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sst1988 08-27-2012 04:52 PM

A/MP Record Holder.
 
It might have been ask before but does anyone know who was the last A/MP Record Holder was before NHRA got rid of that class?

ss wannabee 10-16-2012 07:56 AM

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Not real sure...going from memory...could it have been that guy with the old Corvette
from the Northwest...Sherrill? I think the name was. Also recall Rick Houser being
listed I think...he's mostly remembered as being a SS/AA guy... think that he dabbled
a bit in Modified...maybe he was driving someone else's car?

Very hard to recall....1980-1981-1982-1983 or so time frame...no old copies of ND
kickin around here....maybe someone has one out there with a definitive answer?

gsa612 10-16-2012 10:56 AM

Re: A/MP Record Holder.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ss wannabee (Post 352152)
Not real sure...going from memory...could it have been that guy with the old Corvette
from the Northwest...Sherrill? I think the name was. Also recall Rick Houser being
listed I think...he's mostly remembered as being a SS/AA guy... think that he dabbled
a bit in Modified...maybe he was driving someone else's car?

Very hard to recall....1980-1981-1982-1983 or so time frame...no old copies of ND
kickin around here....maybe someone has one out there with a definitive answer?

Sherrill Huff ran a vette was from the Washington area. I think the last year for MP was 83. Rick Barrett had the record around then not sure if he was the last. gsa612

BlueOval Ralph 10-16-2012 02:51 PM

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Sherrill Huff was from Kentucky, the guy you are thinking about was Terry Sherrill from Washington area last year for Mod was 81. Barrett was from Div 3 the younger brother of Marty Barrett Div 3 tech director. Rick had a C/Gas Pinto latter built a 351 C powered Mercury Capria the one from Eroupe wrecked a short time later at Edgewater Park Div 3 track in late 70's


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Originally Posted by gsa612 (Post 352184)
Sherrill Huff ran a vette was from the Washington area. I think the last year for MP was 83. Rick Barrett had the record around then not sure if he was the last. gsa612


gsa612 10-16-2012 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueOval Ralph (Post 352215)
Sherrill Huff was from Kentucky, the guy you are thinking about was Terry Sherrill from Washington area last year for Mod was 81. Barrett was from Div 3 the younger brother of Marty Barrett Div 3 tech director. Rick had a C/Gas Pinto latter built a 351 C powered Mercury Capria the one from Eroupe wrecked a short time later at Edgewater Park Div 3 track in late 70's

I stand corrected Terry Sherrill from Ore. ran a 57 vette in A/MP then later in SS/AM, I believe the car crashed. The last year for mod. was 81 they had a tribute to the class at Indy.Did the capri run in A/MP. gsa612

BlueOval Ralph 10-16-2012 04:45 PM

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Either A or B just dont remeber for sure.

sst1988 10-16-2012 05:36 PM

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I look ever where and still can not find out who it was, could of been Terry Sherrill ..

ss wannabee 10-16-2012 08:12 PM

Re: A/MP Record Holder.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by sst1988 (Post 352242)
I look ever where and still can not find out who it was, could of been Terry Sherrill ..

That's the guy...Terry Sherrill. NOT sure if he was the last A/MP record holder...but
remember seeing the name on the records page many years ago.

Thought that Barrett usually ran B/G...or C/G.

Sherrill Huff was a tough Modified competitior from Kentucky...and might have owned
and managed the Ohio Valley Raceway near Louisville. Maybe he still does?

Anybody know who the last G/MP record holder was...and what was the E.T. ?

Hemi Moose 10-17-2012 02:25 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sst1988 (Post 343040)
It might have been ask before but does anyone know who was the last A/MP Record Holder was before NHRA got rid of that class?

Bob Frey would know the answer to that one...

BlueOval Ralph 10-18-2012 02:39 PM

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Barrett did run gas class mostly C/G with Pinto but Built Capri after he sold Pinto.


