1972 ONLY NHRA Stock Eliminator

[oldskool]

I've come up with so many questions about the strange 1972 Stock Eliminator season, I've decided to start this thread, devoted ENTIRELY to the '72 season.

Hoping for input from those of you who were eyewitnesses to Stock Elim racing, in '72.

I have lots of questions about that season, & will probably come up with others along the way.

Have read that, for '72, cars older than '63 models were not allowed. Headers, soft compound tires, & aftermarket cams were not allowed. And, the cars were supposed to be driven to the track, not trailered.

With all this in mind, here are some of my initial questions.

(1) Did most tracks actually enforce the rule about driving the car to the track ?

(2) I've read that Stock was NOT run at several nat events. Is there a list anywhere of the nat & division races where Stock WAS run.

(3) Is there an online list of div & nat event Stock Elim winner/RU, & class winners. Again, this is for the 1972 season, ONLY, and for the Stock Eliminator class, ONLY.

(4) I've seen pics & a video of some '72 season Stockers, which included a 455 Buick, among others. Have only seen a pic of one Pontiac which I know ran in '72, which was Truman Fields' famous "Hard Times" '68 Bird. That one year, only, it ran A/S. So, does anybody know of any other Pontiacs that ran NHRA Stock Elim in '72 ?

(5) What interesting Stock Elim stories or info do you guys have, about that strange '72 season ?

I didn't begin racing Stock, 'til '73, & then only at our local track. So, I didn't know about the odd '72 season until recently. Would like to now learn all I can about it, from those who were there.

[oldskool]

I think it would really help this thread if somebody would post the '72 Stock Elim rules, EXACTLY as stated in the 1972 NHRA rule book.

I don't have a '72 rule book. Are any of you guys who have one, willing to post the Stock rules here, for us ?

If not, does anybody have a link to a pdf version of the '72 Rule book ?

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[Stan Weiss]

Have you seen this thread?


1972 NHRA 'Stock Class'

http://classracer.com/classforum/showthread.php?t=51198


Stan

[oldskool]

Originally Posted by Stan Weiss

Have you seen this thread?


1972 NHRA 'Stock Class'

http://classracer.com/classforum/showthread.php?t=51198


Stan

Yeah, I've seen that thread. And there is some good info in it, for this thread.

But it don't answer all my questions. And it don't include the eyewitness accounts I'd like to get, of EXACTLY how closely NHRA adhered to those rules & how closely most smaller tracks adhered to those rules, especially the "No trailering" rule.

Several good eyewitness accounts should give us who weren't there, a better understanding of exactly what it was like for the Stock racer, in 1972.

[oldskool]

In doing a search, I found this.

" I believe Kenny Horne set the A/S record...in a 67 GTO..."

I think '72 would be the only year a '67 GTO could have run A/S.

So, anybody here know of Kenny Horne or his '67 GTO ?

[oldskool]

Tom Kasch has posted LOTS of lists of event & class winners, as well as nat record holders, from back in the '70's.

But, I just went thru the list of all his threads. Not a single thread title, that I saw, mentioned 1972.

So, again, does anybody here know where to find a list of Stock class winners and/or Stock nat record holders, for 1972 ?

[Stewart Way]

Originally Posted by oldskool

In doing a search, I found this.

" I believe Kenny Horne set the A/S record...in a 67 GTO..."

I think '72 would be the only year a '67 GTO could have run A/S.

So, anybody here know of Kenny Horne or his '67 GTO ?

Yes Kenny did set the record in A/S. I worked for Buster in Div 2 and certified the car. Think it was Suffolk but not sure. Kenny changed to an M/S Impala (I think) and was RU at the Summer Nats maybe 1974. He still races in SS with a SS/GT SBC. Fayetteville NC