I love those 70, 1, 2, and 3 Camaros with a 350 c.i.d. or larger engines. I never been to this drag-strip, but I've been to Milan many times. Brings back teenage memories. Two teenage friends of mine have done well at Milan, one with an early '70s 454 El Camino and another with a '73 Yamaha 350 Four-stroke.
I agree 100%. I am loving this series. NHRA pro classes are too homogenized now. No brand recognition anymore. Very little variety. This series has it all: big blocks, small blocks, hemi's, multi-carbs, single carbs, pony cars, full size cars, etc, etc, on and on. Pure Stock rocks!
Thanks. I'm first timer, had a great time and especially enjoyed the Studebakers. Also shot a bunch of stills and with any luck the link below should work. s710.photobucket.com/user/scotth3886/slideshow/Pure%20Stock%20Muscle%20Car%20Drags%20-%202014
This shows you how awesome these cars were/are. Some gears, drag radials, and aftermarket exhaust and these cars kick ass. Lot of people don't realize that the shitty factory quarter mile times were largely due to poor gearing and dog shit pinwheel bias ply tires. However I'm not sure if these guys are able to mess around with timing/jetting.
Timing and jetting is a yes. Aftermarket exhaust, not exceeding 2 1/2" diameter, routed as was the stock exhaust and exhaling through stock log type exhaust manifolds is permitted. Porting and polishing are not allowed. Balance and blueprinting are permitted just as the NHRA Pure Stock rules allowed back then. NO drag radials permitted. If the car rolled on 8.55x14 bias ply from the factory, that's what it had to run here.
What the hell happened? Where was everyone? PERFECT weather and maybe 50 cars turned up. What a waste!!!!! Well, that was a wasted 650 mile drive for nothing.
They're not "pure stock" in the sense that every component is factory original equipment. Some of those parts today can't be found for any amount of money. Look up the rules for competing in this series and I'm sure you'll be surprised at how close to authentic they actually are. They are blueprinted very thoroughly which is something that cannot be done along an assembly line because it takes too much time and costs too much for regular production cars. What the Pure Stock series does show is how much performance potential was engineered into those cars.
I've posted the rules before psmcdr.com/2.html Many, but not all, are blueprinted. We're a little better at that today than we were 50 years ago and it shows. Some are original, even original owners. It's a great event though, and by design, produces really close racing. Even a couple of ties in ET and trap speed.A run such as at min 4:12 shows what blueprinting and a properly set up engine can do. Here we have a 426 Max Wedge, 64 full size Plymouth running a 122 mpg trap with a 11: 59 ET. Amazing! What kind of rear wheel HP does it take to do that? And remember, these cars don't have roll cages so at 11 :49 and faster, you're out as happened to the white 69 Camaro so probably a little sand bagging going on.
Scott I am absolutely loving this series. I only wish they came to a track near me. I don't think a lot of folks realize how authentic these cars actually are. Or how much potential was engineered into them back then. As for me, I'm hooked. Even an intervention couldn't help me now. I'm digging PSMCDR.
Everything about these look factory stock and concourse show ready. These guys don't hesitate to run the absolute shit out of them either.s710.photobucket.com/user/scotth3886/slideshow/Pure%20Stock%20Muscle%20Car%20Drags%20-%202014
It had rained like hell the night before and the track was still a little wet up until the time to start racing. Plus it was cold and windy so I think all of this hurt turnout a bit
Remember, next weekend, Friday and Saturday, US 131 Motorsports Park, Martin, Michigan www.us131msp.com/track-infoBoth F.A.S.T. class and Factory Stock class. I'll be there presuming that we have a shot at decent weather. Grandson will be working the video and me the still camera.
