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2014 Pontiac Heaven Come to Arizona this spring!
The 16th annual Pontiac Heaven will be held at a new, much improved location this spring. Much more info to be announced soon. People regularly attend from all over the United States and beyond. Make plans to attend! Event Sponsors - Network Automotive Service Centers Glenn's Pontiac Garage Kauffman Racing AllPontiac.com Butler Performance Ames Performance National Parts Depot The Thompsons Reliable Diesel Ram Air Restoration More to be announced There will be 2 full days and one night (to 1am ) of drag racing on a championship NHRA national event track! Plus 2 days of car shows. More to be announced soon! In the meantime- Wishing everyone the Blessings and Joy of this wonderful time of year! Merry Christmas
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Look for national event coverage in the current issue of High Performance Pontiac magazine. Check your news stand and pick up a copy of this excellent issue.
More event pics and listings at www.pontiacheaven.org Thanks to this fine list of sponsors who have already signed on for 2014! Network Automotive Service Centers Glenn's Pontiac Garage Kauffman Racing AllPontiac.com Too Hotties mens hair cuts Butler Performance Ames Performance National Parts Depot The Thompsons Todd Harding auto swap meets Reliable Diesel Ram Air Restoration More to be announced 2013 Pontiac Heaven Best of show Mark Avakian
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Pontiac Heaven has traditionally been the kick off Pontiac event of the season. That will continue in 2014.
Our new, and greatly improved location is Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park. Formerly known as 'Firebird', Wild Horse Pass offers world class amenities including resorts, casinos, premium shopping, Bob Bondurant road racing, drag boat racing and the NHRA championship drag strip! Simply stated, there is something for everyone and you will not be disappointed! Our dates are April 5 and 6. In that time frame, I will be running 3 drag/show events- Sat 6am-4pm Sat night 6pm1am Sunday 8am-5pm More info coming soon including hotel info Make plans to visit Phoenix, Az this April!
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We'll be there with the '60 Catalina at least. It will be nice to "have a dog in that fight" this year.
Jim
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****'63 Tempest, 475" IAII, Wenzler Super Chief heads, converted to blown alcohol, Birdcatcher, Littlefield 10-71 high helix. Best pass to date: 7.67 @ 181.59 (1/4 mi.), 4.95 @ 143.67 (1/8 mi.), 1.18 (60 ft) 7.75 @ 178 pass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iez3...ature=youtu.be First seven second pass(7.98): https://wwwoutube.com/watch?v=DK17...ature=youtu.be Thanks to Paul Carter @ Koerner Racing Engines |
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The official host hotel for this years’ Pontiac Heaven is the beautiful Marriott Fairfield/Courtyard inns & suites at Chandler Fashion Center. Mention “Pontiac Heaven” and get a $30 savings each night. Our Marriott also will be offering a free shuttle van service to the from the track many times throughout the day! This is a real plus for those traveling with family and or friends. Make your reservations now.
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Here is our schedule for Pontiac Heaven weekend for 2014.
Please note that there are many changes to past events at Speedworld. Pontiac Heaven this year starts at 6am on Saturday, April 5 for the early birds. For racers, I have increased, considerably, their test and tune time. On Saturday, I will have the track surface open from 9am until 1am for an unprecedented 16 hours! Also, at past events, there was an hour shut down at noon time. This will either be reduced to 30min or eliminated all together. Eliminations will be scheduled later in the day, around 3pm. With all this extra set up, tech and test and tune time, there should be no need to test the night before. Also new on the agenda is a general automotive parts swap meet. This will be held on the spectator side of the track and spectator admission to the swap is free. This is in addition to the normal Pontiac swap in the pit area. This swap will run both Saturday and Sunday and is a new idea I wish to try out. At the conclusion of the day time events, we will go into the Saturday night portion of Pontiac Heaven weekend, and also new for this year, will be the “All Years Muscle Shootout”. This evening event welcomes all years and brands of muscle/performance domestic cars to compete for a fun night. This gives Pontiac Heaven racers another opportunity to buy into another competition event on Saturday. We will have the track open to 1am! We will also be running the Reliable Diesel drags, Nostalgic warm ups and open test and tune for all ¼ mile vehicles until 1am! Pontiac Heaven weekend traditionally accommodates racers with more track time available than any other event and 2014 continues with this advantage and is yet another reason to make plans to be here in Phoenix in April! More details to follow. The last day of Pontiac Heaven weekend peaks with inviting all other brands 1981 and older to both race and to show against the Pontiacs! It makes for a great, and very competitive, weekend for those in the show and on the strip itself. Sunday is called “Nostalgic Show & GO!”. We wish to make a special request for our Pontiac friends to also attend and enter their vehicles on Sunday. You will be glad you did. More info coming...In the meantime, make plans to attend Pontiac Heaven here in the Phoenix area April 5 & 6.
