Ray Allen versus Jack Werst '1970 SS/EA Showdown'

Dan Bennett · 08-07-2011, 06:27 PM

As I remember, the amount of races that car won is surprising because it's really not that many. Allen won a bunch of the high profile races and the car became famous, though I'll never forget how it looked when it launched.

Now that I'm seeing various pictures of the car, some probably dumb questions are coming to mind.

Allen is listed as "driver". Who actually owned the car when it was being raced? Allen? Briggs? Truppi?

Is that really a fiber optic light monitor I see on the front fender in the last shot you posted?

How did T-K make that kind of horsepower with that ridiculous flat intake manifold? The story of why those intakes were on the LS6s is pretty interesting in itself.

08-07-2011, 06:27 PM	#11
Dan Bennett Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 439 Likes: 852 Liked 595 Times in 136 Posts	Re: Ray Allen versus Jack Werst '1970 SS/EA Showdown' As I remember, the amount of races that car won is surprising because it's really not that many. Allen won a bunch of the high profile races and the car became famous, though I'll never forget how it looked when it launched. Now that I'm seeing various pictures of the car, some probably dumb questions are coming to mind. Allen is listed as "driver". Who actually owned the car when it was being raced? Allen? Briggs? Truppi? Is that really a fiber optic light monitor I see on the front fender in the last shot you posted? How did T-K make that kind of horsepower with that ridiculous flat intake manifold? The story of why those intakes were on the LS6s is pretty interesting in itself.