First Car to the Strip

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Originally Posted by Mike Pearson

My first car that I owned and also first car I raced was a 1968 mustang coupe. It was a factory 302 4 barrel engine and top loader 4 speed. I think I ran some high14s bone stock with it. That was a fun car to drive on the street. I was 16 years old.

That must have been a heck of a bone stock 230hp 302. In 1968, Motor Trend was only able to wring a 15.20 at 94 mph out of a manual trans 335hp 390 Mustang. They ran a 14.57 at 99.55 mph in a 428-powered Shelby GT500KR, and a 14.75 at 98 mph out of another 360hp 428-powered Shelby Mustang.