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OK, I've listed lots of Stocker wins & other race results.
So, I'll start with the DRC records from 1998, lookin for Pontiac SS wins & other results. I assume these will be very scattered, since there have been far fewer Pontiacs running SS, than stock. Have already mentioned the US Nats. So, I won't include any of those results, again. If ya'll see a Pontiac powered GT car qualified above those I mention, on a Q-list, or in elimination results, please let me know. I don't know all the GT cars that had Pontiac power, especially if they were racing more than 5 years ago. At the '98 Winter Nats, Don Kennedy was #17, with his 3rd gen GT Bird, & Keri Angeles was #20, with her '69 Bird. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop At Phoenix, Don was #15, & Sal Biondo was #16, in an '82 Bird. So, was that the Pontiac powered Phil Monteith 3rd gen Hatari Bird ? https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop At this Houston race, J.B. Clegg was #42 on the list. The only reason I mention it, is because that is suppose to the former H-O Racing Specialties nat record holder '74 SD455 T/A. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop At this Rockingham race, Johnny Duncan is #4 @ - 1.022, in an '82 Bird. So, was it Pontiac powered ? https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop OK, on this Farm Nats list is what I assume is the 400 Pontiac powered 4th gen Hatari car, driven by Peter Biondo. The Vic Santos 3rd gen is also on the list, along with Ken Shawver's '78 T/A. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop At this TX race, J.B. turned a 10.747. I noticed that SS/KA had an index which was slightly quicker that the nat record the H-O car had set, in '77. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop Carroll Warling was #6, at the Mile-High Nats. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop At Sonoma, looks like Keri Angels & Jay Cason had the only Pontiac powered SS cars there, UNLESS Bob Bales '92 Firehawk had Pontiac power. I think you guys said that only his '73 SD455 Bird was Pontiac powered, correct ? https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop Jay Cason got RU ! Hey, that ain't bad. One of the slowest qualifiers was RU to the #1 qualifier. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop At the Keystone Nats, Ken Shawver, Peter Biondo, & Vic Santos got their class wins. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop At the Houston race, J.B. ran the '74 Bird in SS/JA, & went 10.528. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop Well, in '98, there were some Pontiac powered SS cars that ran good enuff to win races. But, I didn't find any winners. Jay Cason came close, with his '67 GTO. While lookin for pics of J.B.'s car when it ran an auto trans, I found this pic. It shows a '73 GP that John Clegg ran. It was a feature car in the H-O newsletter. Article says it could run a 400, a D-port 455, or the round port SD455. Although the SD455 never came in anything but a '73-'74 Bird, apparently, NHRA has always allowed it, in other body styles, also. http://www.classracerinfo.com/Engine...px?ENGINE=2080 Last edited by oldskool; 01-13-2020 at 11:29 PM. |
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At the Winter Nats, Bob Bales '92 Firehawk is shown in GT/AA. So, I assume it either had a big Pontiac, or a BBC engine. Can anybody settle this, for sure ? Did this car have Pontiac power, or not ? Also on the list is Keri Angeles, and Art Peterson with his '69 GTO, as well as Bruce with his 3rd gen. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop Don Kennedy was RU at this Stock/SS combo race in Tucson. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop At the nat event in AZ, Don was #14 @ -.869. Keri was right behind @ -.866. Ryan Bales is listed driving the Firehawk, & Bruce is #40. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop At Houston, J.B. Was #12 @ -.787. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop At the gators, Peter was #37 @ -.944. Ken was#51 @ -.877. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop Back to Houston, J.B. was #27 @ -.838. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop Up to Ennis, & J.B. was #10 @ -.737. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop At the Pennzoil Nats, Peter was #16 @ -.965. Sal Biondo was driving a '92 GT/IA Bird. Pontiac power ?. Sal Piacentini listed with a SS/MA '77 Bird. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop Peter won it ! https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop At Englishtown, Peter was #12@ - 1.068. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop Sal Biondo beat Peter in the qtr final, & won the race. So, somebody tell me if Sal's car had Pontiac power. If not, I'll edit this out. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop I think the pics below say that Sal Biondo won his 1st Nat event, in a 2nd gen T/A, at Englishtown, in 1990. I think that's Phil Monteith standing beside Sal. I assume that Phil is responsible for most, if not all the Pontiac power the Biondo clan raced. Not sure. Anybody know how the Biondo family got hooked up with Phil ? Last edited by oldskool; 01-14-2020 at 08:09 AM. |
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1999 contd.