Quote:

Originally Posted by ss wannabee (Post 352270)
That's the guy...Terry Sherrill. NOT sure if he was the last A/MP record holder...but
remember seeing the name on the records page many years ago.

Thought that Barrett usually ran B/G...or C/G.

Sherrill Huff was a tough Modified competitior from Kentucky...and might have owned
and managed the Ohio Valley Raceway near Louisville. Maybe he still does?

Anybody know who the last G/MP record holder was...and what was the E.T. ?


gsa612 10-18-2012 05:12 PM

Re: A/MP Record Holder.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueOval Ralph (Post 352542)
Barrett did run gas class mostly C/G with Pinto but Built Capri after he sold Pinto.

Found a copy of the March 79 copy of SSDI mag. There is a 4 page article on the Barrett 73 capri running A/MP. It shows Lambeck with the record at 9.27 in mid 79. gsa612

Bill Hatcher 10-18-2012 06:34 PM

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We held the MPH record in 1986.. Harold Stout( David Rampys sponsor) held both ET an MPH after that.. I think he was first in the 8's. I can stand easily corrected but I do have the certificates for the MPH part so that I am sure of. Seemed fast then.
Bill Hatcher

gsa612 10-19-2012 10:38 PM

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Dug up a copy of ND Aug.20.82 it shows Shioleno Coleman Alexander Wise 81 Chevy with the A/MP record at 9.19 150.00 set 3-82 at Baton Rouge.This is when M/P ran in comp. elim.When mod. ran it,s own class as of 5-81 the record was held by Reids Auto with a 69 Chevy at 9.41 145.86 set at Englishtown.I don,t know how long M/P ran in comp. till it was dropped. John gsa612

gsa612 10-19-2012 11:10 PM

Re: A/MP Record Holder.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ss wannabee (Post 352270)
That's the guy...Terry Sherrill. NOT sure if he was the last A/MP record holder...but
remember seeing the name on the records page many years ago.

Thought that Barrett usually ran B/G...or C/G.

Sherrill Huff was a tough Modified competitior from Kentucky...and might have owned
and managed the Ohio Valley Raceway near Louisville. Maybe he still does?

Anybody know who the last G/MP record holder was...and what was the E.T. ?

As of 5-81 it shows Crawford Benham Jack Lastor at 10.52 128.75 with a 68 chevy.When M/P ran in comp. the lowest class was E/MP. gsa612

ss wannabee 10-22-2012 08:32 AM

Re: A/MP Record Holder.
 
Thanks for the info...Forgot that M/P went to Comp...thought it went immediately into
Super Stock. Just can't remember everything...

Do we have an answer for the original question on A/MP record?

Recall the Reid's Auto entry...it was a Camaro driven by a guy named Lucier...think I
saw it once or twice...

Thanks gsa612 for the info on G/MP...I remember when the record was 11.91...by
Blevins in the Nomad...but that was ages ago. I know eventually it got pushed into the
10's...but didn't think it went that deep.

Rick Leininger Jr. 10-26-2012 10:56 PM

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IIRC, I think Tom Haner in the ex-Lambeck 68 Barracuda had it at 9.01 at some point, not sure if he was the last.

MFBrown 10-29-2012 05:45 PM

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Barretts Capri can be seen in the background of this picture. It was at the Cajun Nationals seen here running A/MP.

Mark

Jimbo17 12-19-2012 07:52 PM

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Why did the N.H.R.A. ever get rid of modified production class?

This was some of the best racing I ever saw and I could never figure out why they got rid of it.

Jimbo

Ed Wright 12-20-2012 10:06 AM

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Many don't understand why they got rid of Modified Eliminator. Plenty of cars. More than Comp, which they kept.

Wayne W 12-22-2012 02:57 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbo17 (Post 361572)
Why did the N.H.R.A. ever get rid of modified production class?

This was some of the best racing I ever saw and I could never figure out why they got rid of it.

