|
|
|
|
01-13-2020, 04:07 AM
|
#1 |
|
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
2018 --- Sorry for the length of this post. But, the 1st half of the year was so slow, I didn't think it would take this much space to do the whole year. Things picked up, during the last half of the season.
Michael Brand won his class at the Gators. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop At the Vegas div 7 race, Brad was #5 @ - 1.015. Scott was #11. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop Scott made it to the semi. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop At the Spring Vegas Nat, Scott won his B/SA class. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop Brad made it to semi. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop At The N.C. 4-Wide Nats, Randi Lyn was #5, & Brad Koivisto was #9. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop At his div 3 race, Bob Michael was #1 @ - 1.064, in his '77 Cat. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop At the Norwalk div 3 race, Chris Stephenson was #6. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop At the Fontana div 7 race, John Schloe was #8. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop At the Sports Nats, Rob Holmes & Bob MIchael got their class wins. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop At the Norwalk Summit Nats, Chris Stephenson was #3 @ - 1.027. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop Randi Lyn won the New England Nats !  https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop At the Mile High Nats, Norman was #3, & Chris was #7. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop Scott was RU at the Sonoma div 7 race. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop At the Sonoma Nats, Leo was #8, & won the race ! https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop Randi Lyn got semi. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop At the Topeka div 5 race, Brad Koivisto was #4, & Norman was #7. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop They had a doubleheader that weekend. For the 2nd race, Brad was #9, & Norman was #10. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop At the Northwest Nats, Chris was #5. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop The final was my favorite kind. It was a National Event All-Pontiac final. Randi Lyn was RU, & Ryan Warter won his 1st Nat event Wally ! https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop At the Lucas Oil Nats, Brad Koivisto was #5. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop Randi Lyn was RU. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop At this div 7 race, Norman was #1, & Leo was #5. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop Brad Burton won it ! https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop This was also a doubleheader weekend. Norman was #4, & Leo was #6. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop At this div 5 race, Brad Koivisto was #4, & Norman was #6. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop Norman got RU. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop For the 2nd race of the doubleheader, Norman was #4, & Brad #7. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop At the Toyota Nats, Scott was #10 & won his class, But Chris won the race ! https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop Pontiacs had a slow start that year. In fact, it was so slow, I decided to put the whole year on on this one post, which turned out to be a mistake. They came on strong, & had a pretty good year. Brad Koivisto had a great running '74 GTO. Norman Warling got his Cat running strong. Chris Stephenson established himself as a rising Pontiac star. So, anybody know the history of the '68 Bird he has ? Last edited by oldskool; 01-13-2020 at 04:18 AM. |
|
|
|
01-13-2020, 04:23 AM
|
#2 |
|
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
2019
At the Winter Nats, Randi Lyn was #8 @ - 1.002. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop Leo made it to the semi. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop At the AZ Nats, Randi Lyn was #4, & Leo was #6. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop At the 1st div 7 race, Leo was #10. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop At the Baby Gators, Adam Strang was #9 @ - 1.028. Thomas Strand, who bought Scott Burton's '70 Bird, was #14 @ - 1.014. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop Adam won his class. And Thomas was RU in his class with what may be the quickest pass I've ever seen recorded, for a Pontiac Stocker, in Stock competition. Can anybody post a link to one quicker than 10.135 ? I know the car recorded a 9.98 at a bracket race. Anyhow, it is the quickest Pontiac powered Stocker I've ever heard of. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop Adam Strang won 4 rounds of competition. That's extremely hard to do with a stick car. I think Adam has the only stick Pontiac still in competition. So, it's probably the quickest stick Pontiac Stocker, ever. Hey, that's cool. The quickest auto & stick Pontiac Stockers were in this race.  https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop At the Gators, Chris was #3, & Randi Lyn was #5. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop And Randi Lyn won the Gators ! https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop At the Spring Vegas Nat, Brad Burton picked up his class win, on a holeshot. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop Brad also won the div 7 Vegas race ! https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop Chris picked up his class win, at the N.C. 4-Wide Nats. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop At the Idaho div 6 race, Ryan Warter was #2 @ - 1.129. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop Brad got semi. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop At this div 3 race, Logan Galbraith picked up his 1st div win, in the '74 Grand Am he bought from Don Turk ! https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop At this Fontana div 7 race, Pontiacs had 4 of the top 9 positions, + #13. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop Leo was RU. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop Billy Nees made it to the semi, in his 301 powered '79 Lemans. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop That gets us thru May. Pontiacs did pretty good.
