Re: [FWDLK] CARBS

[Dave Homstad <dhomstad@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, it was the 56 Dodge D500-1 which was the first to break 100 in the quarter mile. Drivers like Arnie Beswick and Ed Lyons were consistantly topping 100 mph in 1956. Recorded values were 102 (and probably high 13 seconds) and unofficial witnessed events at 106 mph. 

The 57 D501 certainly had the hp to do it. But the 57 model is several hundred pounds heavier than the 56, and with the longer body and heavier engine up front the weight distribution hampered traction. The 57 "may have been a tad faster, but the 56 was more consistant". 

Dave Homstad 
56 Dodge D500 

---- Ron Swartley <Archangel1390@xxxxxxx> wrote: 
> Your right Gary, it was the first to break 100 MPH in the  quarter mile. 
> Not sure but I think most of those D 501 were stick shift and  Chrysler 
> products had the worst and weakest manual transmission made back then.  Maybe they 
> ran Dodge Truck transmissions. The stick transmission could not be  speed 
> shifted like the Chevy transmission. 
>     Back at that time the Torqueflite transmission  was brand new and 
> Chrysler never expected it to be such a super successful  transmissions. I think 
> if the Dodge D 501 had Torqueflite transmissions and the  right rear end 
> ratio and tires -----------------they could have been a  terror!!!!!!
>  
>  
> In a message dated 12/7/2010 8:24:38 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> gbarker@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> 
> I believe I read some where that a 57 Dodge 501  was the first stock car to 
> break the 100 mph speed in the 1/4 mile.  It  was at a track in the Midwest 
> some where.   Gary Barker
>  
> 
> 
> 
> From: _Ron  Swartley_ (mailto:Archangel1390@xxxxxxx)  
> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 2:56 PM
> To: _L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)   
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] CARBS
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Mack,
>  
>     Only the 1957 D 500-1 had it's own badge on  the trunk. It actually 
> showed  501 instead of just 500.That was the one  with the leftover 1956 
> Chrysler 300 B 354 engines with some factory  modifications. The standard  1957 D 
> 500 with the  smaller Dodge Hemi  used the same D 500 emblem with 1/4 or 2/4 
> carburetors.
>     Chrysler pulled out of racing in 1957 and I  personally believe that 
> the D 501 never got the attention and testing that  could have made it a 
> winner on the NASCAR and Drag Strip track.
>  
>      Ron Swartley
>  
>  
> In a message dated 12/7/2010 5:29:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> modelrcer@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> 
>  
> On the exterior (with the hood closed) how can you tell if you are  looking 
> at a SUPER D500 or a D500. Are there badges to idenify what each  is?
>  
> Thanks 
> Mack
> 
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