Best Pontiac Powered Stockers

[oldskool]

And here's a little more. These are the class winners at the '71 Indy race.

The guy posting said he had to guess at some of the cars. Anyhow, it shows that Truman Fields won D/S, in his '68 Bird, & Arnie Toftland
won I/SA in a '71 Lemans.

NHRA Junior Stock

In '65, Leroy Stutzman picked right where Don Gay had left off in '64, winning the A/S class.

NHRA Junior Stock

[oldskool]

Just ran across this. Can't verify.

The caption under the pic says that Mary Ann Foss was the 1st female to hold a nat record. It was for top speed. D/SA is on her '58 Pontiac, in the pic. Also painted on her car is that she was a class winner at the 1964 Indy race.

[oldskool]

Here are the NHRA Stock records, as of April '65.

Several Pontiacs on the list. Jess Tyree held the A/S record. Ronnie Broadhead held the the C/S record, in a 389 Cat. Pontiacs also picked up the D/SA & E/SA records.

NHRA Junior Stock

[oldskool]

The car in the 1st 2 pics was driven by Ronnie Broadhead. He was Stock Champ, broke the record 3 times, & won class at Indy, all in the same year.

Some of the other cars were record holders & class winners.

[oldskool]

At the Winter Nats, Brad & Randi Lyn both survived Stock E-1.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...er=30#indextop

[oldskool]

Here's a list of Stock class winners at the '62 Indy race. 6 are Pontiac powered.

NHRA Junior Stock

[oldskool]

Found a few more pics.

The first 2 are nat record holders. The next is a stick wagon.

Then there are 2 B/S GTO's with lady drivers. Don't know if it was for the "Powder Puff" race, or not. Back in the old days, I never ran across many stick cars with lady drivers. Not that they can't. It's just that they didn't, at the tracks we raced. But hey, there are lady truck drivers who shift gears for
a living, driving 18-wheelers.

The '56, with the wild paint job, I posted because the pic was taken at Green Valley. It was a famous track in the D/FW area. It's more than 200 miles from us. But we raced there 3 times. Twice in '77 & once in '78. They held the div 4 bracket finals there in '77 & '78. Have probably posted it earlier in the thread, but our 1st race there, in '77 is the race from which TJ got a little ink in the Nov issue of Hot Rod mag. She'd drove a '68 E/SA Bird in '75. Then all our local tracks switched to brackets, therefore we did too.

[Rat Patrol]

Originally Posted by oldskool

And here's a little more. These are the class winners at the '71 Indy race.

The guy posting said he had to guess at some of the cars. Anyhow, it shows that Truman Fields won D/S, in his '68 Bird, & Arnie Toftland
won I/SA in a '71 Lemans.

NHRA Junior Stock

In '65, Leroy Stutzman picked right where Don Gay had left off in '64, winning the A/S class.

NHRA Junior Stock

Would any of you Pontiac gentlemen have a pic of Leroy Stutzmans 63 Pontiac, named ‘Mr Pontiac’ ?

[DeuceCoupe]

Originally Posted by oldskool

And here's a little more. These are the class winners at the '71 Indy race.

The guy posting said he had to guess at some of the cars. Anyhow, it shows that Truman Fields won D/S, in his '68 Bird, & Arnie Toftland
won I/SA in a '71 Lemans.

NHRA Junior Stock

In '65, Leroy Stutzman picked right where Don Gay had left off in '64, winning the A/S class.

NHRA Junior Stock

I'm revisiting my Pontiac NHRA Factoring.
Making a chart of the 400cid and 455cid factoring (mostly 400cid)

re Arnie Toftland:
Do you know for sure it was a 71 LeMans?
I can get 2 cars to fit that I/SA=11.00 class:
71 LeMans hardtop 455/325 auto only (non-ram-air?)
3575/325=11.00
71 GTO convertible 455/335HO ram air
3717/335=11.10

It looks like Wheeler was the runner-up in I/SA=11.00 at 71 Indy, here's a picture, looks like a ram air convertible ie GTO:
https://archive.petersen.org/pages/p...php?ref=429361


But, are you sure which combo Arnie Toftland ran?

[oldskool]

Originally Posted by DeuceCoupe

I'm revisiting my Pontiac NHRA Factoring.
Making a chart of the 400cid and 455cid factoring (mostly 400cid)

re Arnie Toftland:
Do you know for sure it was a 71 LeMans?
I can get 2 cars to fit that I/SA=11.00 class:
71 LeMans hardtop 455/325 auto only (non-ram-air?)
3575/325=11.00
71 GTO convertible 455/335HO ram air
3717/335=11.10

It looks like Wheeler was the runner-up in I/SA=11.00 at 71 Indy, here's a picture, looks like a ram air convertible ie GTO:
https://archive.petersen.org/pages/p...php?ref=429361


But, are you sure which combo Arnie Toftland ran?

I don't have a clue. Lots of '71 racers used a 455HO T-37. Rock Running ran the 1st one I was aware of. Don Turk has it now. Scott Underhill held the E/SA nat record with his, a few years back.

The car in that pic is not a Pontiac. Looks like maybe an Olds. I suppose it could be a Buick. I'm not that familiar with either.

Just Googled it. A '71 Cutlass Supreme SX has the long scoops.

https://www.google.com/search?q=1971...X_enUS964US964

442 also has the long scoops, but looks to have deeply recessed grills.

https://www.google.com/search?q=1971...4n6noa2rjaNk1M