Re: Racing Polys

[Donald Gallimore <dongallimore@xxxxxxx>]

Heavy? - not like my current one.  My current 440 powered '65 weighs 3775 with 
me in the seat.  The old car when we moved it onto formula stock had to pretty 
much had to have a full tank of gas to make weight. That was 3210#.  I don't 
know what it weighed in at as a Pure Stocker but I'll bet it wasn't over 
3,350#.  We worked very hard to get the weight out of it, mostly legal stuff but 
a few things were legal only because we never got caught!  (if the ref don't 
call it, it's legal.)

BTW - the car when it ran Formula Stock had a 318, but it was a wedge motor.  
We developed a very creative interpretation of the rules to get the wedge 
approved in lieu of the poly and AHRA/IHRA gave us a letter approving it. That 
combo held a number of National Records, also.  

 
Akron Don Gallimore



----- Original Message ----
> From: Gary Pavlovich <glpavlovich@xxxxxxx>
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sun, January 30, 2011 9:43:11 PM
> Subject: Re: Racing Polys
> 
> 
> Don,
> 
> Thank you for the piece of history on your racing...a very good time for a 
>heavy car and trans/gear maladies.
> 
> Gary Pavlovich
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Gallimore" <dongallimore@xxxxxxx>
> To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 3:49 PM
> Subject: Racing Polys
> 
> 
> Gary P wanted to know who raced polys.
> 
> Back around 1970, my brother and I raced a 318 Poly in IHRA/AHRA Pure Stock.
> Pretty much a stock set-up in a 1965 Belvedere 1. With a slipping tranny, we
> set the National Record. Best run was a 15.96 in L/SA. This was in legal
> trim. Back then that was a very amazing performance for a couple of guys with
> limited financial resources, if I can say so. Would have been nice to see the
> performance if we'd had a good tranny and the right gears.
> 
> Akron Don Gallimore 
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