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Originally Posted by oldskool
"...Do you know what book/page that picture is from?..."
SS book p.137
Here's a couple more pics from the SS book.
#1 is a '64 GTO which was running in the AHRA F2 B/S class.
#2 is the Royal '66 C/S GTO, which ran the quickest ET in C/S, @ the '66 Winter Nats, but got a DQ because NHRA hadn't OK'd the factory RA set-up.
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OK found it, forgot about that color section.
Looks like that picture has to be 1967, the only year that Sox's RO23 car ran in SS/B=7.00-7.69 class.
That means that for the 67 Bird:
A/SA=8.70-9.49 and
H/SA=15.00-15.59 not likely. No 67 Bird even fits in there.
But if the Bird is in A/SA, what does that mean?
3244/325=9.98 unfactored, doesnt fit A/SA=8.70-9.49 class.
3244/360=9.01 if the RA1 was factored to the GTO's 360hp already.
That factoring to 360hp could put a RA1 Bird into A/SA=8.70-9.49 class in 1967.
OK, sounds good.
But it presents another problem:
Tony Knieper ran a 67 Bird RA1 in SS/FA=9.50 at 68 Pomona.
How'd he do THAT then?
Unless it wasnt run as a RA1 car.
A base car fits SS/FA=9.50
3244/325=9.98
But the link below says RA1.
If we use the above logic and factor the RA1 to 360hp then
3244/360=9.01
That bumps the Knieper car from SS/FA=9.50 to SS/EA=8.70 class, but it ran in SS/FA=9.50 class.
So it had to have an NHRA rating of way less than 360hp, like 340hp or less. Would the RA1 Bird be factored to 360hp in 1967, then DOWN to 340hp in 1968, then back UP to 360hp for late 1968? Sounds unlikely.
Unless it wasnt run as a RA1 when it was R/U in SS/FA=9.50 class at 68 Pomona?
Since you're a Pontiac guy, here's the link!
https://www.hotrodders.com/threads/6...holder.144313/
Confusing story. Any ideas?