When was the "Golden Age" of Stock Eliminator

[Robert Swartz]

Originally Posted by treessavoy

Mid-'60's through mid-'70's...you could build a competitive car cheaply, drive it to the track and win with it. Rules were simple, cars were simple, racing was fun and you didn't have to mortgage the house to buy the next super trick gadget in order to be competitive.

I remember a typical weekend at Atco, teere would be 300 cars and you might have 20 cars in your class and it wasn't a special meet...just the regular weekly turnout.

And NO fuel cars! Super Stock and the Gasser's were the "Pro's" at the time.

Mid 70's. I ran with the Meek Brothers. They ran a 72 Pinto, converted to a 71, think we changed the front bumper. There was nothing "trick" in that car, just alot of hard work. Trickest part were the 4:88 rearend gears out of some kind of jeep? Modified the housing to get it to fit. We got from it Tom Reider. They set NHRA and a couple IHRA records with that car.

Robert Swartz