When was the "Golden Age" of Stock Eliminator

[Frito]

Originally Posted by GUMP

Ah, the "Good Old Days"! !

Honestly, I think that tech on a National level back then must have been really tough, but on a local level it must have been pretty lax. When I picked up my Formula in 1995 the owner told me about the new Firebird Stocker that he had in 1968 and all the tropies he had won with it on a local level. He also told me about the 428 short block that it had in it!

A P&G tester and maybe cc a head (if time permitted) and matching casting # and carb was about the most they could do. Not taking away, remember they were mostly just car guys wanting to be involved on a local level.

[Frito]

Originally Posted by Dick Butler

Got My 56 panel of John Dianna in 69 converted to a 56 wagon with the rules in 71. Ran Tri State in Ohio and Muncie. Ran off records set on the coast but luckily we all did. They Had Top Stk of upper classes and Jr Stk . Winner got 100$ if I remember and you could sell trophy back for 15$ more. It paid for a Steak on the way home. We won a few and had fun starting to learn how to work on a Stocker and the repairs and car knowledge.

Nice story on Bud & Dewey Cook from your area. They won a Super Stock meet with their Hemi at Riverside (Proctorville, Ohio). The youngest son came up to Dewey when he picked up the CASH (remember$$) and said "Does this mean we can stop for a steak instead of the balogna in the cooler."

[art leong]

Originally Posted by Frito

Nice story on Bud & Dewey Cook from your area. They won a Super Stock meet with their Hemi at Riverside (Proctorville, Ohio). The youngest son came up to Dewey when he picked up the CASH (remember$$) and said "Does this mean we can stop for a steak instead of the balogna in the cooler."

I remember when we won our first nhra race. It was the York Invitational And It was raced on a holiday weekend. We had brought enough money for gas and tolls. When we made it to the final, We were hungry so we knew we were in the money so we bought hamberers and fries and cokes, for the 4 of us.
Well we won and much to our surprise we got paid by a check written from a local bank. Everybody we knew had left the track and we didn't have enough for gas and tolls to get home. And the bank was closed the next day for the holiday. We had to stay at the track without a thing to eat till Tuesday morning. When we got the check cashed and went home. This was way before cell phones and our families were frantic.

[bill dedman]

My partner, Harry Sparks and I, took our '57 Chevy sedan delivery (with the requisite Dual-Range flat-pan hydro) to an NHRA Points race in Blair, Nebraska and were told we couldn't go down the drag strip until we filled the holes in the dash (mainly radio and heater control openings) with metal! We found a pair of scissors, some empty beer cans, and duct tape, presto: and were allowed to run! I think that was in 1968...

I bought a brand new Rochester 4-jet carb for that car (a 220hp 283) only to have it rejected in tech because they said the superceded carb was a 283/327 "one size fits all" replacement and was too big. Had to hit the junkyards looking for the "right" WCFB...

I was a local tech guy, myself, but I tried to use a modicum of common sense about stuff like that. I did toss a guy for having a complete Studebaker rear end (exposed axle nut and all) under his '55 Olds... lol!

Tech ain't what it used to be....