Lower Class Winner At National Event

[THE LEGEND]

The FWD car was Tim Griffith. H e finished 2nd in the world that year but he also drove a mopar wagaon U/SA car at some of the 1/4 mile races.
He also helped me win the div 9 championship in2003 by loaning me his h/ps mustang to get record points.
Very good racer and all round good guy
Chip Johnson

[Mike Taylor 3601]

In IHRA Randall Campbell made 13 Natl. finals won 8 in his 67 chevyII wagon Y/SA,also won 91 IHRA stock championship,not sure how many WCS wins,also 2 track championships @ Clay City,Ky.
I think that Randall would have to high up on win list in slow stockers.
Chip,
Where is Tim I have'nt seen or heard of him in awhile,he terrorized them @ Lake Cumberland about 8-10 years ago w/Jeep cherokee running Super Pro, No Box and Footbrake
Mike Taylor3601

[danny waters sr]

Eddie and Billy Wilson bought my old 66 belair wagon and won the IHRA div 9 Championship in R/SA backe a couple years ago..." Good Ole Mr Wilson "

[THE LEGEND]

Mike,
Tim has the cavalier back. He won a race at Farmington with it last weekend. He will be out some with it this year.
Chip

[savoyracer]

Don't know if it is considered a lower class or not, but one of the most prolific national event winners has got to be Jody Lang

[TGould]

Bob Shaw's (#1 qualifier) times were 16.27,16.26, 16.23, 18.49 (single),16.23 (semi). Malfunctioning timers kept the elapsed times from being recorded in the final but the win lights clearly gave the decision to Shaw. Caisson (Y/SA) ran a 16.77 in the semi against Joe Swarz's (V/S) 16.08. On Monday, NHRA put 5hp on the 95hp Corvair moving it up to Y/S (24lbs).

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by THE LEGEND

The FWD car was Tim Griffith. H e finished 2nd in the world that year but he also drove a mopar wagaon U/SA car at some of the 1/4 mile races.
He also helped me win the div 9 championship in2003 by loaning me his h/ps mustang to get record points.
Very good racer and all round good guy
Chip Johnson

Wasn't Tim the one who piloted a Chevy Cavalier Z24 to the finals of an early '86 IHRA national event Chip? I had some video footage of a car with the original burgundy red paint job (that mine had) being in such a race back then, and the car was similar to mine!

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by GarysZ24

Wasn't Tim the one who piloted a Chevy Cavalier Z24 to the finals of an early '86 IHRA national event Chip? I had some video footage of a car with the original burgundy red paint job (that mine had) being in such a race back then, and the car was similar to mine!

Probably thinking of Steve or Brenda Taylor

[Johnny M Fisher]

Originally Posted by GarysZ24

Wasn't Tim the one who piloted a Chevy Cavalier Z24 to the finals of an early '86 IHRA national event Chip? I had some video footage of a car with the original burgundy red paint job (that mine had) being in such a race back then, and the car was similar to mine!

That would be Mike Ellis from Durham, NC who was runner-up in 1986. It was practically a new car at the time, with a little fine tuning. Those were the days!

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by Johnny M Fisher

That would be Mike Ellis from Durham, NC who was runner-up in 1986. It was practically a new car at the time, with a little fine tuning. Those were the days!

Thanks Johnny, and you're right those were the days! If I would have known making a fwd mfi Chevrolet competitive in Stock would' ve been as much of a challenge as it has been, I would have bought my '76 Vega back, and tried to follow the success of George Williams, as he aided my desire to buy one by the way he was able to make a non-V8 Vega a winner. I won the '77 Memorial Day High School Drags at Bandimere's with mine, and several other races in '79 as well (along with a semi-final finish @ the '79 D5 ET Finals in Street Eliminator). It sure would' ve been easier to make competitive...no computer to fight with, and headers were made for their 4cyl engines too!