Stan Welch - Stock Eliminator Pinto Racer

[Pat Cook]

Originally Posted by bill dedman

If I remember right, that car was blindingly fast (for what itr was, LOL!)

He won Stck Eliminator at the NHRA Nationals back when it was a nearly new car, and if memory seves me correctly, went some 15.50's doing it.

I always wondered... with all the loosening of Stocker engine rules in the ensuing years, it seemed that almost nobody seemed to run any quicker than HE did, back in the day...

Anybody got any ideas on that???

At met Tom at the Ford Proving Grounds were I worked, pretty savy guy. When I met him he was the principal design engineer for the 2.3 engines.