A/S 1967-1972 record history...

[MAURICE BLENDHEIM]

We have narrowed the search to, the A/S record(s) for 1969 and 1970. Thank you…MB.

[Stewart Way]

I believe Kenny Horne set the A/S record in 70 or 71 in a 67 GTO. Kenny still lives in Fayetteville, NC I think. He may know some of the history.

[Mike Delahanty]

Here is some info: The 1970 A/S record was an 11.45 minimum through August 21. The B/S record at that time was an 11.56 held by one of the Tony Pizzi cars.

[ss wannabee]

Originally Posted by Stewart Way

I believe Kenny Horne set the A/S record in 70 or 71 in a 67 GTO. Kenny still lives in Fayetteville, NC I think. He may know some of the history.

Stewart, that might have been ...possibly 72 or 73 when they changed the
rules and pushed all the older stockers into Super Stock...and Stock cars had to be '65
and newer...(later changed to '60 and newer.)...and the "build" for Stockers had to be
MORE stock than the previous years.....

Don't have a lot of stuff from that time frame BUT look for a guy named Mark
Mazotta...he ran a '66 Corvette out of the Lebrun camp in CT. I know he got the A/S
mph record in 71 at the E-town points meet...I was there for that...(and the rain date)..
and have a program from that event somewhere...listing his accomplishment....He may
have run the car during the 70 season but I don't know....

There was a Janetti-Wood team from the Philly area with a '69 Camaro about
that time...they were the "hitters" in B/S...not sure if they ran "A"...Tony Pizzi power I
believe....

[MAURICE BLENDHEIM]

I have some information on a 1968 Camaro called "The Fugitive" based out of the Pacific Northwest. Does anyone recall this car from that period in time? Any Photos? Thank you…Maurice.

[Stewart Way]

SS Wannabe
Think Kenny was 70 or 71. I started working Div. II tech in 70 and the first time I met Kenny was to certify the car for the record. I moved to Fayetteville in Jan of 73 and already knew Kenny. Again, working with an old mind.
Think old cars were in stock thru 71. 72-73 was a cutoff at 63, 74-75 was cutoff at 65 and 76 went back to 60.
Maurice, I will try to get in touch with Kenny and see what he remembers.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Stewart Way

SS Wannabe
Think Kenny was 70 or 71. I started working Div. II tech in 70 and the first time I met Kenny was to certify the car for the record. I moved to Fayetteville in Jan of 73 and already knew Kenny. Again, working with an old mind.
Think old cars were in stock thru 71. 72-73 was a cutoff at 63, 74-75 was cutoff at 65 and 76 went back to 60.
Maurice, I will try to get in touch with Kenny and see what he remembers.

Stewart, A/Stock was 7 lbs in 71..No Pontiac ever made that.

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

Stewart, A/Stock was 7 lbs in 71..No Pontiac ever made that.

In 1972 Truman ran A stock with his Firebird, with the Ram 2 combo. He also held a record in 72 for A I believe.

[Grant Eldridge]

Originally Posted by MAURICE BLENDHEIM

We have narrowed the search to, the A/S record(s) for 1969 and 1970. Thank you…MB.

Maurice,
I ran A/S in 1970 with my 1967 Camaro 396 375hp car. I can tell you this much, we won A/S at the Winternationals that year running only 12.40's at Pomona but got to the 3rd round in eliminations when a pushrod broke running against Kieth Berg's 18 second Olds with two full 5 bulb trees as a handicap... lol Still have the trophy, I think Linda Vaughn gave me, or maybe that part was in my dreams..... That was nowhere near the record, though. Even at Mission, the best I recall from that car was 11.98, still not super competitive when we had to handicap off the records. Interestingly, in 1971 to be more competitive, we switched the engine into a 1967 Camaro convertible which fitted at the top of C/S and that car ran 11.92.
Someone must have a copy of National Dragster from that race, I'd sure like to get that issue for my collection, never thought to save all that stuff back in the day...

[SStockDart]

Good story, Grant.....those were the "good old days" that I will remember forever.