Bring back super/mod...

Ed Wright · 08-16-2012, 01:59 PM

I ran a '69 Camaro in C/SM the first year they had the class. Read and re-read Rick Voglin's Car Craft articles about building his car. First year there was just the one class, which became B/SMif I remember correctly. Never had a problem running under the index. had heads from RHS to begin with then a set from MI (forget the shop's name) then a killer set from Lee Shephard. The other two sets ran the same, but Lee's heads flowed more and were faster. Had a 292", 305", and 317". Never could get the car light enough for the 292", but it was still the fastest.

I seldon had a problem hooking on 10.5" Firestones, but they started to go away after about 15 passes. Usually left, depending on the track, between 8000 & 9500.

It was a fun class. Danny Bird had a fast one.

Those rules were fine, imho. I never knew of anybody "cheating" the heads. Like building an SS car with lumps on the pistons. Some guys were trying to run them like a Modified car, trying to spin them too high. Made that mistake myself for a while. I think the heads would be tougher to police now.

08-16-2012, 01:59 PM	#18
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: Bring back super/mod... I ran a '69 Camaro in C/SM the first year they had the class. Read and re-read Rick Voglin's Car Craft articles about building his car. First year there was just the one class, which became B/SMif I remember correctly. Never had a problem running under the index. had heads from RHS to begin with then a set from MI (forget the shop's name) then a killer set from Lee Shephard. The other two sets ran the same, but Lee's heads flowed more and were faster. Had a 292", 305", and 317". Never could get the car light enough for the 292", but it was still the fastest. I seldon had a problem hooking on 10.5" Firestones, but they started to go away after about 15 passes. Usually left, depending on the track, between 8000 & 9500. It was a fun class. Danny Bird had a fast one. Those rules were fine, imho. I never knew of anybody "cheating" the heads. Like building an SS car with lumps on the pistons. Some guys were trying to run them like a Modified car, trying to spin them too high. Made that mistake myself for a while. I think the heads would be tougher to police now. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA Last edited by Ed Wright; 08-16-2012 at 02:13 PM.