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Old 10-13-2018, 07:23 AM   #1
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Old National Dragster article.
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Old 10-13-2018, 07:36 AM   #2
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Default Re: When P/S was interesting.

You could just as easily re-title this thread "When Drag Racing was interesting".
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There are more Pro Mods, than Pro Stockers, in Charlotte.
All but one, ran quicker than #1 qualifier
Mountain Motors?

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You could just as easily re-title this thread "When Drag Racing was interesting".
YOU really nailed it this time Billy !
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Old National Dragster article.
Great article.... isn't this what Factory Stock is trying to achieve?
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Great article.... isn't this what Factory Stock is trying to achieve?
sorta... only one model for each brand today.
Back then.. Arrow, Omni, Volare, Fairmont, Zephyr, Pinto, Vega, Monza, Starfire, Cutlass and....Camaro.
Big and Small Block.
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Old 10-13-2018, 04:29 PM   #7
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sorta... only one model for each brand today.
Back then.. Arrow, Omni, Volare, Fairmont, Zephyr, Pinto, Vega, Monza, Starfire, Cutlass and....Camaro.
Big and Small Block.
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Reaching back a little further Cuda, Dart, Hornet, Gremlin, Challenger, Maverick (including a “taxi”), etc. Point being innovative ways to get the job done and drivers that could tell you exactly what the car did and what it needs...no computers. The Golden Age to be sure.
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Reaching back a little further Cuda, Dart, Hornet, Gremlin, Challenger, Maverick (including a “taxi”), etc. Point being innovative ways to get the job done and drivers that could tell you exactly what the car did and what it needs...no computers. The Golden Age to be sure.
LOL... and some how, Tech inspectors sorted it all out...and I recall one combo had to add weight, but don`t remember which one.
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innovative ways to get the job done
and there you have it!!!

When the sanctioning body dictates everything, then innovation becomes illegal.
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LOL... and some how, Tech inspectors sorted it all out...and I recall one combo had to add weight, but don`t remember which one.
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The combo that had weight added usually had Bob Glidden on the doors !
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