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Old 10-29-2017, 07:24 PM   #3
Michael Beard
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Default Re: Your Race Car.... Then and Now


Went through a lot of changes over the years. I bought it from the Ross family in 2005 as an I/CM car.


I had Tim Sloan of Sloan Racing Engines do the engine and set the I/CM and J/CM Records a few times, then ran it in H/CM for many years. (Juuuuust missed the H/CM record one year, but got my first #1 Qualifier with that run at Skyview)


In the middle of 2011, Sloan completed the 5.9L DragPak combo for me to run GT/HA. Gibbs Race Cars completed the backhalf and 4-link with a Moser 60 rear in April of 2012.


Last year, I went back to a 'small' tire with the 29.5x10.5 M/T Pro Bracket Radials, and the car is even BETTER. I broke the crank in July 2016, which is when it ceased to be a Super Stocker. Top end is still all the legal 5.9 DragPak stuff, but made it a 408 stroker shortblock.

To my knowledge, this is the only car on the planet that has won a Stock World Championship, a Super Stock World Championship, and a Bracket Finals.
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