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Old 08-25-2021, 11:17 AM   #1
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Default Re: 80’s/90’s Stock and Super Stock pics

Of course, these are not the "80's/90's" cars in the heading of your thread.

BUT: These that I'll mention now WERE racing in the '80's & '90's, were raced back when they were new, & are still being raced today.

As we can see from the videos I posted, there were LOTS of the Chevy Nova/Chevy II bodies being raced. They have always been very popular.

They were part of what GM called their X-Platform cars, which most call the X-body cars. They include '62 thru '79 models.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genera...platform_(1962)

A '62-'67 model, I call a "Box Nova". For '68, the body was changed & the wheelbase made longer. Both body styles are very popular in drag racing.

In the '70's, Pontiac, Olds, & Buick also built cars on this platform. And, there have been some of all these used as Stock/SS drag cars. There are plenty of pics available for all the GM X-body cars. But, since I'm a Pontiac guy, I'll only mention the Pontiac X-body race cars I have pics of.

The 1st Pontiac X-body was in '71. But, by far the most popular, was the '74 GTO. It had a Pontiac 350 engine, with a Q-jet carb. But, since that same basic engine is legal for a regular '74 Ventura II body, both have been raced.

The 1st successful Pontiac X-bodies I'm aware of competed in the 1974 US Nats. A guy named Al Vanis won Stock, in a Ventura II. And a guy named Rock Running got his class win, in a GTO.

Since then, there have been lots of these '74 Pontiac X-body cars win races, set nat records, win class at Indy, & qualify at or near the top of qualifying lists.

Below are 9 pics of Pontiac X-bodies that have done well.
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