When Chrysler Boycoted NHRA Pro Stock

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Riffle in B/G 1975

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I knew somebody was running B/G, couldn't remember who it was, I was running a B/G Austin Healey with an injected Hemi, we ran on the actual class records back then before the index system was initiated, I was running high 9.60's on a 9.56 record, obviously wasn't that competitive, someone in a retired Pro-stocker (probably Riffle) bombed it to a 9.13 in one weekend. Wound up finding a 3.48 crank and moving down to C/G, same thing happened, record got obliterated by over .60, was no way I could compete with a Prostock chassis, even if it had a junk motor. Thats when I sold the car and got into dragboats.....

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What car and class did the Factory Pro Stock guys run in?
I remember Sox had an awesome 68 Cuda SS/A
Butch Leal ran an equally awesome 65 SS/B Belvedere (And won a couple of races as I recall)
Landy ran a 70 Hemi Challenger in SS/D
But Ican not remember what the other Chrysler Pro Stock racers ran.
What did Vanke Run?
What did Grothear run or had he already retired at this point?
What did Carlton run?
What did Stepp run or did he just park his rig for a while?
Let me know and any pics would be great.
Thanks

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No John, what I was asking about, was regarding the time around 1974 or 1975 that Chrysler actually boy cotted NHRA PRO STOCK and had all of their Factory Pro Stock drivers running in these other classes. While Chrysler was boycotting Pro Stock class at NHRA races.

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I got confused because you put cars in your original post that never ran pro stock .

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Ronnie in a A/FX Challenger

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where is this car

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Frito
That picture of Bill Stepps Colt and His Demon and the Missle, do you know if it was that taken at Lakeland Florida? It looks like the picture of the round track where all of the Pro Stock Cars were pitted for the IHRA Winter Nationals

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The chassis under that Challenger was originally Don Carlton's Gold Colt (A Carlton-Hodges piece). Car went to John Zorian, and then was re-bodied as the Challenger for Sox. Note the Mechanic: Clyde Hodges.

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Wasn't the gold Colt the one that was stretched and in which he had his fatal accident? I've seen a mid-'70's magazine article and a more recent one that suggested it.

Newer article: http://www.moparmusclemagazine.com/thehistoryof/mopp_0605_drag_racing_history/photo_05.html

Not trying to start anything. Just hoping to know what's accurate and keeping it that way for as long as possible. Time often makes it difficult to know if things were reported accurately at the time or if facts surface later.

Where's Stewart???

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After running the AWB Colt for a couple of races with the Gold Colt chassis in it, Donnie and Clyde built a new chassis for it, and the Gold Body was reunited with the Gold frame and went to Kenny Hahn. An easy way to tell the early AWB Colt with the adapted chassis from the later AWB Colt with the purpose built chassis is the location of the rear wheels. The purpose built car had the wheels in a fairly stock location, the adapted chassis had the wheel way to the back. Also, look at the a-pillar roll cage bars between the two cars. You can see the adapter bars to mate the Gold Colt chassis to the AWB body, while the purpose built chassis had the bars tucked up to the a-pillars.

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The pic Frito posted is the Roger Denney/Rod Shop car.

While it was long believed that the Gold Colt became the stretched Colt, Mark Panos recently cleared this up on another site.

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After running the AWB Colt for a couple of races with the Gold Colt chassis in it, Donnie and Clyde built a new chassis for it, and the Gold Body was reunited with the Gold frame and went to Kenny Hahn. An easy way to tell the early AWB Colt with the adapted chassis from the later AWB Colt with the purpose built chassis is the location of the rear wheels. The purpose built car had the wheels in a fairly stock location, the adapted chassis had the wheel way to the back. Also, look at the a-pillar roll cage bars between the two cars. You can see the adapter bars to mate the Gold Colt chassis to the AWB body, while the purpose built chassis had the bars tucked up to the a-pillars.

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