1968 Super Stock Magazine Nationals

[Paul Ceasrine]

Viti Brothers Rambler
Middletown, Rhode Island

1968 Javelin ~ 390/315 HP ~ SS/FA
* Driver; Frank Pine
* Wrench; Frank Zerbus

A 'runner' at the 1968 Super Stock Magazine Nationals.

[Paul Ceasrine]

Daryl,

1968 Super Stock Magazine Nationals

~ General Overview ~

Friday ~ July 19

* Time Trials {For the Stockers and Super Stocks}

* The Track was over-flowing with competitors.

* Approximately {150 Super Stockers}. Nearly every top S/S Car
from the Northeast was there, along with many of the 'big names'

* And every Top Stocker in the Northeast was there, totaling
approximately {120 Cars}.
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Saturday ~ July 20

* Class Run-Off's for Super Stock

* Stock Eliminator {Stockers did 'not' have Class Run-Off's}

* Time Trials > Competition Eliminator {Gasser's and Altered's}

* Time Trials > {Funny Cars}

* Time Trials > {Injected AWB's} ~ {Weights > 2400 lbs. ~ 2700 lbs. ~ 3000 lbs.}

Stock Eliminator Championship

* Winner > Carmine Rotunda ~ 1961 Corvette {Green} 283/270 HP 'Dual Quad' - {F/S}

* Runner-Up > Wayne Jesel ~ 1956 Chevrolet 'Sedan Delivery' Wagon - 265/225 HP - {L/SA}

Carmine Rotunda






''Yoo Hoo Too'





Featured a 265/225 HP 'Dual Quad' in the 1956 Sedan Delivery. Since this vehicle was
listed as a 'Truck', the NHRA permitted the use of the 4-Speed Hydra-Matic Transmission,
which made these Chevy Delivery 'Stockers' near unbeatable.

Engine prepared by; Tommy Kling {Truppi-Kling}
Transmission by; Vitar {Vinnie Tarantola}

Wayne Jesel and 'partner' Tony Massari campaigned the 'Yoo Hoo Too''.

Tony was not as involved with the car in 1968, and Wayne was the 'primary'
owner.

The deal with 'Yoo Hoo' was very simple >

Yoo-Hoo Chocolate Beverage Corp. {Carlstadt, New Jersey} gave them
{ $2500 } as a sponsorship fee. > Today's dollar value { $18,000 }.

How did they get a 'sponsorship deal'. Very simple. Tony Massari's father was
on the Board of Director's of 'Yoo Hoo''.

The cost to put the 1956 Sedan Delivery together ..... $2200.

Now that is a 'Junior Stocker'.

[Paul Ceasrine]

Daryl,

General Facts about the 1968 Super Stock Magazine Nationals

X/SS Class

An 'Open' Heads-Up {no handicap} Class.

* Sox & Martin ~ 1968 BO29 Barracuda ~ 'Match Race Car' {White Hood w/Blue Stripe}
'Lil Boss' on the fenders, all Blue roof and trunk-lid.

* Dick Landy ~ 1968 LO23 Dart ~ '4-Speed' ~ 'Match-Race Car'

* Bill 'Grumpy' Jenkins ~ 1967 Camaro SS-396 ~ SS/C {with '427 'L-88' Engine}
A closer look shows, a small 'Scoop' on the Camaro's hood.

* Motion Performance ~ 1968 Camaro ~ A/MP ~ {427 stroked to '466'}
This car set the NHRA A/MP record at { 10.98 } only 1-Month earlier {June 1968}.

There were only a few entries in this 'Open Class'.

This was a 'Double-Elimination Class'
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First Round

Ronnie Sox ....................... Eased up, and cruised down the Track
over
Bill 'Grumpy' Jenkins ......... 'Fouled' {Red-Light} when he left early.

Dick Landy ........................ 10.66
over
'Motion Performance' ........ 11.06

Losers Bracket 'I'

Bill 'Grumpy' Jenkins ......... 10.91..... 'Holeshot'
over
'Motion Performance' ........ 10.97

Winners Bracket

Ronnie Sox ....................... 10.77 .... Eased up at Top-End
over
Dick Landy ........................ 11.63 .... Shut-down early

Losers Bracket 'II'

Dick Landy ....................... 10.66
over
Bill 'Grumpy' Jenkins ........ 10.88

Championship

Ronnie Sox ...................... 10.34 @ 134.35 MPH
defeated
Dick Landy ....................... 10.55 @ 132.02 MPH

[Paul Ceasrine]

Daryl,

General Facts at the 1968 Super Stock Magazine Nationals

S & K Speed Shop

They did not compete in Super Stock Class Eliminations or
Super Stock Eliminator.

Their LO23 Dart was still undergoing some 'fine tuning'.

Though they were there at New York National Speedway, they
only ran 'Time Trials' with the SS/B Dart.

If you look closely at those photos from July 1968 at New York
National Speedway, you could see that the Dart was just painted.

Also, the front windshield is 'shoe-polished' with 'Time', indicating
Time Trial only.

Sal M******, who was there filming many of the Races, stated that in
his Film Stock, the S & K Speed Shop Dart ran;

Time Trial 1 ........ 11.22
Time Trial 2 ........ 11.14

They were experiencing some 'shifting' or Clutch issues.

[Paul Ceasrine]

Class Winners

Saturday ~ July 20, 1968

SS/B
Champ ..... Ronnie Sox {1968 Barracuda - 426 Race Hemi}
R/U ........... Bob Gaudreau {1968 Barracuda - 426 Race hemi}

SS/C
Champ .... Frank Bash {1967 Camaro SS-396}
R/U ......... Bill Cadill {1968 Camaro SS-396}

SS/D
Champ .... Bill 'Grumpy' Jenkins {1968 Nova SS-396}
R/U .......... Red-White-Blue {1966 Chevy II 'L-79'}

SS/E
Champ ... Bill Blanding's 'Mimi' {1967 Camaro SS-396}
R/U ......... Rye Ford ~ 1968 Ford Mustang 'Cobra-Jet'

SS/F
Champ ... Dick Arons {1968 Camaro SS-396 'convertible'}
R/U ......... Sox & Martin {1968 GTX 440}

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SS/BA
Champ .... Dick Oldfield {1968 Dart - 426 Race Hemi}
R/U .......... Bill Stiles {1968 Barracuda - 426 Race Hemi}

Note; > According to Dick Oldfield {Newspaper Article from February 1969},
Dick stated that he won the SS/BA Class. And that his LO23 Dart ~ 'Race Hemi'
was running 10.70's > { 4/10's 'under' the [11.10] SS/BA National Record }.

This is 'true'. As Dick Oldfield was running 10.75's with his 'The Good Guys'
LO23 Hemi Dart on Saturday ~ July 20th.





SS/CA
Champ .... Tosten & Jennings 'Enginuity III' {1967 Belvedere RO23 ~ '426 Hemi}
R/U .......... Rudy Schings {1967 Belvedere RO23 ~ 426 Hemi}

SS/DA
Champ ..... 'Outlaw' {1963 Belvedere ~ 426/410 Max-Wedge}
R/U ........... 'Competition Torqueflite' {1964 Belvedere ~ 426 Max-Wedge}

SS/EA
Champ ..... Dick Landy {Dart GTS 440}
R/U ........... Lance Hill {1968 Camaro SS-396}

SS/FA
Champ ..... Dick Landy {1968 Coronet R/T 440}
R/U ........... Hubert Platt {1968 Fairlane 'Cobra-Jet}