Whither 1966 D Darts for Stock

Travis Miller · 11-20-2008, 11:29 PM

I remember seeing a D/Dart that ran at the old Bluegrass Dragstrip in Lexington KY when I was racing back in 1966. It was a yellow hardtop and it ran D/S. I can remember seeing the car with the hood open. It had a holley carb. As best I remember it won the D/S trophy a few times. The reason it ran D/S instead of Super Stock was in 1966 there was no S/S eliminator. S/S was the top class in Stock eliminator. S/S did not get its own eliminator until 1967.

The reason the D/Darts got to run Stock without enough being produced was back then the specs were sent to NHRA preproduction. Cars were put in the classguide with the understanding that enough cars would be built in the model year. Sometime in later years it must have come to light that not enough D/Darts were built for Stock class forcing them into S/S only.

Travis

11-20-2008, 11:29 PM	#19
Travis Miller Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 478 Likes: 1 Liked 276 Times in 27 Posts	Re: Whither 1966 D Darts for Stock I remember seeing a D/Dart that ran at the old Bluegrass Dragstrip in Lexington KY when I was racing back in 1966. It was a yellow hardtop and it ran D/S. I can remember seeing the car with the hood open. It had a holley carb. As best I remember it won the D/S trophy a few times. The reason it ran D/S instead of Super Stock was in 1966 there was no S/S eliminator. S/S was the top class in Stock eliminator. S/S did not get its own eliminator until 1967. The reason the D/Darts got to run Stock without enough being produced was back then the specs were sent to NHRA preproduction. Cars were put in the classguide with the understanding that enough cars would be built in the model year. Sometime in later years it must have come to light that not enough D/Darts were built for Stock class forcing them into S/S only. Travis Last edited by Travis Miller; 11-20-2008 at 11:35 PM.