Who was the Quickest and Fastest SS/LA Corvette of all time

[ss wannabee]

Originally Posted by dennis dunlap

We ran our corvette in the early 80,s I will see if I can gather some pictures up to get posted , It was a powder blue and white car Dunlap-Lobb -Stohm -McHugh on the side with Griner transmission-Converters on it . Long time Div. 1 olds racer Ron McHugh owened the car . I think The car ended up going to Minnisota later.....

Do you recall how fast with the small carb?

[Ed Wright]

All I know is one time that Lingenfelter guy set the record with his Corvette caused me to park my 250 HP 327" '65 Chevelle convertible. LOL

[Mike Carr]

The only older (1962 and earlier) 'Vette I can remember in recent time were the Abbazia brothers from Connecticut. Ran D/S and E/S with a '61, pretty sure it was a fuelie. It had quite a bit of HP taken off (much more than they asked for) and was a killer D/S car, 10.50's I think. Other than that, most Vettes of that era seemed to run Modified/Gas classes back in the day (before I was born, sadly). Robert Brinkman has a GORGEOUS '61 as a SS/CM from New Jersey nowadays. Most S/SS Corvettes now seem to be '63-'67 and '68-'73 style(s). Good luck with your project Wade, as I LOVE any car that is a departure from the norm (Not a Camaro, not a jellybean car, etc).

[bigshow2966]

Originally Posted by Tom Meyer

As far as Johns corvette, it was one of the first to use a lockup converter and thrasted more on it than a prostocker in the the day. Was going to be the first in the 10s at indy then broke it , rented a coptor flew back to his shop got repairs to only have a piece of silcon go into the carb. Some magazine did a story on it have it somwhere Them were the days. Tom.

I believe that was Car Craft.

[Alex Denysenko]

Originally Posted by Mike Carr

Indeed. John Lingenfelter's then-SS/MA '73 Corvette (I think 350 cid 195-285). Ran a 10 in SS/MA WAYYYY back when. It's now a SS/IA-JA combo. Russ Linke has that car now, runs 9's in SS/JA with it. Not sure of many, if any, OLD old Corvettes in SS/LA-MA in recent memory. Don O'Malley has a '64 327/250 (or somwhere around that rating) that runs well in SS/JA and KA.

MIKEY, I beg to differ with you but I was the first SS/MA in the 10's in 2003 according to bob Frey,Nitro Joe(he was there) and louis Bloom, back then when we did it at Joliet

[Mike Carr]

Originally Posted by Alex Denysenko

MIKEY, I beg to differ with you but I was the first SS/MA in the 10's in 2003 according to bob Frey,Nitro Joe(he was there) and louis Bloom, back then when we did it at Joliet

Could have been SS/LA that ran in the 10's way back then; regardless, the car was super fast for it's day, running 10's almost forty years ago. Unless the stat people were counting your run as the first in the modern era/current weight break era.

[Alex Denysenko]

Originally Posted by Mike Carr

Could have been SS/LA that ran in the 10's way back then; regardless, the car was super fast for it's day, running 10's almost forty years ago. Unless the stat people were counting your run as the first in the modern era/current weight break era.

LANOPE Mike, mine was the first

"official" ten second SS/MA pass ever

probably was L Mike back then Jon had a fleet of cars that could run well in L, NOT JUST CORVETTES I also remember some funky green 69 ImpalaDeGraff on the side HE HAD THAT RAN IN SS/LA

[Fred Rice]

Wade,

I think Ralph Feola ran SS/L at some point but not absolutely sure. Here is a picture of his SS/M car at Dover Dragstrip back in the day. I remember that his slapper traction bars worked well. lol



Fred

[Dick Butler]

Which class did Marv Ripes drive John Dianna's beautiful vette in when they won a Nationals or Super Nationals back in early 70s?

[Kevin Love]

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