1971 US Nationals class winners.

[TOM KASCH]

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[oldskool]

I can provide pics of 2 of the Pontiacs on these lists.

It's the 2 H/S cars. The RU was the "Acre Maker" '71 Bird, driven by Gary Moore.

The winner was the "White Lightning" '71 Bird, driven by Max Sterling. His big Pontiacs were also named "White Lightning".

[oldskool]

I think I can now also provide a couple of pics of the I/SA winner. He's listed as: "Arnie Tofteland, LeVerne, Miss '71 Pontiac"

I ASSUME that address is wrong. I THINK he actually lived in Minnisota, NOT MIssissippi. NOT certain.

I think he drove at least one of the "Viking" Pontiacs, sponsored by Schoon Motors. I think the car on that list was a '71 Formula Firebird.

In my files, I have it listed as a '70 model, & it has H/SA on the side. BUT, for now, I'm gonna make a guess that this is the "71 Pontiac" shown as the I/SA winner. NOT positive !

The 3rd pic is of the Schoon Motors sponsored F/SA '70 GTO.

[DeuceCoupe]

Originally Posted by oldskool

I think I can now also provide a pic of the I/SA winner. He's listed as: "Arnie Tofteland, LeVerne, Miss '71 Pontiac"

I ASSUME that address is wrong. I THINK he actually lived in Minnisota, NOT MIssissippi. NOT certain.

I think he drove the "Viking" Pontiacs, sponsored by Schoon Motors. I think the car on that list was a '71 Formula Firebird.

In my files, I have it listed as a '70 model, & it has H/SA on the side. BUT, for now, I'm gonna make a guess that this is the "71 Pontiac" shown as the I/SA winner. NOT positive !

The 2nd pic is of the Schoon Motors sponsored F/SA '70 GTO.

I cant find a 71 Firebird that fits I/SA=11.00 class though.
3519/300=11.73, would fall into J/SA=11.50
3519/335=10.50, perfect fit to H/SA=10.50
(The car in your picture says H/SA so that would make sense)

No 71 Firebird seems to fit I/SA=11.00
Ideas?

[oldskool]

"...No 71 Firebird seems to fit I/SA=11.00
Ideas?

Well, IF they had the '71 year correct, then the 300hp 400 would work with some of the heavier bodies.

Do you know what the exact NHRA hp factor was, for this engine at the time of that race ???

http://www.classracerinfo.com/Engine...px?ENGINE=2058

At 300hp, anything between 3600lbs & 3750lbs would fall into I/SA. 12 x 300 = 3600 12.5 x 300 = 3750 There are several '71 Pontiac bodies that could work, including the most likely GTO, depending on what the exact NHRA hp factor was for that particular body at the time of that race.

Hey, they could have swapped out the '70 front cap on the '70 Viking GTO, for a '71 GTO front cap & changed to the '71 300hp engine. Lots of Pontiac guys have done this kind of swapping around, especially on the '70-'73 Birds. I assume that any '70 or '72 GTO could be changed into a '71, with the correct parts swap.

I just noticed that you said: I/SA = 11.00. So, was that the case in 1971 ? I ask, since now: I/SA = 12.00. ???

http://www.classracerinfo.com/NHRA_Classes.aspx

Just looked in the Jr. Stock book. In '71, I/SA was indeed 11lbs/hp. Then, for '72, things REALLY got shook up.

The '72 Tons-a-Fun wagon was running I/SA in the pic below. So, I suppose some '71 wagons may could have run I/SA, at some point, in the earlier days.

Another possibility is that Arnie was driving someone else's car at that race. It has happened LOTS of times. So, we don't really know what car he was driving at that race. We just ASSUME that they had the '71 Pontiac correct. They recently had Bruce Noland listed as driving a Corvette, when he was actually driving his new '69 T/A clone.

[Stan Weiss]

I found this. Wrong year and does not show what class.





Stan