[oldskool]

"...'64-'67 GTO's were never really competitive..."

I beg to differ. There was a time when the '66 Tri-Power 4-speed GTO seemed to be very competitive. And I've already posted the pic of a '65 that was a nat record holder, & a guy won a nat title with it. Sounds pretty competitive to me.

BUT, I was not keeping up with Stock class racing, in the '60's. So, all my info is coming online. So, all the claims of nat records & pics of cars with lots of trophies may be bogus. I have no way to prove it, one way or the other. I'll just pass on what I find. And if someone here knows that any fact presented is false, they can post that info here.

Not trying to say that the old Pontiacs were better than everything on the track. But, the Olds thread gave me the idea to start a Pontiac thread & post what I could find, and hope that Pontiac racers will chime in with what they know, and pics they have. Strictly for entertainment purposes. Not meant to infer that Pontiacs are better than any other brand.

"...Apparently the guys in the Knafel shop were good. The cars that they raced were repeated winners, garnering national and world championships, and setting more new records than any other team during that era...a photograph of a 1966 GTO hardtop: hood, roof, and trunk lid laden with trophies, winner of 27 races in one year, possibly the most successful drag racer, and surely the most successful Pontiac drag racer of its time, having included among its accolades both a NASCAR and an NHRA stock eliminator title..."