Ss/x

[ss wannabee]

Originally Posted by Dwight Southerland

Just a couple of years. By 1974 SS/U was the lowest class at 18 lbs. Probably politics was at work to get rid of the lower classes. It wasn't because of lack of participation because there were 7 cars in SS/X at Indy in 1973.

Dwight...would you know what kind of cars those 7 entries were? As far as who the
"hitters" were in SS/X....Kronenbitter would be top spot with the "Bits-n-Pieces car...
wasn't he runner-up at Columbus? Also, I think Randy Heer made some noise down
your way with his early Olds.....That's about all I remember.....

[ss wannabee]

No further comments? I'll add a couple...I wish I was able to see some of those early
Olds' run in SS/X...missed them all. There was a Toronto-area '57 Chev 2-dr wagon
that I saw run in "X" about '73 or so...might have been a D1 points meet. I think there's
a couple of photos of it on the HAMB site...got the Maple-Leaf flag on the door?

So maybe the '57 with the smaller engine was a viable combo in SS/X? Guys probably
built them due to the success the Nejas had....

The only other SS/X car I actually saw run was a '61 Bubble-Top...also in D1...maybe
white in color?

A few years earlier, I saw the "Bits-n-Pieces"...that "Copper-Stopper" car mentioned
before...and also a '59 Chevy called the "Blue-Tick" from Al Provoast...all running in
U/S class at the '71 Summernationals...the year of the "old" Stock Elim rules....

[ss wannabee]

Oops...meant to finish that previous statement as "the last year of the old Stock Elim.rules"....

Whatever became of Ray Dissette?

[R. Thorne]

Jack Mullins ran in ss/x with a 60 chev for 1 or 2 years. I remember seeing it at bowlingreen and the cloud of smoke at low Rpms. There was some "interesting" stuff going on with the 2 barrels to get more air back then. I ran a 53 olds in ss/x for 1 year. The magnesium rocker arms didn't work out too well.

[dhofer]

Originally Posted by ss wannabee

No further comments? I'll add a couple...I wish I was able to see some of those early
Olds' run in SS/X...missed them all. There was a Toronto-area '57 Chev 2-dr wagon
that I saw run in "X" about '73 or so...might have been a D1 points meet. I think there's
a couple of photos of it on the HAMB site...got the Maple-Leaf flag on the door?

So maybe the '57 with the smaller engine was a viable combo in SS/X? Guys probably
built them due to the success the Nejas had....



The only other SS/X car I actually saw run was a '61 Bubble-Top...also in D1...maybe
white in color?






A few years earlier, I saw the "Bits-n-Pieces"...that "Copper-Stopper" car mentioned
before...and also a '59 Chevy called the "Blue-Tick" from Al Provoast...all running in
U/S class at the '71 Summernationals...the year of the "old" Stock Elim rules....

We raced a 61 white chevy 2dr hardtop with a 283 2bbl combination,A-1 powerglide, in SS/X at Lancaster, Niagara and Cayuga in 1972. We moved the drivetrain to a 1962 two door post car (also white)because the SS/X record got blasted and set the SS/W MPH record at Cayuga. I think the 57 you are talking about was brown in color but I don't remember the name on the car. I know we raced it several times.
Dave Hofer

[Greg Gay]

MJ,

Joe Smith stopped by my trailer at the Epping points race on Saturday. I usually see him somewhere about once a year. He still has the car.

Greg

[ss wannabee]

Originally Posted by dhofer

We raced a 61 white chevy 2dr hardtop with a 283 2bbl combination,A-1 powerglide, in SS/X at Lancaster, Niagara and Cayuga in 1972. We moved the drivetrain to a 1962 two door post car (also white)because the SS/X record got blasted and set the SS/W MPH record at Cayuga. I think the 57 you are talking about was brown in color but I don't remember the name on the car. I know we raced it several times.
Dave Hofer

So I believe I saw you guys run...do you recall the times for both cars? Were you able
to use the aluminum PG?

[ss wannabee]

Originally Posted by Dwight Southerland

+20 cu in, +half point of compression and better heads on the 283 back then. Probably not. Was SS/X a 20 lb class or a 21 lb class?

Despite a slightly better engine, those '60's had to work a bit harder due to that wider body...maybe that in itself equalized the '57 cars...but then again we're talking
about cars that had trap speeds of maybe 90 mph?

I remember 3 basic combos in the class...the 162 hp '57 Chevy...the 170 hp '60-'62
Chevy, and the 135 hp early Olds...were there other ways to get into SS/X?