Hot Rods Buddy Ingersoll's Super Stock '56 Chevy

Long before the Pinto, the Oldsmobile, and the turbo Buick, Buddy raced a Super Stock 1956 Chevy two door sedan with a 265 cubic inch engine. The car was an NHRA record holder in it's cl*** at one time, sorry, forgot the cl***. The car was mainly raced in Illinois, Kentucky, and Indiana. I watched the car race many times, even when he went up against "The Little Red Wagon" in a wheelie bars down race one night! (the wagon went up in smoke and the '56 crossed the line for the win) In the entire time I watched the car race I never got a picture of it! I even knew Buddy and at the time was a teenager, but never took a picture of it. Buddy has a FB page dedicated to him but no one on the site has a picture of this car. In fact, few even remember it. I knew Mark, his son, he was younger than me but don't know how to get in touch with him. If anyone has a picture of that car please post! Lots of memories for me! Much appreciated!

 

Have you looked on the Junior Stock thread? I've seen pictures of it on the net. All N/Stock though.

 

Never knew that either! An old 56 Chevrolet "wheels up in the air" car I do remember, was a Super Stock car ran by "The Hardy Boys". Hope someone comes up with a photo. I am Butch/56sedandelivery.

 

He might have run S/S in 1972, when we were forced into it. I think he bought the Olds from Jim Waibel in 73-74.

 

Buddy ran the 56 in the mid to late 60's

 

Then it was never a Super Stocker.

 

It's been 50 years since I first saw the car, 1967. I was 13 then. It was a two door sedan with a 265 power glide, so not sure what cl*** it ran. I do know that junior stock type cars had a cl*** change in the early 70's. I am almost sure that in the early 70's, 72 and 73 it ran a lower cl*** in Super Stock....I know he put a dual four barrel set up on it at one point.....I had another friend that raced a 426 wedge automatic 1963 Plymouth and I know for sure that he ran SS/EA...that would have been the summer of 1972. I know Buddy's '56 Chevy set a national record in the late 60's but always thought he was SS...oh well, those were fun times back then!

 

Buddy Ingersoll running his N/Stock 1956 Chevrolet powered by a 265/225 2x4 engine at the 1970 U.S. nationals.

 

Somewhere around '72 or '73 NHRA opened S/S a lot of stickers with cams because of pure stock. The rules for stock were pretty tight.
I remember we chased a lot of SS/T '55 Chevy wagons. Brock and Nelson had a '55 Chevy SS/? That won the Summer nationals I think in '74. Memories are fading......