Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone (Post 651514)

I'll start this list off and pause for one of my favorites, for now.

63 Pontiac GP, J/S .G/S. No NHRA but first towed race car.

61 Corvette, (Joe Santangelo's ) L/SA 283

1959 Impala conv. ( mine and Joe's) 283 FI O/SA

61 Impala SS/X 283

69 Chevelle wagon (Joe's ) SS/PA

68 Chevy II (Bob Johnson's) 350 SS/JA

70 Camaro (Johnson's) SS/FA

71 ? Mustang (Johnson's trade in) 351 C D/S ?

66 Impala 4 dr. 283 SS/R .
I built this car after seeing Jimmy Parker's at Gainesville.
It looked great on paper. Apparently everybody else thought this too.
Joe DeLorenzo (unofficial team captain) came up with some old 283 Forgedtrue Jr Stock pistons. I had John Hoffman cut a narrow top ring groove for a 2 ringer with 4 grooves. Tony Feil did the heads and block. Added a TM 1 box stock intake and one of Mark's Cam Dynamics flat tappets. Full size 12 bolt , and a slick shifted 2.52 Muncie from Joe D. A brand new 4 GC for $ 32.50 ! No roll bar required

First week out, it ran 12.89 on a 13.00 record at Ct, which was a slow track.
A few weeks later some good ol' boys down at Suffolk battled the record down to 12.70.. Now I had to get to work. By mid year, I could barely run on the new record and managed a few wins, locally.

Dwight Cox won Indy with a 2 dr. HT, lowering the record some more.
For 1974, I decided to modernize this combo with a roller cam, prepped crank and rods, etc.
Now, being able to safely run on the record, I won a bunch of eliminators in the Northeast..CD, Lebanon, Island, Dover, Atco , Englishtown.

This all was in reach for a working, single guy, with an open homemade trailer at that time, if you knew the right people.
NHRA put an end to this in 75 with the "par" system so I had to go another direction, but easily one of my favorite cars.
To be continued...

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Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY (Post 651522)

I believe Jimmy Parker told me he set the SS/R record but on the same weekend Bobby Wilkinson set it a little bit quicker at a different track ….

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone (Post 651514)

I'll start this list off and pause for one of my favorites, for now.

63 Pontiac GP, J/S .G/S. No NHRA but first towed race car.

61 Corvette, (Joe Santangelo's ) L/SA 283

1959 Impala conv. ( mine and Joe's) 283 FI O/SA

61 Impala SS/X 283

69 Chevelle wagon (Joe's ) SS/PA

68 Chevy II (Bob Johnson's) 350 SS/JA

70 Camaro (Johnson's) SS/FA

71 ? Mustang (Johnson's trade in) 351 C D/S ?

66 Impala 4 dr. 283 SS/R .
I built this car after seeing Jimmy Parker's at Gainesville.
It looked great on paper. Apparently everybody else thought this too.
Joe DeLorenzo (unofficial team captain) came up with some old 283 Forgedtrue Jr Stock pistons. I had John Hoffman cut a narrow top ring groove for a 2 ringer with 4 grooves. Tony Feil did the heads and block. Added a TM 1 box stock intake and one of Mark's Cam Dynamics flat tappets. Full size 12 bolt , and a slick shifted 2.52 Muncie from Joe D. A brand new 4 GC for $ 32.50 ! No roll bar required

First week out, it ran 12.89 on a 13.00 record at Ct, which was a slow track.
A few weeks later some good ol' boys down at Suffolk battled the record down to 12.70.. Now I had to get to work. By mid year, I could barely run on the new record and managed a few wins, locally.

Dwight Cox won Indy with a 2 dr. HT, lowering the record some more.
For 1974, I decided to modernize this combo with a roller cam, prepped crank and rods, etc.
Now, being able to safely run on the record, I won a bunch of eliminators in the Northeast..CD, Lebanon, Island, Dover, Atco , Englishtown.

This all was in reach for a working, single guy, with an open homemade trailer at that time, if you knew the right people.
NHRA put an end to this in 75 with the "par" system so I had to go another direction, but easily one of my favorite cars.
To be continued...

https://i.postimg.cc/wjRD8BgD/417829...137216-nxx.jpg

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone (Post 652468)

Okay, these were supposed to be in chronological order..and I missed one..actually two..These fall in right before the 66 Impala convertible..

66 Chevy II , SS/N (my engine..Joe's hardtop car)

69 Camaro convertible I/Stock ( Jimmy Roberts' car.) Three races, two wins.

Now, after the 68 Camaro,

84 Citation AF/SA ,BF/SA , X/SA

84 Citation X-11 , BF/SA (customer's )

82 Escort H/FS ? (Bill Shurla's)

86 Cimarron CF/S ,DF/S (Mike Senia's) (Later Earl Smith from Ga.)

88 Cimarron AF/S , AF/SA (Mike Senia)

78 Firebird Formula 400 J/S , L/S, L/SA, M/SA

84 Sunbird HF/SA ( Billy Nees')

81 Firebird turbo..I was the crew chief on this one ( Neil Smedley's )

86 Omega N/SA, O/SA (ex wife driver, also Tibor Kadar, Leroy Duran)

80 Mustang 140 T , T/S, U/S, U/SA

77 Firebird 350P L/SA ( Tibor's )

If I haven't missed any more, we're caught up to present.

96 Escort EF/S Haven't run any NHRA, and no immediate plans to.. but you never know.