Scouring the NHRA classification guides for a particular car

Mike Gray · 03-22-2018, 01:10 AM

Google

Stock Eliminator, Chris Whitney

Watch YouTube of his wagon, very cool car.

6130 · 03-22-2018, 02:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike Gray

Google

Stock Eliminator, Chris Whitney

Watch YouTube of his wagon, very cool car.

Yes.

Dwight Southerland · 03-22-2018, 09:25 AM

Bobby Black from the Indianapolis area raced a '78 Malibu wagon for years with a stick. I did a pair of heads for him once upon a time. A very competitive car. I'm sure he is retired and the car is long gone now.

Bunkster · 03-22-2018, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Dwight Southerland

Bobby Black from the Indianapolis area raced a '78 Malibu wagon for years with a stick. I did a pair of heads for him once upon a time. A very competitive car. I'm sure he is retired and the car is long gone now.

Bobby left us a few years ago:

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/in...&pid=151639807

He usually ran that car in J.

MR DERBY CITY · 03-22-2018, 02:37 PM

Bobby Black was a wonderful man and a fierce competitor with his stick shift wagon. His son Danny built a 78 or so Nova and ran it in stock Eliminator for many seasons. Perhaps he still has his dads wagon ??

Monte Howard · 04-03-2018, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY

Bobby Black was a wonderful man and a fierce competitor with his stick shift wagon. His son Danny built a 78 or so Nova and ran it in stock Eliminator for many seasons. Perhaps he still has his dads wagon ??

Bobby Sold his Wagon Shortly after they got the Nova built. He sold it at the Super Chevy show in Indy.

MR DERBY CITY · 04-03-2018, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Monte Howard

Bobby Sold his Wagon Shortly after they got the Nova built. He sold it at the Super Chevy show in Indy.

I was talking with an old timer from Plainfield the other day and he filled me in on the wagon. Thanks for the update.

6130 · 03-22-2018, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Bunkster

Bobby left us a few years ago:

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/in...&pid=151639807

He usually ran that car in J.

Wow...sounds like he was a great guy...

6130 · 03-26-2018, 05:47 AM

Came across an interesting one tonight:

The 1970 Tempest wagon with the "350hp" 400 is an 11.05 pound car in Stock, making it an F/G/H car.

But I don't know the last time I ever saw a 1970 Tempest wagon...if ever...

Ryck Campbell · 03-26-2018, 08:51 AM

Back in the '70s Gary and Charlene Woods ran a 1971 Lemans wagon called Tons of Fun. They ran D1 races. I was introduced to it at Utica Rome Dragway.

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Mike Gray Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 613 Likes: 307 Liked 684 Times in 195 Posts	Re: Scouring the NHRA classification guides for a particular Google Stock Eliminator, Chris Whitney Watch YouTube of his wagon, very cool car.

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Dwight Southerland VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Arkansas - In the middle of everything. Posts: 1,999 Likes: 63 Liked 772 Times in 192 Posts	Re: Scouring the NHRA classification guides for a particular Bobby Black from the Indianapolis area raced a '78 Malibu wagon for years with a stick. I did a pair of heads for him once upon a time. A very competitive car. I'm sure he is retired and the car is long gone now. __________________

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MR DERBY CITY VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Derby City, USA Posts: 3,609 Likes: 1,069 Liked 7,793 Times in 1,496 Posts	Re: Scouring the NHRA classification guides for a particular Bobby Black was a wonderful man and a fierce competitor with his stick shift wagon. His son Danny built a 78 or so Nova and ran it in stock Eliminator for many seasons. Perhaps he still has his dads wagon ??

03-26-2018, 05:47 AM	#9
6130 Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 409 Likes: 295 Liked 117 Times in 50 Posts	Re: Scouring the NHRA classification guides for a particular Came across an interesting one tonight: The 1970 Tempest wagon with the "350hp" 400 is an 11.05 pound car in Stock, making it an F/G/H car. But I don't know the last time I ever saw a 1970 Tempest wagon...if ever...

03-26-2018, 08:51 AM	#10
Ryck Campbell Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Rome, NY Posts: 56 Likes: 176 Liked 46 Times in 10 Posts	Re: Scouring the NHRA classification guides for a particular Back in the '70s Gary and Charlene Woods ran a 1971 Lemans wagon called Tons of Fun. They ran D1 races. I was introduced to it at Utica Rome Dragway. __________________ Ryck Campbell NHRA Technical Specialist