Best Super Stock Station Wagon/All Time?

Bob Rice · 07-09-2011, 12:48 AM

FrankChastain · 07-09-2011, 06:12 AM

Wonder how Jimmy got in SS/R, weight?

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Originally Posted by Bob Rice

Chuck Norton · 07-09-2011, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by FrankChastain

Wonder how Jimmy got in SS/R, weight?

I don't remember what the weight break was for SS/R but it's likely that he was running a 283 at 220 horsepower? Jimmy ran that motor combination for a lot of years. It seems to me that a '66 Impala with a 220 horsepower also ran SS/R at one time so the weight would just about even out. I'm sure that someone out there knows for sure.

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JRyan · 07-09-2011, 10:59 AM

I believe in 1978 the Classification for the Chevelle wagon was "R". I think they consolidated things for 1979 and it became an "N". It could have been 77/78, but in that time period. That's the way it worked for my '65 Chevelle Wagon.

Jerry

Charlie A · 07-09-2011, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Chuck Norton

I don't remember what the weight break was for SS/R but it's likely that he was running a 283 at 220 horsepower? Jimmy ran that motor combination for a lot of years. It seems to me that a '66 Impala with a 220 horsepower also ran SS/R at one time so the weight would just about even out. I'm sure that someone out there knows for sure.

c

That would have been Dwight Cox out of Stuttgart Ark.
He won SS at Indy one year with that car.

JRyan · 07-09-2011, 11:41 PM

I just found my 1976 NHRA Rulebook. It shows the weight break at 15.00 to 15.99 for "R". I'm pretty sure that I ran "R" at Indy in '78 and "N" in '79.

I believe between '78 & '79 or thereabouts, they combined the six half-pound weight breaks between "I" & "N" (inclusive) to make the current one pound classes of I, J, & K. Everything else moved up at that time so the '65 Chevelle Wagons became "N" cars instead of "R"s. The 283 has been moved up, down, and around on HP from 220 to 235 in those cars, so who knows what they weighed at any given time.

Jerry

Bob Rice · 07-10-2011, 01:53 AM

Jerry,
I'm pretty sure that the class change took effect at the beginning of the 78 season.
Bob Rice

Mark Yacavone · 07-10-2011, 02:20 AM

I'm pretty sure Jimmy's wagon says SS/Q on it .That would be like the Cieri Bros. in 72-74
(15#) If the wagon was pre the 2dr HT, that would be in the same era.
Jimmy Parker could probably tell us about this.

I ran at 16 # in 73-74 with the Bel Air 4 dr (SS/R).
Later , I remember some 4drs. in SS/T and SS/TA ,so they got moved down a letter for some reason.

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Bob Rice Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: New Bern, NC Posts: 617 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Best Super Stock Station Wagon/All Time?

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JRyan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Aberdeen SD Posts: 645 Likes: 30 Liked 112 Times in 31 Posts	Re: Best Super Stock Station Wagon/All Time? I believe in 1978 the Classification for the Chevelle wagon was "R". I think they consolidated things for 1979 and it became an "N". It could have been 77/78, but in that time period. That's the way it worked for my '65 Chevelle Wagon. Jerry

07-09-2011, 11:41 PM	#6
JRyan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Aberdeen SD Posts: 645 Likes: 30 Liked 112 Times in 31 Posts	Re: Best Super Stock Station Wagon/All Time? I just found my 1976 NHRA Rulebook. It shows the weight break at 15.00 to 15.99 for "R". I'm pretty sure that I ran "R" at Indy in '78 and "N" in '79. I believe between '78 & '79 or thereabouts, they combined the six half-pound weight breaks between "I" & "N" (inclusive) to make the current one pound classes of I, J, & K. Everything else moved up at that time so the '65 Chevelle Wagons became "N" cars instead of "R"s. The 283 has been moved up, down, and around on HP from 220 to 235 in those cars, so who knows what they weighed at any given time. Jerry

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Bob Rice Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: New Bern, NC Posts: 617 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Best Super Stock Station Wagon/All Time? Jerry, I'm pretty sure that the class change took effect at the beginning of the 78 season. Bob Rice

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Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,815 Likes: 2,903 Liked 5,120 Times in 1,951 Posts	Re: Best Super Stock Station Wagon/All Time? I'm pretty sure Jimmy's wagon says SS/Q on it .That would be like the Cieri Bros. in 72-74 (15#) If the wagon was pre the 2dr HT, that would be in the same era. Jimmy Parker could probably tell us about this. I ran at 16 # in 73-74 with the Bel Air 4 dr (SS/R). Later , I remember some 4drs. in SS/T and SS/TA ,so they got moved down a letter for some reason. __________________ "We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for." Will Rogers