Last edited by oldskool; 01-13-2020 at 01:55 PM. |
|
|
|
|
01-13-2020, 04:26 AM
|
#3 |
|
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
2019 results, part 2.
Yes, I realize that anybody who wants to can look these results up for themselves, on DRC. But, I don't personally know anybody else who loves Pontiac V8 Stock/SS racing enuff, and has the time, who would look up these results & go to all the trouble of posting links to all the info, so that anybody interested can just click on the links to see the results. I am the guy who does & will. As long as these links will still access the DRC info, this thread will remain a source of at least a part of Pontiac drag racing history. There are LOTS of links here. I make mistakes. If ya'll notice that I have posted the wrong link, or whatever, please let me know, and I'll edit the post & correct the mistake. Let's begin with another big win for Randi Lyn ! Her 2nd of the year & 7th overall ! https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop At Topeka, Chris was #4. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop Brad won this div 6 race ! https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop Rob Holmes was #3, & Chris was #4, at this Indy div 3 race. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop At the Mile High Nats, Norman was #5. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop And it was an all Pontiac final !!! Dwaine Davis was RU, & Gary Riley was the winner, in his '74 Lemans wagon ! https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop Norman was #1 at this Topeka div 5 race. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop Julie Biermann was #7 at the Norwalk Summit Nats. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop At this Earlville div 5 race, Kevin Love was #3 @ - 1.031. Norman was #5 @ - 1.003. Brad Koivisto was #7 @ -.992. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop Randi Lyn got RU at this PA Nat event. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop At the Kansas div 5 race, Norman was #2. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop At the Vegas Fall Nat, Chris won his D/SA class. Randi Lyn was RU. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop At the Pomona Finals, Chris was #1 @ - 1.174. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop It was another great year for Pontiac Stockers !
Last edited by oldskool; 01-13-2020 at 03:32 PM. |
|
|
|
| Liked |
|
01-13-2020, 10:14 AM
|
#4 | |
|
Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Covington, LA
Posts: 99
Likes: 0
Liked 10 Times in 4 Posts
|
Re: Best Pontiac Powered Stockers
Quote:
__________________
Owen S. Birkett Stock/Super Stock 4106 |
|
|
|
|
| Liked |
|
01-13-2020, 10:43 AM
|
#5 | |
|
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
Quote:
|
|
|
|
|
|
01-13-2020, 11:46 AM
|
#6 |
|
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
As mentioned, I make mistakes.
Also, I've noticed that in div 1, 2, & 4, there are very few Pontiac powered cars. And, of those few, not all of 'em make all the races. So, some races may have 1 Pontiac, or maybe 2, and some have no Pontiacs , at all. Because of this, I admit that I have not scanned every single div race. In div 4, I usually don't even scan all the big races, cause there are seldom any Pontiacs entered. Also, there are smaller Stock/SS combo races, open races, & probably a few other types of races I don't know about, and/or don't have access to the results. . Therefore, I ask again that if anyone here knows of a Pontiac win I miss, please post that info. Just learned of a 2016 div 1 win that I missed. Todd Hoven won it, with his '68 Bird. It's the car that I had so much trouble getting the correct ID on. So, if I have it straight, it is the car that Roy & Mike McKinney, traded to Truman Fields, in the deal where they got Truman's '68 Bird, with which he had won the '73 US Nats. Truman, then took that car & got it running quicker, and raced it for many years. He won the C/S class with it, at the '77 US Nats, the same year that Mike McKinney won Stock, with Truman's original Bird. So, many years later,Todd got it, & it was painted & raced as a Truman Fields "Hard Times" tribute Bird, for a while. Then, it was returned to an original green color, without all the lettering, and Todd continued to race it for a while. Then he began to drive a Mopar for someone else, and Duane Hoven drove the Bird. At, least I HOPE, I have it all straight now. https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2016#indextop Last edited by oldskool; 01-13-2020 at 11:51 AM. |
|
|
|
| Liked |
 |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Hybrid Mode
