Stick Racers !!!

[oldskool]

Later in the '69 model year, you could get a Judge in colors besides orange(Carousel Red). The reason I didn't buy a Judge is because at the time I ordered my new Goat, orange was the ONLY color available. So, I ordered a silver Goat.

#1 pic is of a silver stick Judge. I suppose if I could have ordered a sliver Judge, this is how it would have looked. BUT, since I've seen pics of the other colors that became available, if I had been able to see a black Judge, that's the color I would have bought. But hey, that's all history now. Oh well, this is the "Nostalgia" section. So it's ALL history, I reckin.

#2 This '69 stick Goat is Silver/black. (fuzzy after enlarging) Lots of racers have sought sponsorship help to support their racing habit. Looks like this one is sponsored by a pizza/sandwich shop & a speed shop. Wish I'da had a pizza shop that would have given me free pizza. I LOVE PIZZA !

#3 Wonder how many young guys took their new Judge out to the strip & wrote goofy stuff on the sides, with shoe polish ? And that 12.12 ET on the windshield had to be bogus. The date on the pic was in 1969, & the car looks to have a street plate on the front. Guessing that a 12.12 would have been WELL below the nat record in '69.(Could be wrong) I remember that Truman Fields set a low 12 sec nat record for C/S, in the '73 Indy Stock final. But that was 4 years later. And, according to the "Ram Air" on the scoop, this Judge had the D-port engine, NOT the RAIV. I'll never know. But it would be interesting, to me, to know all the details of this car & it's performance.

#4 There were probably lots of Pontiac dealers that ran, or at least sponsored a Judge race car. Had to be good advertisement. This E/S Judge had Marson Pontiac on it.

#5 I THINK this pic is of the D/S class final @ Indy '69. A '67 Z-28 won, with a 12.24(If what I've read is true). As you can see, it looked to be well ahead of Big Iron, which was said to be one of the quickest '69 Goats at that time. But, right now, I have no idea what the nat record for D/S was, in '69.

#6 I have this Judge listed as belonging to Arnie Beswick. It has E-S on the window. So, maybe he ran Stock with it for a little while ? The pic is dated 1970.

#7 How 'bout if I close this post out with 3 '69 Bird stick Stockers. This one had a 350HO, & ran mid 12's. Guessing that was pretty good for F/S, in '69.

#8 Garber Pontiac ran a C/S '69 Bird. Assume it was RAIV powered.

#9 Stephens Pontiac ran an E/S '69 Bird. Assume it had the base D-port 400. Don't have any performance numbers for these last 2.