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Old 01-13-2020, 11:26 PM   #183
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Default Re: Best Pontiac Powered Super Stockers

OK, I've listed lots of Stocker wins & other race results.

So, I'll start with the DRC records from 1998, lookin for Pontiac SS wins & other results.

I assume these will be very scattered, since there have been far fewer Pontiacs running SS, than stock. Have already mentioned the US Nats. So, I won't include any of those results, again.

If ya'll see a Pontiac powered GT car qualified above those I mention, on a Q-list, or in elimination results, please let me know. I don't know all the GT cars that had Pontiac power, especially if they were racing more than 5 years ago.

At the '98 Winter Nats, Don Kennedy was #17, with his 3rd gen GT Bird, & Keri Angeles was #20, with her '69 Bird.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop

At Phoenix, Don was #15, & Sal Biondo was #16, in an '82 Bird. So, was that the Pontiac powered Phil Monteith 3rd gen Hatari Bird ?

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop

At this Houston race, J.B. Clegg was #42 on the list. The only reason I mention it, is because that is suppose to the former H-O Racing Specialties nat record holder '74 SD455 T/A.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop

At this Rockingham race, Johnny Duncan is #4 @ - 1.022, in an '82 Bird. So, was it Pontiac powered ?

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop

OK, on this Farm Nats list is what I assume is the 400 Pontiac powered 4th gen Hatari car, driven by Peter Biondo. The Vic Santos 3rd gen is also on the list, along with Ken Shawver's '78 T/A.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop

At this TX race, J.B. turned a 10.747. I noticed that SS/KA had an index which was slightly quicker that the nat record the H-O car had set, in '77.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop

Carroll Warling was #6, at the Mile-High Nats.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop

At Sonoma, looks like Keri Angels & Jay Cason had the only Pontiac powered SS cars there, UNLESS Bob Bales '92 Firehawk had Pontiac power. I think you guys said that only his '73 SD455 Bird was Pontiac powered, correct ?

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop

Jay Cason got RU ! Hey, that ain't bad. One of the slowest qualifiers was RU to the #1 qualifier.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop

At the Keystone Nats, Ken Shawver, Peter Biondo, & Vic Santos got their class wins.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop

At the Houston race, J.B. ran the '74 Bird in SS/JA, & went 10.528.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop

Well, in '98, there were some Pontiac powered SS cars that ran good enuff to win races. But, I didn't find any winners. Jay Cason came close, with his '67 GTO.

While lookin for pics of J.B.'s car when it ran an auto trans, I found this pic. It shows a '73 GP that John Clegg ran. It was a feature car in the H-O newsletter. Article says it could run a 400, a D-port 455, or the round port SD455. Although the SD455 never came in anything but a '73-'74 Bird, apparently, NHRA has always allowed it, in other body styles, also.

http://www.classracerinfo.com/Engine...px?ENGINE=2080
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