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Originally Posted by vic guilmino
does anybody rememder when george had a 58 pontiac
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I have a vague recollection of Cureton running a '58. There were a few '58 Pontiacs around and a friend of mine ran one for a couple years. Craig Muller was his name and he was from NJ. He was also a pro bowler and made the TV show a few times. '58's had a lot of different engine combos possible with various induction and cams, both hydraulic and solid (McKeller). All were 4 speed hydros and were some very cool cars to me at the time. I owned one myself, a 2dr hdtp Chieftain and ran some 14 second times with my "street" car. It had a set of 4.56's in it to run fast and was a little rediculous towing a '57 Sedan Delivery with it ! The sedan Delivery did have a Vitar Hydro and it did weigh a ton and was a serious pain in the butt to bolt that "not a converter" together as it had a paper gasket and a lot of bolts. Who was the best Jr Stock racer of all time? Thats a very tough question as there were many guys that had a lot of success. I can tell you that any car that had Jenkin's Competition on it was usually fast and Cureton was always fast, but there were just too many real good cars and drivers to name one. Every track had a dominant group and then there were the guys who did real well at races like Indy....that was the biggest measuring stick back then was winning a National event....period