Tripped across an interesting article talking about Gapp & Roush, the ’73 Pinto and other good stuff. The article is on the ‘cookieboystoys’ web site
Check out the article here.
Below is an image from the article.
Tripped across an interesting article talking about Gapp & Roush, the ’73 Pinto and other good stuff. The article is on the ‘cookieboystoys’ web site
Check out the article here.
Below is an image from the article.
Wheelie!
Wheelies are a waste of time. Physics people. Go out…not up 😉
This Pinto was built but was crashed…twice and then sent packing. My father was not the driver in either of the ‘incidents’.
The venue for the video is the same…that is Toronto and what appears to be an appearance for the United States Racing team.
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Here’s another bit of video. The vehicle is a 1973 Pinto. I believe this a United States Racing Team match race
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So the IHRA sanctioning body put together a meeting at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. WG won the Pro Stock side of the tilt.
There are a couple of things strange about the race. The track was apparently pit road and the track was 1/8 of a mile in length.
Here’s a radio ad for the event:
1974_IHRA_SouthNats_Radio_Ad.mp3
I love some of those old radio ads.
Below is a link to a fairly recent article about the race. Unfortunately, one of the rocket cars got loose, killed two crewman of another vehicle and the driver.
Link to the article.
From the article:
Less than a year earlier, Anderson had become the first to break the five second mark on a quarter-mile track, at 4.99 seconds, and a top speed at the finish line of 322 mph.
1) Those speeds and times are equivalent to Top Fuel and Funny Cars times of today.
2) Rocket cars didn’t have stop switches for the fuel? Wow.
This is fun. One of the first videos that i have encountered of the Maverick’s running down the track. Got a few of the Pinto’s that I’ll post at some point.
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This comes from my brother. The image shows two vehicles. The Super Stock Convertible Mustang that won its class at Indianapolis in 1972 in SS/HA class and the first Pro Stock Maverick (blue).
Well done Mike.
Pic of the Taxi at Indianapolis. Check out the ‘fro on the guy in the middle!
Here we have a G&R Performance Catalog.
I’ll post the rest of the catalog as time permits.
A great shot of the red Boss 429 powered Ford Maverick.