D/Dart in Stock

[ddartdude]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

To Akan Hvizdos (ddartdude),
Regarding Post #12.
Nothing on Ted Spehar/Ralph Costa.
But one thing perplexes me? What was Jon Rasbach doing in
H/SA in 1970. Now I think Lapeer Dragway didn't open until 1968.
To be classified in H/S (11.00 -11.49 wt/hp) that weight factor was
used by NHRA in 69'/70'/71' (3 straight years)
I'm wondering if the NHRA didn't re-rate the HP for the D-Dart to
265HP at that time, giving it an 11.11 stock class factor.
I remember back then, that the NHRA re-rated the 340/275HP to
290HP.
Now I don't think Lapeer was an AHRA sanctioned track. But
Detroit Dragway, where Ted Spehar ran was AHRA-sanctioned.
PC

Paul,
sJust looked at the photo of Jon and the D/Dart and it had L/SA not H/SA on the windshield. Not sure what the weight factor of it would be. Jon did put on the photo, although it was done by computer, that it was taken at Lapeer during the summer of 1970. I talked to him briefly on night and he said he didn't know what it ran back then -- but in the one picture he sent to me, his wife is standing next to thecar holding a trophy.

Jon bought the car from Spehar in the Summer of 70 with the automatic already in it. He raced it a few times that summer and then sold it to Al Adam sometime in 1971. I bought it in 2002 from Al. At the time, it was at his mom's place in Reading,Pa. I think Al may have raced the car there at times.

Alan