1962 Mopar 383/343 HP 'Stocker'

[Paul Ceasrine]

Dave Kempton,,,,,,,,,,
1962 Plymouth 'Sport Fury'
383/343 HP
C/SA

Indy Nationals 1966

Stock Eliminator Championship

[Hemi Moose]

Originally Posted by Rich Biebel

Appears to be the car formerly raced around my area by Callahan and Sulc. They won Stock at the first Gatornationals with it...1970 I think it was...Frank Iaconio drove it for a while and even tried it with a stick...a 3 speed was the only trans that was legal...It did not work too well with the 3 speed.

Here's a couple old shots of the Callahan & Sulc 62 Plymouth, "Villain" driven by Frank Iaconio...also see the 343 hp on the fender.

[Paul Ceasrine]

The 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 'Hardtops' (427/410 HP)
knocked the 62' Mopar 383/343 HP cars off the B/SA 'Throne' in 1965...

1965 Winternationals
B/SA Class Winner;
Alan Buckmaster,
64' Ford Galaxie 500
13.22 @ 106.25 MPH

1965 Indy Nationals
B/SA Class Winner
'Fastbacks Club of Dearborn, Michigan'
64' Ford Galaxie 500
13.06 @ 109.35 MPH

[Paul Wong]

Forgive me if I am wrong but I am about certain Dave Kempton won in 1966 with a 305 hp 361 in C/SA.

[Paul Ceasrine]

Paul,,

Dave Kempton ran the 361/305 HP combination in 1963/1964/1965.

Yes, in C/SA (10.60 - 11.29 Wt/Hp).

In 1966, the NHRA re-classed the Stockers up one class,,,,

The 361/305 HP (Sedans) ran in D/SA in 1966.

The 383/343 HP (Sedans) which were previously classed in
B/SA (1963 thru 1965) were then classed in C/SA.
Which Dave Kempton ran his Sport Fury in.

Dave also ran in SS/EA in 1967,,,
before going back to Stock Class in 1968 with a Belvedere 383/343 HP,
which ran in C/SA.

[Jim Wahl]

Surprised nobody has mentioned the Bennett/ Widuch '62 Plymouth 383/ 343 currently being run in D/SA. beautiful car that runs as good as it looks! Jim

[Hemi Moose]

World Champion...what year would this have been in.

[Paul Ceasrine]

Moose,

Doug Kahl ran the 361/305 HP combination in the 62' Sport Fury,
which was classed in C/SA 1963 thru 1965.

Doug Kahl was the World Champion in 1965 with the 361/305 HP, in C/SA Class.

Both Doug Kahl and Dave Kempton ran the same 361/305 HP C/SA combination in the 62' Sport Fury's up until the 1965.

They also ran the 361/305 combination at the 66' Winternationals, but in
the 'New' 1966 D/SA Class.

In 1966, right after the 66' Winternationals both Doug Kahl and Dave Kempton switched to the 383/343 HP Dual-quad combination, which
put the Sport Fury's in the 'New' 1966 C/SA Class.

Doug Kahl won the C/SA Class at the 1966 Springnationals with the 383/343 engine.

Dave Kempton ran this in 1966, with the 383/343 HP engine combination in C/SA,
and won the 1966 Indy Nationals.


A complete article is printed in High Performqance Cars Magazine May/June 1967.
In it, Dave discusses running in SS/EA in 1967, where the NHRA minimum was set at 13.03,,,
higher than the C/SA National Record (12.97) that he set in 1966.

[Barnstorm]

Originally Posted by Jim Wahl

Surprised nobody has mentioned the Bennett/ Widuch '62 Plymouth 383/ 343 currently being run in D/SA. beautiful car that runs as good as it looks! Jim

Bennett is the fast guy but Logan Wernet and TJ Diekema in Div 5 have a pretty 62 Sport Fury that is killer in E/SA....been 10.60's.

[Jim Wahl]

Originally Posted by Barnstorm

Bennett is the fast guy but Logan Wernet and TJ Diekema in Div 5 have a pretty 62 Sport Fury that is killer in E/SA....been 10.60's.

Not to doubt you but I'm showing the best run this year for Logan Wernet as 10.900 at Earlville, and T.J. Diekema with a best of 10.948 at C-Falls NO.

Bennett has been 10.790 in E/SA and 10.565 in D/SA. Just sayin'. Jim

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