1972 ONLY NHRA Stock Eliminator

oldskool · 12-15-2021, 10:18 PM

Tom Kasch has posted LOTS of lists of event & class winners, as well as nat record holders, from back in the '70's.

But, I just went thru the list of all his threads. Not a single thread title, that I saw, mentioned 1972.

So, again, does anybody here know where to find a list of Stock class winners and/or Stock nat record holders, for 1972 ?

oldskool · 12-15-2021, 10:42 PM

Found this in my search. It's a post from a guy who was an NHRA tech, back then.

NHRA Junior Stock

OK, he said the '73 Stock rules were the same as '72. The class weight breaks were different, but rules the same. So, in this post you can read the Stock rules from the '73 rule book.

NHRA Junior Stock

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.

jimmyparker · 12-17-2021, 08:34 PM

Most of us that raced during that time frame have done our best to forget these rules, a real disaster and it took 3 years or so to get straightened out.

oldskool · 12-18-2021, 12:12 AM

Just saw this.

"...In 1972 NHRA came out with a book called the Factor Finder. That book gave all the re-factored horsepowers higher than what the manufacturer listed. Quoting from the Factor Finder book....."The 'factoring' system was developed by NHRA, defining separate performance ratings for use in lieu of manufactures' advertised horsepower listings on many cars in competition". 1972 and 1973 saw the Factor Finder books printed, then followed by putting the refactored horsepower in the Classguide below each engine column. "

So, has anybody here ever seen one of the '72 or '73 "Factor Finder" publications ?

Anybody have one ?

oldskool · 12-18-2021, 11:40 AM

https://www.classracer.com/classforu...05&postcount=3

There is bound to be somebody here who either has or knows someone who has a copy of one or both these "Factor Finder" publications.

Once again, do you have one or both ?

Do you know anyone who has one or both ?

Does anybody know of an online copy of either year, hopefully a pdf or some version that can be viewed and/or copied or downloaded ?

Gotta be a copy, somewhere. Somebody PLEASE help me locate these "Factor Finder" publications !

oldskool · 12-22-2021, 10:08 PM

A member sent me pics of the front cover of the '72 & '73 Factor Finder.

So, does anybody here have a copy of one or both ?

Do you know anybody who might ?

TOM KASCH · 12-29-2021, 05:02 PM

1972 Indy program had 9 pages of SS cars & 2 of stock.
since photo bucket quit , I forgot what to use to upload pictures.

Stan Weiss · 12-29-2021, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TOM KASCH

1972 Indy program had 9 pages of SS cars & 2 of stock.
since photo bucket quit , I forgot what to use to upload pictures.

Tom,
If they are sized correctly you can attach them to your posts here.

Stan

12-15-2021, 10:18 PM	#1
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 Tom Kasch has posted LOTS of lists of event & class winners, as well as nat record holders, from back in the '70's. But, I just went thru the list of all his threads. Not a single thread title, that I saw, mentioned 1972. So, again, does anybody here know where to find a list of Stock class winners and/or Stock nat record holders, for 1972 ?

12-15-2021, 10:42 PM	#2
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 Found this in my search. It's a post from a guy who was an NHRA tech, back then. NHRA Junior Stock OK, he said the '73 Stock rules were the same as '72. The class weight breaks were different, but rules the same. So, in this post you can read the Stock rules from the '73 rule book. NHRA Junior Stock Last edited by oldskool; 12-15-2021 at 10:51 PM.

12-17-2021, 12:48 AM	#3
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.

12-17-2021, 08:34 PM	#4
jimmyparker Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: columbus, georgia Posts: 383 Likes: 65 Liked 302 Times in 86 Posts	Re: 1972 ONLY NHRA Stock Eliminator Most of us that raced during that time frame have done our best to forget these rules, a real disaster and it took 3 years or so to get straightened out.

12-18-2021, 12:12 AM	#5
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 Just saw this. "...In 1972 NHRA came out with a book called the Factor Finder. That book gave all the re-factored horsepowers higher than what the manufacturer listed. Quoting from the Factor Finder book....."The 'factoring' system was developed by NHRA, defining separate performance ratings for use in lieu of manufactures' advertised horsepower listings on many cars in competition". 1972 and 1973 saw the Factor Finder books printed, then followed by putting the refactored horsepower in the Classguide below each engine column. " So, has anybody here ever seen one of the '72 or '73 "Factor Finder" publications ? Anybody have one ?

12-18-2021, 11:40 AM	#6
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 https://www.classracer.com/classforu...05&postcount=3 There is bound to be somebody here who either has or knows someone who has a copy of one or both these "Factor Finder" publications. Once again, do you have one or both ? Do you know anyone who has one or both ? Does anybody know of an online copy of either year, hopefully a pdf or some version that can be viewed and/or copied or downloaded ? Gotta be a copy, somewhere. Somebody PLEASE help me locate these "Factor Finder" publications !

12-22-2021, 10:08 PM	#7
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 A member sent me pics of the front cover of the '72 & '73 Factor Finder. So, does anybody here have a copy of one or both ? Do you know anybody who might ? Attached Thumbnails

12-29-2021, 05:02 PM	#8
TOM KASCH VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: TOLEDO,OHIO Posts: 1,735 Likes: 0 Liked 241 Times in 100 Posts	Re: 1972 ONLY NHRA Stock Eliminator 1972 Indy program had 9 pages of SS cars & 2 of stock. since photo bucket quit , I forgot what to use to upload pictures.