life after Super Stock for the Hemi A-bodies?

[Geerhead55]

Ah,,yes, the local tracks! Unfortunately, out here in the northwest, there were few players and no hitters, on a national perspective. I remember going to my first "Pro Stock" show at Puyallup in the summer of '70,, at least thats what they called it at the track, and I couldn't believe how slow the cars were. My only knowledge at the time of Pro Stock was what I read in Hot Rod, Car Craft and SS&DI as I wasn't aware of National Dragster yet, heck I was still in highschool, trying to get by with a 6 cylinder Chevelle!
Take care, Paul,, hope Christmas was good.
Danny Durham

[mopar68]

Originally Posted by Geerhead55

He may not have had the record,,, but the early part of 1970 seemed to belong to Bill Jenkins and his '68 427 tunnel rammed Camaro, as he had back to back wins at the Winternationals and the Gatornationals, and also ran in the 9.90 range that day in Pomona, the first time Pro Stock was contested in NHRA national event competition. His opponent in each final was of course, Ronnie Sox in his Hemi powered '70 Cuda.
Danny Durham

From what I recall, Bill Jenkins ran a 430 cu. in. engine in his 1968 Camaro--not a 427--based on the 4.44" bore Can Am aluminum block and 3.47" stroke, i.e., big bore/short stroke/long connecting rod combo.

M68

[mopar68]

Hey, Chris...nice avatar.

M68

[Geerhead55]

Originally Posted by mopar68

From what I recall, Bill Jenkins ran a 430 cu. in. engine in his 1968 Camaro--not a 427--based on the 4.44" bore Can Am aluminum block and 3.47" stroke, i.e., big bore/short stroke/long connecting rod combo.

M68

M68,,,, Wow,, its been so long since I read this thread,,I had to go back and look at what I was referring to. Since I was responding to Paul's posting of early '70 Hemi dominance of Pro Stock, I should've referred to Jenkin's Camaro as simply big block powered, and not mentioned the cubic inches, as the size of the Hemis were not discussed, and some of those were destroked, but possibly not at that time.
I do remember the stories about Jenkin's Can-Am based powerplants, but I was thinking they were a later exercise, in his '69 car. My "Grumpy's Toys" book is on loan, so I can't check how dried up my brain cells are getting. The '70s were my favorite era of Pro Stock,,, the cars still looked like they were supposed to, and ran like nothing we'd ever seen.
Danny Durham