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Originally Posted by Rich Biebel
In 1970.....Lebruns A/S'er ran around 11.40 at maybe 120 on 7" tires....at a stocker event at Island....We raced him with our H/S Chevy II and my driver fouled and both cars went .05 under the record. It's a vivid memory as I was standing right behind the starting line and it was 3rd or 4th rd....
I am just not sure whether his car was a Camaro or Corvette....just to long ago.....and he had numerous cars over the years....
I don't know if they ever ran in the 10's but it's possible.
Pistons and rings were less restrictive on the rules than the later version of stock..
Regrind cams were widely used...
Highly likely people were getting very creative even though getting caught was WAY more likely back then....
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That was excellent then.
Today he would run close to a second faster.
Better tires, track surface, suspension, low drag rings, converters.
IHRA allowing a very small wag on the springs.