Connecting Highway

[Paul Ceasrine]

Moose,

That's the Magazine Article that said it was a 'Quarter-Million Dollar Race',,,in late-1968,,,,,,,,,,

I was just getting the specifics correct,,,,as
some say it was in late-1968, or early-1969 or 1970.

It definitely wasn't 1968, as S & K still had the Hemi Dart.
They didn't let ithe Hemi Dart go until early-mid 1969. Right after they got their 69' AMX Super/Stocker

And it wasn't 1970, because the Hemi Dart still was in SS/B.

Did anybody actually see that race between Ron Lyle and
Super John....????

pc

[FINESPLINE]

Paul, As far as ' Super John ' is concerned, was his name John Sandoval ? As this person ran out of South Brooklyn and had extremely fast cars in that era. Did run high dollar races !
Another big dollar racers were Eddy ( eyes ) & Freddie Leyte from South Ozone Park and Richmond Hill.----------John

[Paul Ceasrine]

Finespline,,,,,,

Super John McFadden
from NYC, New York
one of the Top Black AHRA S/S Drivers in the U.S.A.

Ran a Dick Harrell prepared 69' Camaro
427 cast iron block, with a tunnel ram, w/Carter carburetors.

Car was red and white,,,,,,,,Dick Harrell lettered on door center.
Tunnel ram was a tall unit,,,,,w/rear vent opening,
Early style unit.

The car was a 10.90 car for A/MP in 1969,
but eventually hit 10.25 in 1970.

His car was the challenger against the Mutt Brothers (John and Ron Lyle)
for the supposed quarter-million-dollar/quarter-mile.

That was the street amount of money bet on the one-time race,,,,,
supposedly,,,,,,

If 3000 people attended, and the betting crowd was 50/50,
that means 1500 X 2 race spectators each bet about $75...
Its more than possible,,,,,,,,,

Story goes,,,,,,,,
Super John got the holeshot, and pulled a 1-foot
high, 30 foot wheelie.
Half-way down the Boulevard the Camaro had about a 2-car lead.

Once Ron hit 3rd gear, the Hemi Dart opened up and quickly gobbled up
the distance, and went flying by the Camaro,,,,,,,,winning the race by
a good 2-cars.

Estimates were, of the Dart going about 10.70 @ 130 MPH.
All in SS/B trim,,,,,,,,,

pc

[FINESPLINE]

Paul, This probably had to take place somewhere btw 1971- 73 as I would have known more about it . I was too busy in southeast Asia. Damn, missed a hell of a race !----------John

[Hemi Moose]

I came across this link on Connecting Highway that talks about some of the old cars & stories from back then...enjoy.

http://www.connectinghighway.com/