A/S 1967-1972 record history...

[MAURICE BLENDHEIM]

Does anyone have any idea how I can get this information? Thank you…Maurice.

[Chuck Norton]

Ask Jim Waldo.

[Greenlight]

The P/W factor may have been different from what it is now.

[MAURICE BLENDHEIM]

We have narrowed the search to, the A/S record(s) for 1969 and 1970. Thank you…MB.

[Stewart Way]

I believe Kenny Horne set the A/S record in 70 or 71 in a 67 GTO. Kenny still lives in Fayetteville, NC I think. He may know some of the history.

[Mike Delahanty]

Here is some info: The 1970 A/S record was an 11.45 minimum through August 21. The B/S record at that time was an 11.56 held by one of the Tony Pizzi cars.

[ss wannabee]

Originally Posted by Stewart Way

I believe Kenny Horne set the A/S record in 70 or 71 in a 67 GTO. Kenny still lives in Fayetteville, NC I think. He may know some of the history.

Stewart, that might have been ...possibly 72 or 73 when they changed the
rules and pushed all the older stockers into Super Stock...and Stock cars had to be '65
and newer...(later changed to '60 and newer.)...and the "build" for Stockers had to be
MORE stock than the previous years.....

Don't have a lot of stuff from that time frame BUT look for a guy named Mark
Mazotta...he ran a '66 Corvette out of the Lebrun camp in CT. I know he got the A/S
mph record in 71 at the E-town points meet...I was there for that...(and the rain date)..
and have a program from that event somewhere...listing his accomplishment....He may
have run the car during the 70 season but I don't know....

There was a Janetti-Wood team from the Philly area with a '69 Camaro about
that time...they were the "hitters" in B/S...not sure if they ran "A"...Tony Pizzi power I
believe....

[Grant Eldridge]

Originally Posted by MAURICE BLENDHEIM

We have narrowed the search to, the A/S record(s) for 1969 and 1970. Thank you…MB.

Maurice,
I ran A/S in 1970 with my 1967 Camaro 396 375hp car. I can tell you this much, we won A/S at the Winternationals that year running only 12.40's at Pomona but got to the 3rd round in eliminations when a pushrod broke running against Kieth Berg's 18 second Olds with two full 5 bulb trees as a handicap... lol Still have the trophy, I think Linda Vaughn gave me, or maybe that part was in my dreams..... That was nowhere near the record, though. Even at Mission, the best I recall from that car was 11.98, still not super competitive when we had to handicap off the records. Interestingly, in 1971 to be more competitive, we switched the engine into a 1967 Camaro convertible which fitted at the top of C/S and that car ran 11.92.
Someone must have a copy of National Dragster from that race, I'd sure like to get that issue for my collection, never thought to save all that stuff back in the day...

[SStockDart]

Good story, Grant.....those were the "good old days" that I will remember forever.

[MAURICE BLENDHEIM]

Originally Posted by Grant Eldridge

Maurice,
I ran A/S in 1970 with my 1967 Camaro 396 375hp car. I can tell you this much, we won A/S at the Winternationals that year running only 12.40's at Pomona but got to the 3rd round in eliminations when a pushrod broke running against Kieth Berg's 18 second Olds with two full 5 bulb trees as a handicap... lol Still have the trophy, I think Linda Vaughn gave me, or maybe that part was in my dreams..... That was nowhere near the record, though. Even at Mission, the best I recall from that car was 11.98, still not super competitive when we had to handicap off the records. Interestingly, in 1971 to be more competitive, we switched the engine into a 1967 Camaro convertible which fitted at the top of C/S and that car ran 11.92.
Someone must have a copy of National Dragster from that race, I'd sure like to get that issue for my collection, never thought to save all that stuff back in the day...

Grant…Great response, didn't know you were involved that far back. Do you remember "The Fugitive" 68 Camaro? MB.