Jimbo

To make room for Super Gas. It was a bad move on the part of the NHRA. :confused:

Freddie Cain 01-02-2013 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Wayne W (Post 361987)
To make room for Super Gas. It was a bad move on the part of the NHRA. :confused:

Modified went away at the end of the 1981 season. May it be remembered forever.

Jeff Jewell 05-13-2013 04:04 PM

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I am almost certain that Dave Hughes was the first A/MP car in the 8s with his '58 Corvette. I seem to remember National Dragster making mention of it during coverage of Indy one year. Not sure if Dave was the last record holder, but I know he held it on numerous occasions.

David Daulton 04-09-2014 05:35 PM

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Attachment 23267
I was at the Edgewater points race when Rick crashed the Capri. Something was broken in the stearing as I remember the front wheels toeing out during his wheel stand and on the 1-2 shift. The cat took a hard left off the track past the finish line & hit a Gas class Vega that was coming up the return road (before the days of full length concrete walls). I have a picture of the Vega somewhere, I'll post it when I find it. I am pretty sure no one was hurt.

Charlie A 04-20-2014 02:19 PM

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http://classracer.com/classforum/att...7&d=1397078769

Perf Tech 05-06-2014 08:40 AM

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The Vega that Rick Barrett hit that day was me
Jim Mikel E/G #3011

Shifted302 07-03-2014 02:43 PM

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I wish i could find some pictures of my dad, he ran a D/MP 69 camaro from 78 to 82 or 83 in California. His name is Allan Helton

Pvt Parts 07-04-2014 03:04 PM

Re: A/MP Record Holder.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff Jewell (Post 381354)
I am almost certain that Dave Hughes was the first A/MP car in the 8s with his '58 Corvette. I seem to remember National Dragster making mention of it during coverage of Indy one year. Not sure if Dave was the last record holder, but I know he held it on numerous occasions.

Was that in Modified or Super Stock ?

Chuck Gallagher 03-24-2020 02:08 PM

Re: A/MP Record Holder.
 
As many of you know, I don't get on this blog very often but like the rest of us I'm not doing much to keep busy during this Covid-19 shut down and I saw this very old question that I can offer an answer to.
In the Nov. 5, 1982 ND on the National record holders page 48 the A/MP record was listed as 9.19 @ 150.00 mph set on 3-82 at Baton Rouge by Shioleno-Coleman-Alexander-Wise-Hadley '81 Chevy. All modified cars were made part of Competition Eliminator for the '82 season.
I'll include the remainder FYI and enjoyment. BMP 9.67, C 9.60, D 9.76, E 9.92, ASM 9.81, BSM 9.75, CSM 9.85.
Two of my "old" friends had their cars for sale (with pictures) Paul Mercure's '67 Camaro (18K) that he had just won the world finals with and Charlie & Jeff Taylor,s J/SA '69 Camaro convertible (9.8K) and their ramp truck. I was listed as the SS/JA record holder @ 10.79
Norwin Palmer was crowned the Competition Eliminator World Champ, Tex Miller champ in stock, Keith Lynch Super Stock. I was third behind Dan Dalrymple and 78 points ahead of Sonny Ray.

MFBrown 04-15-2020 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueOval Ralph (Post 352542)
Barrett did run gas class mostly C/G with Pinto but Built Capri after he sold Pinto.

The Capri ran A/MP in this pic although hard to see.

amp vette 04-17-2020 12:18 AM

Re: A/MP Record Holder.
 
Dave Hughes had the record at 8.78 in I believe 1985. He retired the car and I bought it from Dave in 1987 minus engine. I ran in comp in A/MP before NHRA dropped Modified and ran it in B/G before they dropped Gas forcing me to run in to E/A. Harold Stout ran a Firebird in A/MP in 1988 and he might have lowered the record. By the way, this Vette which I still own is Tony Feil then Joey Heffiermen Sr.former cars.


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