeuceCoupe Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 274 Likes: 98 Liked 48 Times in 44 Posts	Re: 1977 NHRA Records It looks like the last 2 sheets are Super-Stock Manual car and Stock-Class automatic? Under what I think is SS/C=7.00 (the classes got cut off that page) it says 64 Fairlane (at 132.35mph), it looks like the Thunderbolts had returned by then? I forgot how many SS/ classes there were by then but sure it a lot of cars on that page. I don't have a 1977 rule book so just guessing. The last page shows a 72 Comet under X/SA=23.00 class. That specs out to a 200i6-1bbl Comet with 91 net HP. Was NHRA actually mixing GROSS hp (1955-1971) with NET hp (1972-up) in those days? That would make for some funny factoring. EDIT: Tom thanks for the Comet picture and posting SS/AA-SS/UA also. The classes are still cut off the1st page but easy to figure out, they're just SS/A-SS/U stick classes. Makes sense. Last edited by DeuceCoupe; 06-27-2019 at 11:32 PM.

06-27-2019, 03:36 PM	#3
TOM KASCH VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: TOLEDO,OHIO Posts: 1,735 Likes: 0 Liked 241 Times in 100 Posts	Re: 1977 NHRA Records Here is McElroy & Doolittles car 1977 Last edited by TOM KASCH; 06-27-2019 at 03:41 PM.

08-27-2021, 02:48 PM	#4
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: 1977 NHRA Records Apparently, these were the records at the beginning of '77, since the latest records were set in Nov of '76. The reason I noticed this is because I knew that the H-O Racing Specialties SD455 T/A set the SS/KA record at 11.31, in March of '77. But when I looked for it, that class rec was "Minimum". Attached Thumbnails