Best Pontiac Powered Stockers - Page 32

oldskool · 01-26-2020, 04:19 AM

Here's where Leo picked up his 7th nat event Wally, in Sonoma, 2018.

Trying to find video of Leo's 6th win, which was an All-Pontiac final against Brad Burton. So far, I can't find it.

(https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2016#indextop

oldskool · 01-26-2020, 05:03 AM

Can't find out a whole lot about this race, since it's not a nat event or Lucas Oil Series race. But there were several Pontiacs entered, & some good close-up pics. I saw Bill Foder, Bob Michael, Julie Biermann, Don Turk, & Rob Holmes, for sure.

oldskool · 01-26-2020, 05:47 AM

Would love to find video of these 2 finals. It was a Stock/SS Pontiac sweep !

Brad Burton won Stock.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...UMMIT#indextop

Leo won SS.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop

Just ran across Julie Biermann's name. Can't remember if I posted her div 3 race win, or not. Don't wanna leave anybody out. She won this race with a heads-up E/SA final !

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2016#indextop

oldskool · 01-26-2020, 01:03 PM

I know that some don't particularly like the qualifying rounds. But I'm always very interested. I know that some hold back, sandbag, or whatever you wanna call it. Then a few seem to bomb their index by more than 1.2. Then there are some races where going real quick is not supposed to hurt you.

I don't know all the qualifying strategies & tricks. But, I always like to keep up with where the Pontiacs qualify. A quick look at this list showed at least 9 Pontiacs.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2015#indextop

Here's the 3rd round of Stock qualifying, at the 2015 US Nats.

oldskool · 01-26-2020, 02:20 PM

I've probably mentioned the All-Pontiac, father/son, Stock final. Brad beat Scott for the win at the 2012 Spring Vegas race.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2012#indextop

oldskool · 01-26-2020, 02:28 PM

I'll follow that up with this one, which is about that same race.

oldskool · 01-26-2020, 03:03 PM

Brad was Stock Champ in 2010, then again in 2012.

https://www.knfilters.com/blog/burto...-and-joins-kn/

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCStory.asp?ID=219127

https://www.facebook.com/pg/burtondragracing/about/

https://www.knfilters.com/blog/brad-...onals-at-lvms/

https://www.knfiltros.com/blog/kn-s-...onals-victory/

https://classracer.com/classforum/sh...92&postcount=1

http://www.dragraceresults.com/fulls...riday_at_Vegas

This article mentions his All-Pontiac final win, in the Northwest Nats.

http://www.competitionplus.com/drag-...orning-news-12

Here was his 8th nat event win.

https://dragracingedge.com/featured-...-two-aint-bad/

https://www.nhra.com/videos/2017/fal...er-brad-burton

He's been winning races now for quite a few years. This final round from a div 7 race last year shows one reason why. He cut a .015 light & ran a 10.810 on a 10.81 dial. Takes a pretty good package to beat that.

https://www.nhra.com/results/2019/lu...ock-eliminator

https://dragchamp.com/2019/nhra/winn...as-oil-series/

oldskool · 01-27-2020, 12:02 AM

Here's a little video I found, which features a restored alum front end 421SD drag car. The guy calls it a Super Stock car. But, as we've seen, these cars were actually running in the Top Stock class.

oldskool · 01-27-2020, 12:17 AM

And here's a video of one of the little 421SD factory built '63 Tempests, which was found & restored.

oldskool · 01-27-2020, 12:44 AM

Found some short promotional videos of Stock/SS racing from the '60's. This one shows how the cars went from the 409 Chevies & 421 Pontiacs to the Mopar Hemi & Ford 427 powered cars, and how the FX class went wild, with anything goes match racing. There are a few Pontiacs here, but they're such a small part of this video, that probably only real Pontiac guys would even notice them.

01-26-2020, 04:19 AM	#311
oldskool VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: The Land of Bayous, Boudin & Crawfish Posts: 1,668 Likes: 223 Liked 750 Times in 361 Posts	Re: Best Pontiac Powered Stockers Here's where Leo picked up his 7th nat event Wally, in Sonoma, 2018. Trying to find video of Leo's 6th win, which was an All-Pontiac final against Brad Burton. So far, I can't find it. (https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2016#indextop Last edited by oldskool; 01-26-2020 at 04:30 AM.

01-26-2020, 05:03 AM	#312
oldskool VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: The Land of Bayous, Boudin & Crawfish Posts: 1,668 Likes: 223 Liked 750 Times in 361 Posts	Re: Best Pontiac Powered Stockers Can't find out a whole lot about this race, since it's not a nat event or Lucas Oil Series race. But there were several Pontiacs entered, & some good close-up pics. I saw Bill Foder, Bob Michael, Julie Biermann, Don Turk, & Rob Holmes, for sure. Last edited by oldskool; 01-26-2020 at 05:15 AM.

