1965 US Nationals Stock Winner

[DeuceCoupe]

Originally Posted by John W. 1711

I saw a photo of the Torino the first year (1970) it ran. It was in E/S, #1726. It is running, what appears to be, 7" slicks. Bud put it in SS pretty quick. I live about 12 miles from Norris Ford.

I just found this link:
http://www.mustangandfords.com/featu...back-in-action

Lots of pictures, old and new.
Bud signed his name so that pretty well settles the spelling!

Old 1971 pictures of the Mustang with SS/E on it sure enough.

This article again says Bud won class at 1970 Indy.
Shows a picture of Bud and the car (Torino).
Looks to me like a FLAT HOOD, but no markings E/S or F/S or G/S.
Maybe with a flat hood (no cold air) it ran in G/S in 1970?
I just cant figure why G/S doesnt show up on the 1970 Indy results sheet, nor does Bud's name. The mystery continues.
(I attached the 1970 Indy results sheet Tom Kaasch posted)

The 428CJ was factored at 340hp for the flat hood, and 360hp for the cold air or shaker hood. That's the only engine I can think of that was factored differently depending on air intake back pre-1972 anyway.

I wonder if the 429SCJ was factored the same - lower for the flat hood or C-code, higher for the shaker or J-code.

To run in E/S=9.00 class, the Torino had to be factored to 400-425hp.
To run in SS/F=8.50 class, the Torino had to factor at 420-450hp.
Without factoring, the Torino fits in G/S=10.00 class at 375hp.
I dont know what was actually used in 1970 vs 1971, flat hood vs cold air, but for sure the engine was factored up quite a bit.