The book has over 4 pages of 1963 coverage. He mentions that Bill Golden won the A/FX class, @ the Winter Nats, in a '63 Pontiac, but won overall Top Stock, in a Mopar.
Well, I gotta check this out. I thought the M/T '63 Tempest won A/FX. Maybe Bill Golden was driving. That name doesn't ring a Pontiac bell for me. So, I'll do a search. Here's a quote I found in one article.
"...Tailing Mickey Thompson's sole Pontiac A/FX effort in 1962, when it had won the Winternationals and the Indy Nationals, the factory fielded several 421ci Tempest coupes in the A/FX division in 1963, as well as wagons weighted to run B/FX. There were also a handful of Catalinas built this way. These cars were so above the field in terms of potential and performance at Pomona in 1963 that the new Z11 427/425hp aluminum-panel Chevy Impalas and the lightweight Ford Galaxie fastbacks ended up in a one-race-only Limited Production class to prevent embarrassment, since the companies were lacking proof that the minimum number of 50 cars had been created for Super Stock legality..."
Can't prove this was so. Anybody know ?
Another article says that Bill Shrewsberry drove the M/T '63 Tempest to the A/FX win @ the '63 Winter Nats. Says he ran a 12.04, which was a half sec quicker than his nearest opponent. Also says that later in the year, Arnie Beswick set a new A/FX record, @ 11.89. Shortly after that, the FX class quickly morphed into a wild class, which eventually became Funny Car.
https://books.google.com/books?id=yG...record&f=false
The Junior Stock book, says that Ronnie Broadhead won the Stock points championship, in a '60 C/S Pontiac. Also won class @ Indy, with a 13.54. Also says that Ramon Lowe won the F/SA class at the Winter Nats. His '58's ran lower classes, sometimes. So, I assume he was driving his '62 GP. But I don't know for sure.
I think Jim Wangers won the the B/FX class @ Indy, in a '63 Cat. and Bill Abraham won A/SA in a '62 Pontiac GP.
So far, the Junior Stock book has some Pontiac info correct, some not, & leaves out a lot.