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Originally Posted by oldskool
OK, the car was raced some in '98. In the pic posted, it has a div 2 number. DRC has records
from '98. So, I checked some race results from the East & Southeast.
Sure enuff it pops up at the Gators, in #20 position @ 1 sec under. Carol is listed as the driver. I'm sorry, but I don't know if Carol was Mark's wife, daughter, or ? Somebody please post the correct info.
https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop
It shows up again @ Englishtown. This time it's #8 @ 1.100 under. Dave Ribeiro was right behind, also in a '78 Bird.
https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop
One thing about that race that I thought was real cool, was that Pontiac power swept L/SA, M/SA, N/SA, O/SA, & P/SA ! 
https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop
I noticed that the car had a div 3 number, at the 2 races I listed. So, I'll go back & look at some of the div 3 races & see if it turns up.
Didn't see Carol's name listed at later races. Did see Don Holmes, Paul Dilcher, & Bob Michael listed driving '78 Birds. Bob won the M/SA class @ Indy.
https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop
At Reading, Paul Dilcher was #6 & Dave Ribeiro was #12. Dave was then listed with a '77 Bird. One advantage of claiming a '77 is that you have the option of running a Pontiac 350, which some have done.
https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop
Until NHRA gave 'em the big hits, the '77-'78 400 Birds were quite competitive. I suppose non-Pontiac guys would just say they had a soft hp factor. |
Don, Carol is my ex-wife.
I built the 78 as a J/Stocker, with a Weber clutch and a Doug Nash trans. It ran on the 11.80 something record right away. It was hard on parts though, and I never could set the record. The 305 Camaros got popular and were very fast. Those cars are in F/stock now, I believe. I knew I couldn't run with them, so I tried running the small cam with the stick... @.366 lift, the lobes we had to use were not big on RPM. Also the amount of weight we had to carry, proved to be a bad stick shift combo.
I built a converter and a lightened T350 for it, and let Carol drive it in 1995.She was an accomplished bracket racer.(former track champion, etc.)
I sold the car in 1998, after Englishtown. Most of the class finals were in 96-97 , which doesn't show up on DRC.