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oldskool · 12-13-2021, 07:44 PM

Well, I haven't found anybody on any forum I'm on who ever saw the Truman Fields '72 Lemans/GTO run anything but Super Stock. And I haven't found any pics of it in Stock trim or marked up in a Stock class.

Therefore, at least for now, I'll call that bogus info. Don't know where the poster came up with it.

And, although I've read that a Stock class '72 Bird was also provided for Truman to run in Stock, I've yet to see a single pic of it. If somebody has one, please post it.

'72 was a strange year, in Stock. It wasn't even run at some of the nat events. Field was not even full at some big races. Lots of guys left Stock. No cars older than '63 could run Stock. I think the rules stated that the cars had to be driven to the track. Don't know that the NHRA techs actually enforced that rule, especially at nat & div races.

According to the Jr. Stock book, the cars had to run street tires & a functional exhaust system with stock manifolds. No headers.

The weight breaks were changed. A-stock was 9.00 - 9.99 lbs/hp. B was 10.00-10.99. C was 11.00 - 11.99. G was 15.00 - 15.99. Don't think any Pontiac V8 powered '72 A or F-body Pontiac could have run as low as G/S. So, there's another reason to NOT believe that a Pontiac set the G/S record in '72.

There were lots of records set, tho, since all records began the year at a minimum. Again, this is according the Jr. Stock book. It says that a '72 Stage 1 Buick dominated the class, won the 1st & last nat event, & held the nat record in it's class.

https://www.listedbuy.com/cars/class...d-champ-museum

Here's some clips from the World Finals, @ Amarillo. Shows the Stock final round.

I know some of you older guys were racing in '72. What are your memories of how Stock was handled at the big races ?

http://classracer.com/classforum/showthread.php?t=51198

Just thought of this. '68 div 4 Stock champ Gary Moore set the F/S nat record @ the '69 Winter nats, in a '61 Pontiac. In '71, he was running a '71 H/S Bird. But, for '72, he'd switched over to SS, with a '72 Bird. Don't know if he used the same body, with '72 updates, or not. Guessing that he was one of the Stock racers who switched to SS, because of the new for '72 Stock rules.

12-13-2021, 07:44 PM	#674
oldskool VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: The Land of Bayous, Boudin & Crawfish Posts: 1,668 Likes: 223 Liked 747 Times in 362 Posts	Re: Best Pontiac Powered Stockers Well, I haven't found anybody on any forum I'm on who ever saw the Truman Fields '72 Lemans/GTO run anything but Super Stock. And I haven't found any pics of it in Stock trim or marked up in a Stock class. Therefore, at least for now, I'll call that bogus info. Don't know where the poster came up with it. And, although I've read that a Stock class '72 Bird was also provided for Truman to run in Stock, I've yet to see a single pic of it. If somebody has one, please post it. '72 was a strange year, in Stock. It wasn't even run at some of the nat events. Field was not even full at some big races. Lots of guys left Stock. No cars older than '63 could run Stock. I think the rules stated that the cars had to be driven to the track. Don't know that the NHRA techs actually enforced that rule, especially at nat & div races. According to the Jr. Stock book, the cars had to run street tires & a functional exhaust system with stock manifolds. No headers. The weight breaks were changed. A-stock was 9.00 - 9.99 lbs/hp. B was 10.00-10.99. C was 11.00 - 11.99. G was 15.00 - 15.99. Don't think any Pontiac V8 powered '72 A or F-body Pontiac could have run as low as G/S. So, there's another reason to NOT believe that a Pontiac set the G/S record in '72. There were lots of records set, tho, since all records began the year at a minimum. Again, this is according the Jr. Stock book. It says that a '72 Stage 1 Buick dominated the class, won the 1st & last nat event, & held the nat record in it's class. https://www.listedbuy.com/cars/class...d-champ-museum Here's some clips from the World Finals, @ Amarillo. Shows the Stock final round. I know some of you older guys were racing in '72. What are your memories of how Stock was handled at the big races ? http://classracer.com/classforum/showthread.php?t=51198 Just thought of this. '68 div 4 Stock champ Gary Moore set the F/S nat record @ the '69 Winter nats, in a '61 Pontiac. In '71, he was running a '71 H/S Bird. But, for '72, he'd switched over to SS, with a '72 Bird. Don't know if he used the same body, with '72 updates, or not. Guessing that he was one of the Stock racers who switched to SS, because of the new for '72 Stock rules. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by oldskool; 12-13-2021 at 09:26 PM.