Lyn Smith isn't through with this season yet. He finished as runner-up in Stock Eliminator at the national event at Madison, Illinois, (East St. Louis) last week! He's on a roll!!! Go, Lyn! c
Loved the pic of Willard's '65 big car. I was at a STK/SS race in Montgomery, Al in about '72 and surprised to see Willard there as i knew exactly who he was and where lived. He spent the night at my place that night and moved on. Last time I saw him was at Warner Robbins, Ga. He broke a right front brake drum behind the line. Never saw him again and was sad to hear of his passing after moving to Florida. Attached pic was taken at the first Gators in 1970, I was driving Sherman Adcock's Srs '67 big block car. Didn't qualify but did win the first ever points race at Gainsville in '69 in this car . Florida.
Saw pictures of this at the Dallas Autorama a few years ago. Don’t think it was ever a real Jr. Stocker
I saw it at Grand National Roadster Show a few years ago when Tri Fives were featured. Has stuff on it that was not in the era. Looks to be built by Chevycraft guy, Bill Clements. The front hubs are not original Black Widow stuff, They stick out farther than original heavy duty passenger car hubs. These hubs have a smaller and longer snout from a later model pick up truck. This is what a real Black Widow hub looks like, short snout , same as standard passenger car hub, but the grease cap locks on to the outside of the hub, not inside of the bore.
Got any info on the 1967 mustang bob trudell drove as trudell ford with 427cui engine in it seams I have the original car that was this exact car but no long has this motor in it now has a 514 in it
The day after the beer bottle throwing circus one of the Indy newspapers had a big picture of a bunch of bottles in the air all at the same time, I wonder if anyone has a copy of that, or has posted it. I'd like to see it again.
Last year, Lyn Smith wrapped up the season with commendable performances on the modern Stock Eliminator circuit. Yesterday, Cal Method, an octogenarian and standout performer from Junior Stock days finished the LODRS season with a runner-up in Stock at the final Division 6 event of the 2024 season. KENT, Wash. - Results of final, round 6 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northwest Division, event at Pacific Raceways: Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed 6633 Joe Sorensen 611 Cal Method E6 ****WINNER**** 0.039 11.310 110.31 0.012 11.359 108.28 G/SA Dial: 11.30 (+/-): 0.010 H/SA Dial: 11.38 (+/-): -0.021 Prior rounds: E5 (J Lane ) 0.027 11.293 -0.707 No Time E4 (W Kelly ) 0.099 10.877 -1.123 (B Burton ) 0.005 11.396 -0.004 E3 (T Gaynor ) 0.056 11.309 0.009 (B Seaburg ) 0.090 11.371 0.061 E2 0.050 11.273 0.273 (A Wiebe ) 0.000 11.316 0.016 E1 (J Boyce ) 0.042 11.339 0.009 (E Hauter ) 0.251 11.667 0.467 Qualified: #1 10.888 -1.112 #19 11.330 -0.820 Note the "triple zip" (perfect) reaction time Cal put on the boards in round two and the .005 reaction time against former World Champ Brad Burton in the quarter-finals. Junior Stock racers can still get the job done!
Do you have any more information on the Taxi II car? I have a 1963 Fury that was purchased from Santorsa JR. Trying to get some history on the car. Matt 509-385-2134
Cal Method has extended his historic career with a win today in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Northwest Nationals at the tender age of 81. Cal eliminated no fewer than two former and one current National Champion drivers in completing the sweep. Earlier in the week, a thread in the www.classracer.com included the assertion that Cal can personally document having been in the teardown barn for head-off engine inspection between 150 and 200 times over the past 65 years. He may be the most senior of all national event winners in NHRA history? Guess we'll need to wait and see what the historians say about that.
Im looking at the old NHRA Drag News results from 1958-59. The Olds 303 ran extra good (ya think?) Some of them dont fit their class - even with the lightest Olds weight, they should be running 1 class slower or even 2 classes. I wondered if the early Olds 303 was "factored" back then, before factoring was cool, or just bumped up a class, but that wont fit everybody either. These are not NHRA Nationals, just local track weekly results. Were cars back then allowed to "Jump' a class, ie race in one class hotter than where their car fit, I'd guess for a bigger money pot if they won?
An interesting observation. I didn't arrive on the drag racing scene until about 1962 but I was a fairly regular spectator at Lions, San Gabriel, Pomona, and Fontana before I started competing in 1964. Admittedly, my recollections may not the the keenest in the land but Stockers in local events in those days were mostly racing for trophies. Cash payouts weren't common until after the advent of the christmas tree and handicapped head starts led to more bracket racing. Also, by the mid-60s there were several SoCal tracks that had switched sanction to AHRA and the classification practices under their rules were decidedly different. To my knowledge, factoring was not commonly practiced but other measures were taken to equalize competition. At the Winternationals 1964, Ford introduced not only the Thunderbolts but also the light weight version of the Galaxie. Several Galaxies unloaded with A/S and A/SA class designations but by the time they made the transfer from the tech lines on the east side of White Ave. to the pits across the street, new classes (AA/S and AA/SA) had been created and they received the 1964 version of factoring.
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