Occasionally, I run across a Pontiac that just deserves special recognition. This is definitely one of those cars. It's the Mulry & Aceves '74 Firebird Stocker.
Back in the early 2000's, this car qualified #1 at lots of races. Sometimes it would be more than 1.5 seconds under it's index. Here's an example from a nat event at Vegas, in '04. It was #1 @ 1.544 under ! Notice also that Scott Burton was not far behind, @ #3, & John Schloe was #7.
https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2004#indextop
In '04, it qualified #4 at Indy. 9 Pontiac Stockers qualified in the top half of the field that year !
https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2004#indextop
It also got the K/SA class win that year.
https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2004#indextop
BTW, that was an All-Pontiac class final, against Don Holmes' '77 Bird !
K/SA index was 12.95. Mulry ran 11.562. Holmes ran 11.571.
https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2004#indextop
On May 17, 2003, the car set both ends of the K/SA nat record.
On July 5, 2003, it set both ends the L/SA record, this time in full Trans Am trim.
And, on May 1, 2004, it set both ends of the J/SA record.
That Bird has quite a record of performance !
