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I went down the track the first time in 1964 and was hooked. After a tour on the USS America, I returned to shore duty and Tom Stenzel and I built a 1969 Camaro, 427/425, 4 speed and set the B/S record at Gainesville, Fla. on a hot and humid Sept. 13, 1969. That was when racing was fun. We painted the car, built the engine(std. bore TRW pistons), rebuilt the M22, and assembled the 12 bolt rear. We had almost $2000 in the car before it went down the track; quite a sum for two young guys at the time. I have raced several cars in stock and SS over the years. I still build a few stocker motors since I sold my stocker in 2010.

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Darryl Davis, who was Div. 2 Tech Director during this time frame, had one of the fastest 62 Dodge 383/343 wagons I have seen. He ruled G/SA in Div. 2 at will.

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Looking at that 1970 Nat'l Record sheet...

H/SA records were held by 383/343 wagons...

12.40's 110

Bernie's Chevy II went 12.40's the first time I saw it run at E-town..

Our stick car went 2 tenths under the existing record on it's 3rd run...
Ray Allen made that run....at a test day at Etown

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Thanks for the info,, Rich. That was good reading,, those were the days alright!
Danny Durham

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Rich,

I knew that the 1962 Mopar Station Wagons ran in H/SA in
1970 and 1971 with the 383/343 HP 'Dual-Quad'.

I misunderstood your post, when you said the Mopars in your
Class {H/Stock}.

You meant the {10.50 to 10.99} weight factor.

Paul ...........

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see next post

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H/S in 1970 stick car combos we raced against
'61 Corvette.....HP ?
'57 Corvette.... HP ?
Olds Cutlass....350 in a '69 or '70 HP ?

Can't recall much else but those 3 combos had some good running cars out there...

350 Chevys were pretty new and dominated the older combos right away. The real killer Chevy combo was the low compression 350/255......HP rating was low and they were fast.

A lot of people were hesitant to race one at first until they saw how fast the ones that did were.....

Boertman and Bobby Warren....and Bud Rowe had one.....

Re: 1970 NHRA National Record Holders
 

Rich,

Here is a competitor's list from 'Back-in-the-Day' {1970 and 1971}

H/Stock {Stick} .............. 10.50 to 10.99 Wt/HP
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* 1968 Chevrolet Nova SS ~ 350/295 HP ... #3107 lbs. = 10.53
* Engine Code 'L-48'

* 1961 Corvette ~ 283/270 HP .................... #2904 lbs . = 10.76
* {Dual-Quad}

* 1957 Corvette ~ 283/250 HP .................... #2737 lbs. = 10.95
* {Fuel Injection}

* 1965 Ford Mustang ~ 289/271 HP ........... #2875 lbs. = 10.65
* Fastback 2 + 2 'K-Code'

* 1970 Pontiac GTO ~ 400/350 HP .............. #3689 lbs. = 10.54

* 1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass ~ 350/325 HP .. #3429 lbs. = 10.55
* 'W-31'

* 1969 Road Runner ~ 383/335 HP ............. #3551 lbs. = 10.60
* {Convertible}

* 1971 Plymouth 'Cuda ~ 340/275 HP ......... #3303 lbs. = 10.65
* The 340/275 HP was re-factored to 310 HP

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That was when they weighed the car without the driver and had to include 5 gals of gas. Our Chevy II Had to weigh right around 3100lbs I think it was. We never even thought much about driver weight. We also never had any idea about the common practice of cooling the engine with a chiller. We actually did the opposite and pre-heated the engine with a set of hoses connected to our ramp truck. This was what our engine builder Ralph Truppi said we should do to protect and preserve the rings. I made up 2 long heater hoses with quick connect fittings. Hydraulic type connectors and I still have them! Ran warm water thru the engine before starting it. Probably could have run at least a tenth quicker with a light driver and a chilled engine.....more like 2 tenths.....!!!!

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Rich,

Those Nova SS 350 cars really had a hold in that Class. I'm wondering
if any Chevrolet 396 cars did anything in that weight break.