1963 Chev Z11 NASCAR effort?

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Originally Posted by ss wannabee

Rutherford won the Qualifier race at an average speed of 163 mph in Smokey's #13 entry...Saw a photo of Junior's car....said 427 hp on the hood...yeah, right!

I guess if GM didn't have the Government on it's back...the outcome might have been different....Noticed the Pontiacs put up a good fight there too.....

the Pontiacs finished 7th and 8th and Petty finished 6th in a Plymouth. The other six top ten finishers were Fords. Tiny Lund won the race using the tires he started on. That is the only time the 500 has been run on a single set of tires. Junior won the first qualifier race and got to start 3rd. Rutherford got to start 4th by winning the second race. Fireball Roberts was on the pole in a Pontiac and Fred Lorenzen started 2nd in a Ford.