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What year was Super Stock 1s t ran in NHRA ?
Have to wait till tomorrow to find out if you don't know.
& who was the 1st National points champ ?

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1957 was the first year for s/s. Dont remember a national points champ. I have CRS but the Nationals S/S champ that year was a guy named Zink. Thats about all I remember.

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What I remember from the 50's (gee) is that S/S was the fastest class in Stock Eliminator which was S/S, then A thru E. Now maybe that was local, but it was NHRA sanctioned and was run at all the old airport tracks. Then there was some variation for the faster U/S (ultra stock) which was then followed by S/S then A-E. Around 60-61 A friend had a 60 Impala Convertable 348/335 which ran S/S whereas the lighter 2 DR. Hdtp ran U/S with the same combo. In 58, the 57 Chevrolet car 283/270 ran S/S and the 58 Impala 348/280 (3 carb) ran A/S.

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57 is WRONG !

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I beg to differ. It was the first year NHRA ran a class "called" S/S in Oklahoma at the 57 Nationals. It was NOT run as a seperate eliminator at that time. Just class. They had six classes S/S, A/S, B/S, C/S, D/S and E/S.
Just to add that an accual Super Stock elim. was developed in 1967 with 10 classes. Ed Miller won the World Finals in that year with a 65 4 speed Hemi Plymouth. Prior to that it was called Top Stock which could include AA/S, A/S, Optional (1961) S/S, Super Stock and Super Super Stock. The rules and names of the classes/eliminator changed almost every year. The question was somwhat misleading.

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Yep, Jack Zink with a '57 Pontiac. He also won the Indy 500 one year (1960?). There is a Zink Museum at the Zink ranch. John Zink Company is a big heat exchanger (?) company here in Tulsa.One of his Indy cars was last time I was there, long time ago. He also owned dirt track cars here for several years and won many races and championships.

Jerry Weidenman won the Nationals, I think the next year, with a red & white fuel injected
'57 Chevy 2dr sedan. Forget now if it was a 150 or 210 series. Think it was a 210. Jerry also got the only 1961 409" here in town. Red Biscayne 2 door sedan. In '62 everybody had one. Last I heard Jerry was retired as a fishing guide in east Texas.

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x-teck man is right, but I don't think you can call the 57 race as the 1st.

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I'm scaning Indy programs for a new book on stock being written.

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Trying to upload these before.

Have the 1967 class run down to post if I can get it right.

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Hope this postes don't know why I have so much trouble. 1965 national records

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1967 NHRA Class & super stock classes.

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There are to many classes today....They should go back to the 67 format (10 classes) for more heads up runs and put the Pro Stockers (OOPs....I mean GT cars) in comp or start a new modified eliminator.....lol. Ditch the welded and ported heads in S/S. I know this will get quite a few rilled up....lol.

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Just make the GT cars like the original Pro Stock. The chassis must conform to Superstock rules, no tube (front wheel conversions) chassis cars. I also agree on the current head rules being a problem. Either allow aftermarket heads or start enforcing the existing rules. The aftermarket heads would probably be a cheaper route.