Tedder managed to make 647HP with his 406, but subsequently broke a rocker shaft.

Buck Hinkle made over 595HP with his 404ci/361, but, shattered a piston and cylinder wall into a million pieces doing it. It busted up the block so badly you could look into the exhaust port and see his camshaft and lifters.

Comp Cams forgot to turn the water on to our 906 headed 500ci stroker and burnt it to a crisp during the ring break in. It got hot enough to start burning the paint on the cylinder heads. We bandaged it back together and the following day managed to scratch out 730HP with leakdowns at 23%, 30%, 32% and 56%. It was impossible to tune the carburetor with all the exhaust gasses flowing back into the intake manifold through the warped intake valves and seats.

It was definitely an event to remember. I hope the write-ups in the magazine are as exciting as the dyno runs were.