Indy 1988

GUMP · 03-04-2025, 01:32 PM

Hi,

I am trying to document my 1988 Cutlass (The All American). It won Indy in 1988. Does anyone have a copy Dragster or any other publication that I can scan that shows the results?

Any other history that you can share would be appreciated too.

I will gladly pay.

Thanks,

Daren

MR DERBY CITY · 03-04-2025, 03:17 PM

The only thing that I can remember was the guy that WON liked to smoke a pipe and did his own transmission work …..

Paul Sarvas · 03-04-2025, 04:13 PM

https://classracer.com/classforum/showthread.php?t=6418

https://www.nhra.net/50th/results.asp?mYear=1988

Steve Stasko · 03-05-2025, 09:01 AM

I may have the National Dragster(s). Let me check tonight, I have a bunch from the late-70's up through the early 90's. You can have them...I'm trying to purge my garage.

brian schuetta · 03-05-2025, 11:13 AM

Remember watching the final. Was that the year a storm was coming fast and it rained right after the last final?

Jeff Taylor · 03-05-2025, 11:29 AM

I was runner up in super stock and I believe the guy who won stock might have been the pipe smoking transmission guy named Ken Shaver

GUMP · 03-05-2025, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Taylor

I was runner up in super stock and I believe the guy who won stock might have been the pipe smoking transmission guy named Ken Shaver

I have a very COOL home video that Rod Kennedy gave me of Ken winning!

These Oldsmobile Factory Hot Rods are a neat piece of history that don't need to be forgotten.

Dan Bennett · 03-05-2025, 12:51 PM

I don't know if it was due to him personally or if he was just following orders, but I have never seen a program worked so widely and effectively as when Arlen Fadely was running it. I remember one year at Indy they actually gave away a new Aurora at the Oldsmobile racers' banquet. And those Cutlasses were everywhere.

Ralph A Powell · 03-05-2025, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY

The only thing that I can remember was the guy that WON liked to smoke a pipe and did his own transmission work ?..

He owned a Transmission Shop in Ohio and raced Pontiacs early on!

MR DERBY CITY · 03-05-2025, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Ralph A Powell

He owned a Transmission Shop in Ohio and raced Pontiacs early on!

Ken Shawver lived in Defiance, Ohio. Later in life he worked tech for IHRA. His last drag car was a Pontiac super stocker running SS/ka. It was sold to a wonderful gentleman from Indiana who raced it for a few years before he unexpectedly passed away. The car now resides in Illinois and is raced occasionally by the current owner.

03-04-2025, 01:32 PM	#1
GUMP VIP Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Shelby, NC Posts: 1,817 Likes: 2,145 Liked 2,326 Times in 546 Posts	Indy 1988 Hi, I am trying to document my 1988 Cutlass (The All American). It won Indy in 1988. Does anyone have a copy Dragster or any other publication that I can scan that shows the results? Any other history that you can share would be appreciated too. I will gladly pay. Thanks, Daren __________________ Daren Poole-Adams NHRA Stock/SS 2007

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MR DERBY CITY VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Derby City, USA Posts: 3,613 Likes: 1,073 Liked 7,795 Times in 1,498 Posts	Re: Indy 1988 The only thing that I can remember was the guy that WON liked to smoke a pipe and did his own transmission work …..

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Paul Sarvas Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Silver Creek, N Y Posts: 196 Likes: 598 Liked 177 Times in 103 Posts	Re: Indy 1988 https://classracer.com/classforum/showthread.php?t=6418 https://www.nhra.net/50th/results.asp?mYear=1988 __________________ No, we're not dead. No, you're not dead. Just enjoying coma. - Tatiana Shmayluk

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Steve Stasko Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Western PA Posts: 453 Likes: 13 Liked 273 Times in 142 Posts	Re: Indy 1988 I may have the National Dragster(s). Let me check tonight, I have a bunch from the late-70's up through the early 90's. You can have them...I'm trying to purge my garage.

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brian schuetta Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: san antonio tx Posts: 259 Likes: 5 Liked 28 Times in 15 Posts	Re: Indy 1988 Remember watching the final. Was that the year a storm was coming fast and it rained right after the last final?

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Jeff Taylor Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2020 Posts: 20 Likes: 0 Liked 19 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Indy 1988 I was runner up in super stock and I believe the guy who won stock might have been the pipe smoking transmission guy named Ken Shaver

03-05-2025, 12:51 PM	#8
Dan Bennett Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 436 Likes: 831 Liked 591 Times in 134 Posts	Re: Indy 1988 I don't know if it was due to him personally or if he was just following orders, but I have never seen a program worked so widely and effectively as when Arlen Fadely was running it. I remember one year at Indy they actually gave away a new Aurora at the Oldsmobile racers' banquet. And those Cutlasses were everywhere.