Best Pontiac Powered Stockers

[oldskool]

Don't think I've mentioned this. Adam Strang got a good piston approved & built a 350HO for his '68 Bird. I think he made at least 2 races with it.

Anyhow, he posted that he ran a 10.837 @ 122.80 mph ! As far as I know that's by far the quickest pass ever made by a Pontiac 350 powered Stocker.

I suppose the next quickest might be low 11's, by one of the '74 GTO's, maybe, Brad Koivisto.

[Adam Strang]

Originally Posted by oldskool

Don't think I've mentioned this. Adam Strang got a good piston approved & built a 350HO for his '68 Bird. I think he made at least 2 races with it.

Anyhow, he posted that he ran a 10.837 @ 122.80 mph ! As far as I know that's by far the quickest pass ever made by a Pontiac 350 powered Stocker.

I suppose the next quickest might be low 11's, by one of the '74 GTO's, maybe, Brad Koivisto.

Little off topic from the current conversation, I dynoed the 350 in April and made some decent numbers. It's currently apart and having some updates performed,hope to have it back in the car next spring. I did end up going 10.80@123 last year with it.

[oldskool]

Hey, 10.80, with a Stock legal Pontiac 350 ain't too shabby !

This is just an opinion question. Would the '69 #48 350HO heads, with their larger valves, make much difference in power output ?

[Adam Strang]

Hard to say with the bigger valve being closer to the side of the bore.

[oldskool]

Breaker ! Breaker !

As was reported elsewhere on this site, Randi Lyn Shipp won a $10k check for winning a Stock/SS combo race !

The BIG check is made out to ROCKET SHIPP.

http://classracer.com/classforum/sho...78&postcount=6

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...&theater&ifg=1

[oldskool]

OK, the next '77 / '78 Bird I wanna look at is the Dave Ribeiro Bird.

A pic I have shows lettering saying it was a nat record holder in '98 & '99. So, it should show up on the earliest DRC files. I'll take a look & begin posting links to some of those race results.

4/17/98 - Fram Nats - #8 - .779 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop

On this list, just below Dave is John Rodnite, in a '77 Lemans. Not familiar with that name. Don Himes was not far behind, @ # 10, in his '77 GP.

4/24/98 - Pennzoil Nats - #7 - .946 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop

5/16/98 - Englishtown - #9 1.096 under. Carol Yacavone was #8. We'll look closer at that car, in coming posts.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop

5/24/98 - Maple Grove - #1 - 1.103 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop

8/15/98 - Englishtown div 1 - #7 - .940 under. Dean Ribeiro was #6, in a '77 Lemans.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop

9/18/98 - Keystone Nats - #12 - .942 under. Paul Dilcher was #6. We'll look closer at the Dilcher Bird, soon.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop

3/19/99 - Gators - #12 - 1.116 under - L/SA class winner.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop

By the way, this is a race that Lee Banister won, in his Bird.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop

5/1/99 - Pennzoil Nats - #4 - 1.254 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop

5/14/99 - Southern Nats - L/SA class winner.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop

I find this one very interesting. Dean Ribeiro is #7, in a '77 Bird. Dave is #35, in a '78 Bird. And the Dilcher Bird is #3.

5/21/99 - Englishtown Nats - #35 - .901 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop

9/3/99 - US Nats - #67 - .931 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop

3/17/00 - Gators - #17 - 1.002 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2000#indextop

Lee Bannister won the Gators, again !

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2000#indextop

5/15/03 - Super Nats - #51 - .995 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2003#indextop

9/16/04 - Lucas Oil Nats - #34 - .926 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2004#indextop

9/16/05 - Toyo Tires Nats - #32 - .989 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2005#indextop

8/14/08 - Toyo Tires Nats - #36 - .876 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2008#indextop

6/12/09 - Super Nats - #70 - .803 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2009#indextop

[oldskool]

Looks like by late July of 2016 Dean Ribeiro was driving the Bird. Can't remember how long he raced it. I'll look it up. It was still the same color, back then, for a while. But, later he painted it what looked like a flat blue color, with decals mostly just on the back window.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2016#indextop

Don't remember seeing it on a Q-list recently. Dean has raced lots of different cars. So, I don't know even who owns the car now. Maybe Dave will see this & give us some of the details, including current status of the car.

http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...68&postcount=6

The best ET I've seen that Dean turned was 12.06, which was .640 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2017#indextop

On the 2018 lists I looked at, Dean was driving Chevy powered cars. So, I'll leave up to Dave whether he wants to update us on the Bird, or not.