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Old 08-20-2021, 09:10 AM   #5
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Default Re: 80’s/90’s Stock and Super Stock pics

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Originally Posted by oldskool View Post
" 80’s/90’s cars...that were new in that time period..."

OK, that REALLY narrows it down for me. The only new Pontiac V8 powered cars during those years came in '80 & '81. All those that I am aware of, were 301 Turbo Firebirds. Billy Nees may know of some '80-'81 301 non-turbo powered Pontiacs that ran back then. But, right now, I can't think of any.

There were some really strong 301 Turbo Birds, for their class. Some qualified well & some set national records. I haven't been able to find real good sources for finding out EXACTLY when some of the Pontiacs were running. Many of the cars that were running in the early 2000's were also running in the last century.

DRC has pretty good records back thru 1998. But I've had to do LOTS of searching to find info about many of the Pontiac Stock/SS cars that ran before that time.

Now, if you wanna include the Super Stock GT cars, that will include some Pontiac powered '80's & '90's cars.

With this in mind, I'll begin with Don Kennedy. Just saw him listed at the '98 Winter Nats, with his '92 Bird. I think it had SD455 power, at that time. We can include 9 pics per post. So, in order to save space on this site, I'll edit & add pics as I determine which ones meet your criteria.

Another really good Pontiac powered GT car was Phil Monteith's '82 "Hatari" Fiirebird. Peter Biondo won his first SS World Championship driving that car.

One of the successful 301T cars belonged to Neil Smedley.

While still in the '90's, Phil Monteith built a 4th gen Pontiac powered GT Bird. Peter Biondo also drove this one, & would later win more SS Championships with it.

Lynn McCarty has been running a couple of GT cars for a while. Just found his son Stacy listed in the late '90's driving a '92 Bird.

Another nice 3rd gen GT Bird that was running in the late '90's belonged to Victor Santos.
Looks like Welds and Cragar Super Tricks ruled that era in terms of wheels! Interesting to see.
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