01-26-2020, 05:47 AM	#313
oldskool VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: The Land of Bayous, Boudin & Crawfish Posts: 1,668 Likes: 223 Liked 750 Times in 361 Posts	Re: Best Pontiac Powered Stockers Would love to find video of these 2 finals. It was a Stock/SS Pontiac sweep ! Brad Burton won Stock. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...UMMIT#indextop Leo won SS. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop Just ran across Julie Biermann's name. Can't remember if I posted her div 3 race win, or not. Don't wanna leave anybody out. She won this race with a heads-up E/SA final ! https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2016#indextop Attached Thumbnails Last edited by oldskool; 01-26-2020 at 06:30 AM.

01-26-2020, 01:03 PM	#314
oldskool VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: The Land of Bayous, Boudin & Crawfish Posts: 1,668 Likes: 223 Liked 750 Times in 361 Posts	Re: Best Pontiac Powered Stockers I know that some don't particularly like the qualifying rounds. But I'm always very interested. I know that some hold back, sandbag, or whatever you wanna call it. Then a few seem to bomb their index by more than 1.2. Then there are some races where going real quick is not supposed to hurt you. I don't know all the qualifying strategies & tricks. But, I always like to keep up with where the Pontiacs qualify. A quick look at this list showed at least 9 Pontiacs. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2015#indextop Here's the 3rd round of Stock qualifying, at the 2015 US Nats. Last edited by oldskool; 01-26-2020 at 01:18 PM.

01-26-2020, 02:20 PM	#315
oldskool VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: The Land of Bayous, Boudin & Crawfish Posts: 1,668 Likes: 223 Liked 750 Times in 361 Posts	Re: Best Pontiac Powered Stockers I've probably mentioned the All-Pontiac, father/son, Stock final. Brad beat Scott for the win at the 2012 Spring Vegas race. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2012#indextop

01-26-2020, 02:28 PM	#316
oldskool VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: The Land of Bayous, Boudin & Crawfish Posts: 1,668 Likes: 223 Liked 750 Times in 361 Posts	Re: Best Pontiac Powered Stockers I'll follow that up with this one, which is about that same race.

01-26-2020, 03:03 PM	#317
oldskool VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: The Land of Bayous, Boudin & Crawfish Posts: 1,668 Likes: 223 Liked 750 Times in 361 Posts	Re: Best Pontiac Powered Stockers Brad was Stock Champ in 2010, then again in 2012. https://www.knfilters.com/blog/burto...-and-joins-kn/ https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCStory.asp?ID=219127 https://www.facebook.com/pg/burtondragracing/about/ https://www.knfilters.com/blog/brad-...onals-at-lvms/ https://www.knfiltros.com/blog/kn-s-...onals-victory/ https://classracer.com/classforum/sh...92&postcount=1 http://www.dragraceresults.com/fulls...riday_at_Vegas This article mentions his All-Pontiac final win, in the Northwest Nats. http://www.competitionplus.com/drag-...orning-news-12 Here was his 8th nat event win. https://dragracingedge.com/featured-...-two-aint-bad/ https://www.nhra.com/videos/2017/fal...er-brad-burton He's been winning races now for quite a few years. This final round from a div 7 race last year shows one reason why. He cut a .015 light & ran a 10.810 on a 10.81 dial. Takes a pretty good package to beat that. https://www.nhra.com/results/2019/lu...ock-eliminator https://dragchamp.com/2019/nhra/winn...as-oil-series/ Last edited by oldskool; 01-26-2020 at 10:50 PM.

01-27-2020, 12:02 AM	#318
oldskool VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: The Land of Bayous, Boudin & Crawfish Posts: 1,668 Likes: 223 Liked 750 Times in 361 Posts	Re: Best Pontiac Powered Stockers Here's a little video I found, which features a restored alum front end 421SD drag car. The guy calls it a Super Stock car. But, as we've seen, these cars were actually running in the Top Stock class.

01-27-2020, 12:17 AM	#319
oldskool VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: The Land of Bayous, Boudin & Crawfish Posts: 1,668 Likes: 223 Liked 750 Times in 361 Posts	Re: Best Pontiac Powered Stockers And here's a video of one of the little 421SD factory built '63 Tempests, which was found & restored.

01-27-2020, 12:44 AM	#320
oldskool VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: The Land of Bayous, Boudin & Crawfish Posts: 1,668 Likes: 223 Liked 750 Times in 361 Posts	Re: Best Pontiac Powered Stockers Found some short promotional videos of Stock/SS racing from the '60's. This one shows how the cars went from the 409 Chevies & 421 Pontiacs to the Mopar Hemi & Ford 427 powered cars, and how the FX class went wild, with anything goes match racing. There are a few Pontiacs here, but they're such a small part of this video, that probably only real Pontiac guys would even notice them.