At the Pontiac Excitement Nats, Peter was #15 @ -.795. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop Stacy McCarty was on the Q-list at the Craftsman Nats. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop Peter won this FMDRS series event, in N.Y. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop At Bristol, Peter was #1 @ -.987. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop Peter also won this race. Hey, if you're #1 AND win, that's a pretty good race, huh ? https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop At Sonoma, Keri was #18 @ -.777. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop At the Keystone Nats, Peter was #12 @ -.953. Ken Shawver was #30 @ -.807. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop Peter won this one ! https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop At the Finals, Keri was #24 @ -.783. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop Well, looks like this was the year Peter Biondo emerged as a Pontiac powered SS winner. The pic below shows Peter in the winners circle for winning a FMDRS race in VA, in '99. Last edited by oldskool; 01-14-2020 at 07:58 AM. |
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Don't forget Butch DI Lorenzo in that group.
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So far, this is all I've found on him. It's from a 1986 newspaper article.
"...Butch DiLorenzo, 39, of Queens, N.Y., has been a professional racer since he was 18. His 1986 Pontiac Grand Am has reached 141 miles an hour in 9.50 seconds..." Anybody with more info/pics of Phil Szupka or Butch DiLorenzo & their Pontiac powered racing, please post that info. In this article, Sal Biondo refers to Butch as their uncle. https://www.biondoracing.com/documents/di79.pdf This Bird Has Dilorenzo Racing on the side. Last edited by oldskool; 01-14-2020 at 11:37 AM. |
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Johnny Duncan wouldn't run anything but a Pontiac engine in that car was a 4006x. Also set record
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OK, I'll continue now, combing thru the DRC archives, searching for Pontiac SS info. This will be for 2000. Hard to believe that was 20 years ago.
At Pomona, Keri Angeles was #21 @ -.851, with a 9.999 ET. That's a 400 powered non-GT SS Pontiac. I've read that was the first one to dip into the 9's. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2000#indextop Keri also got RU at this race. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2000#indextop At Phoenix, Keri was #29 @ -.825. Don Kennedy was #31 @ -.815. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2000#indextop At the Gators Peter was #27 @ -.970. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2000#indextop At this VA race, Peter was #12 @ - 1.120. Wilbert Thornton was #57 @ -.773, with his SS/KA '74 T/A. Also, Dean Ribeiro had a '85 Bird. Since Dave is a Pontiac guy, I was wondering if dean may have run Pontiac power in that car. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2000#indextop At the Southern Nats, Peter was #22 @ -.954. Sal Biondo shows up on some of these lists with both 3rd & 4th gen Birds. So, who knows which Sal Biondo Birds were Pontiac powered ? https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2000#indextop Peter won it ! https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2000#indextop That gets us thru May. There were some of these Pontiacs that qualified in the middle or lower part of the field, at some races, which I didn't report, since they didn't get even to the semi, during elims. There were LOTS of 3rd & 4th gen GT Birds on these lists, at almost every race. But I have no way of knowing which may have had Pontiac power. I assume that 99 % or more had Chevy power. Last edited by oldskool; 01-14-2020 at 06:43 PM. |
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2000 cont'd.
Peter won this FMDRS race ! https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2000#indextop At the Pontiac Excitement Nats, Peter was #21 @ -.751. Bob Michael was near the bottom, with his SS/MA '77 Bird. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2000#indextop At Bristol, Peter was #8 @ -.919. Wilbert was also on the list, as was Sal Biondo. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2000#indextop At the Mile High Nats, Carroll Warling was #12 @ -.907. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2000#indextop Peter won this FMDRS race ! https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2000#indextop At Sonoma. Keri was #14 @ -.851, with another 9.999 ET. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2000#indextop At Topeka, Billy Ingels was #25 @ -.871. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2000#indextop At the Auto Zone Nats, Peter was #18 @ -.906. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2000#indextop And Peter won another Nat ! I'd be very interested in knowing how many races he won, where he had the only Pontiac powered Super Stocker entered. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2000#indextop At the finals. Peter was #21 @ -.909. Keri was #38. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2000#indextop For 2000, Peter was National & div 1 SS champ ! That's cool ! ![]() https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2000#indextop https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2000#indextop https://us.motorsport.com/nhra/news/...mpion/1854365/ Last edited by oldskool; 01-15-2020 at 06:45 AM. |
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