Looking for 1970's statistics

[FranInCali]

Hey Lew, thanks for the response. It is the NHRA and primarily the 70's but any info you could share would be great as to where to find this.

[FranInCali]

I have a list of specifics now:

Top Fuel
Funny Car
Pro Stock
Pro Comp
Top Alcohol
Dragster & Funny Car
Top Fuel Bike
Pro Stock Bike

Is that enough?

[Nitro Joe Jackson]

hee hee, good luck

[Lew Silverman]

Here's the score card for 1970, Winners and Runner-ups from each of the NHRA National Events - The points totals might be lost to history, but I've included a link to the rest of the results below -

Score Card for the Year:1970

CLASS WINNER / RUNNER UP GATORNATIONALS TG Gordon Collett D.A. Santucci FC Leonard Hughes Larry Reyes PS Bill Jenkins Ronnie Sox COMP Tommy Shinholster Jack Ditmars MOD Herb McCandless Carl Kirk SS Ed Hedrick John Tedder STK Tom Callahan Keith Hodge WINTERNATIONALS TF Larry Dixon Tony Nancy TG Don Hampton Bob Muravez FC Larry Reyes Gene Snow PS Bill Jenkins Ronnie Sox COMP Jack Ditmars Ken Dondero MOD Dick Landy James Thompson SS Barrie Poole Bill Allis STK Richard Charbonneau Keith Berg SUPERNATIONALS TF Rick Ramsey Gerry Glenn TG Don Cainyl Ray Hadford FC Gene Snow Larry Arnold PS Ronnie Sox Arlen Vanke COMP Don Enriquez Ray Rastetter MOD Jim Stevens Sunshine Kaneshiro SS Ray Allen Tom Crutchfield STK Marv Ripes Joe Allread WORLD FINALS TF Ronnie Martin John Wiebe TG Ray Motes Jack Jones FC Gene Snow Ed McCulloch PS Ronnie Sox Arlen Vanke COMP Ben Griffin Jeg Coughlin MOD Carroll Caudle Dave Armbruster SS Ray Allen Dave Wren STK Bobby Warren Bob Burkitt NATIONALS TF Don Prudhomme Jim Nicoll TG Jack Jones Roger Rowe FC Don Schumacher Leroy Goldstein PS Herb McCandless Arlen Vanke COMP Ben Griffin Gary Koehler MOD Joe Lemley Dean Lowery SS Ron Mancini Lou Downing STK Dave Boertman Ron Garey PB Larry Welch Boris Murray SUMMERNATIONALS TF Pete Robinson Jim Nicoll TG Larry Brown Al Bergler FC Gene Snow Vic Brown PS Dick Landy Herb McCandless COMP Tom Smith K.S. Pittman MOD Dick Shroyer Jim Elliott SS Ron Mancini Barry Poole STK Dave Boertman Wayne Dokken SPRINGNATIONALS TF Bob Gibson Jim Nicoll TG Ray Motes Norm Wilcox FC Leroy Goldstein Gene Snow PS Ronnie Sox Wally Booth COMP Ray Rastetter Jack Ditmars MOD Ralph Hope Francis Crider SS John Elliott Bob Lambeck STK Marv Ripes Bob Burkitt GATORNATIONALS TF Dave Chenevert Jim Paoli


Here's the link for the rest of the information from the NHRA website -

http://www.nhra.net/50th/resultslist.html

The internet is amazing! (and not just for pornography!)

Lew

[FranInCali]

you guys totally rock! I will find it somehow. just not for this Christmas, huh?

[oldskool]

I LOVE this thread !

It's where I found the link to all the NHRA nat event winners.

I love to go thru it & ID all the Pontiac powered winners I can. Since the thread is 10 years old, I assume the OP won't mind if I hijack it.

One I especially like is an all Pontiac(I think) final. I'm not absolutely sure. Arlen Vanke was the winner, & Bill Abraham was RU. I know that both guys drove other brands. But I THINK that for that race, Arlen was driving a Knafel Pontiac '66 GTO, & Bill was driving a Knafel '65 GTO. But, they had two '66 models. So, both cars could have been '66 models.

Does anybody know what car each guy was driving, in the '66 Spring Nats ?

http://www.nhra.net/50th/results.asp?mYear=1966

Also notice the Jr. Stock finalists at the World Finals race. I know Jay Hamilton raced at least 2 different '58 Pontiacs. Assume he drove one in this race. Bill Abraham was RU in that race, also. So, it MAY have been another All-Pontiac final. So, anybody know how to find out what car all these guys were driving in those 2 Stock finals ?

Hey, there were only 4 nat events that year. So, if both those were All-Pontiac finals, that means that half the nat events in '66 had All-Pontiac Jr. Stock finals, How cool is that, for a Pontiac Freek, like me !

[oldskool]

Another All-Pontiac Stock final was in 1977, @ Indy. Mike McKinney won it, in the original Truman Fields '68 Bird that had also won in '73.

Mick Leiferman was RU, for the 3rd year in a row.

http://www.nhra.net/50th/results.asp?mYear=1977

There were also 3 Pontiac powered SS winners that year ! John Herslow won the Grand Nats. Bob Michael won the Spring Nats. Sonny Ray won the Sports Nats.

John Herslow would have been driving the Herslow & Morlock SD455 '73 T/A record holder. Sonny Ray would have been driving his '72 GTO record holder. Bob Michael has had so many Pontiacs, I don't know what he was driving. I assume it was his '73 SD455 T/A, before he sold it to Don Kennedy.

[DeuceCoupe]

Originally Posted by oldskool

I LOVE this thread !

It's where I found the link to all the NHRA nat event winners.

I love to go thru it & ID all the Pontiac powered winners I can. Since the thread is 10 years old, I assume the OP won't mind if I hijack it.

One I especially like is an all Pontiac(I think) final. I'm not absolutely sure. Arlen Vanke was the winner, & Bill Abraham was RU. I know that both guys drove other brands. But I THINK that for that race, Arlen was driving a Knafel Pontiac '66 GTO, & Bill was driving a Knafel '65 GTO. But, they had two '66 models. So, both cars could have been '66 models.

Does anybody know what car each guy was driving, in the '66 Spring Nats ?

http://www.nhra.net/50th/results.asp?mYear=1966

Also notice the Jr. Stock finalists at the World Finals race. I know Jay Hamilton raced at least 2 different '58 Pontiacs. Assume he drove one in this race. Bill Abraham was RU in that race, also. So, it MAY have been another All-Pontiac final. So, anybody know how to find out what car all these guys were driving in those 2 Stock finals ?

Hey, there were only 4 nat events that year. So, if both those were All-Pontiac finals, that means that half the nat events in '66 had All-Pontiac Jr. Stock finals, How cool is that, for a Pontiac Freek, like me !

Per Boyce's book on pg48, Vanke drove Tin Indian V, a Ram Air therefore I assume a 66 GTO, in C/S=9.50. Also says Abraham drove a 63 (MaxWedge wagon in B/SA=8.70.

I dont have a compilation for the World Finals, but I'd guess Hamilton was still in his 4dr 370/330-6v running F/SA=11.90 class. He set a record in F/SA that year.