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Originally Posted by Al Kuehl
Gary
Bill Rink qualified 12th at Madison with a 11.14 there is a picture of his car on page 53 of the May 22nd Dragster . I saw that Steve Berlau had his car back out . I think I saw it on Drag Race Central when I checked qualifying .
Al
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Al
Your car was sweet, and belated congrats on that win you garnered out there from back then
! I saw your car with the kind of slicks I relate with Super Stock Eliminator, then I go to Auto Imagery and see Bill's '74 Ventura (GTO?), both in Stock trim, and in Super Stock. Wow what a difference changing from one to the other makes---the earlier photos of his car as a stocker show him with an 11.61 on his windshield/side glass, but as a SS car, he's shown with an 11.08 dial-in on photo #95 of 102!!! Moreover, he had some decent wheelstands as a stocker, but those stocker sized slicks with super stock power...wow, he darn near needs wheelie bars on that thing!!!
Thus more reason's why I wish I would've kept my '73 Ventura, but I'd have had to spend a lot of time & money on body work, because mine had dents, and scratches (if not chipped paint), all around it. It definitely was no looker (like your car was and Bill's is), but it got me my first divisional championship so it couldn't be all bad??? That car and/or my '76 Vega I wish I had back, because the challenge of running them would be big, and not many people are racing Pontiac 350 V8's (espcially with a 2bbl carb), compared to all of the other engines out there...let alone a 140c.i. 2bbl 4cyl Turbo 250 Vega??? However, those two cars were my two winningest cars to date!!! Thanks for your insight, and Bills Ventura bringing back some good memories of mine...pictures of my car were found, but since it wasn't a Stock/Super Stocker, that's why you don't see it on this thread....