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Hundreds of Pontiacs in Az "Real Pontiacs only..no corporate nonsense!" Facebook- Pontiac Heaven Hosting- 23rd annual Pontiac Heaven weekend- Phoenix pending due to covid Pontiac Heaven Museum in process Phil 2:11 Last edited by Steve Barcak; 01-13-2014 at 07:51 AM. |
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I am booked, rented a Penske mustang so I can race on the Saturday and Sunday, being from Alberta Canada, can't drive the GTO down and race in a weekend. look forward again to your great event Steve. See everyone on the first weekend in April.
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1964 Catalina 2+2, 389 Tri-Power , 4 Gear , 8 Lugs 1966 GTO, 467 Stroker Mid 11s 2002 Firehawk Vert, SOM , 6 speed, all the SLP Goodies 1968 Firebird Race Car,525 CU IAll looking for low 10 second passes! 1970 442, # Matching 455, 4 Speed W-25 hood |
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Can't wait...
Hey Steve,
Thanks for providing a world class track for our favorite western event: Pontiac Heaven!! This will be our tenth year participating in Pontiac Heaven and we are looking forward to another great racing/car show weekend in sunny Arizona .
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Les Iden ---------------------------- '65 Buick Sport Wagon Custom, 340, T350, 3:23 '66 GTO Post/468, 700R4, 3.31 (Mike's as of 9-16) '68 Grand Prix/455, dual AFBs, T400, 2:93 posi (sold) '72 TA tribute/461, T400, 3.08, (Russ's as of 9-16) '97 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder Turbo, Konis, 5 speed '09 Torrent GXP, nav, Sun & Sound pkg., Bilsteins |
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Glad to see it back in full swing again Steve. I'll be there.
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Booked our flights about a week ago. We made it to Speedworld in 2012 and will be back this year! Very much looking forward to it. Been a rough winter in Minnesota already this year...
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'80 Grand Lemans Was 301 C.I. Will be bigger soon. 00 GTP NBM / Graphite, Stock Sold Aug. 2011 70 GTO Black / Black TH400 460 CID, 542 FWHP, 580 FWTQ (Sold, Fall '09) 04 GTO Black / Black M6 Back to bone stock and sold, fall '05. |
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So happy to know you will be making it this year Les. see you soon
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Steve, does the track rent golf carts? I have not been to this establishment before. I know you could rent a golf cart at Norwalk so you don't miss to much action. Thanks and see you in April.
Thanks Shawn
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1964 Catalina 2+2, 389 Tri-Power , 4 Gear , 8 Lugs 1966 GTO, 467 Stroker Mid 11s 2002 Firehawk Vert, SOM , 6 speed, all the SLP Goodies 1968 Firebird Race Car,525 CU IAll looking for low 10 second passes! 1970 442, # Matching 455, 4 Speed W-25 hood |
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Glad to hear it, you will not be disappointed with the new location. There is so much to offer here and I will going over that here soon.
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Got started with a little work on the 67 FB for tech inspect purposes. I plan on thrashing it soundly! It's a good thing I have tow insurance and a few spare motors.
Can't wait! Vacation request at work is already in place!
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The NHRA nationals tour is in town this weekend with 300+ mph fuel cars and more!
In about 6 weeks, Pontiac Heaven will be running at this same track! It's going to be a good time and you will not want to miss it. Make plans to attend.
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Hundreds of Pontiacs in Az "Real Pontiacs only..no corporate nonsense!" Facebook- Pontiac Heaven Hosting- 23rd annual Pontiac Heaven weekend- Phoenix pending due to covid Pontiac Heaven Museum in process Phil 2:11 |
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At Wild Horse, everything will be on the same side of the track so, much less walking will be needed. We have not had golf cart rentals before but, it is an idea. Pontiac Heaven weekend is 5 weeks away!
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Pontiac Heaven weekend is about a month away. If you want to get in early, be sure to preregister. Pre registration closes March 20. full event info including schedules, costs and forms all at www.pontiacheaven.org
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Hundreds of Pontiacs in Az "Real Pontiacs only..no corporate nonsense!" Facebook- Pontiac Heaven Hosting- 23rd annual Pontiac Heaven weekend- Phoenix pending due to covid Pontiac Heaven Museum in process Phil 2:11 |
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Moving this up...
Looks like my favorite Arizona event is going to be better than ever with its move to the Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park .
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Les Iden ---------------------------- '65 Buick Sport Wagon Custom, 340, T350, 3:23 '66 GTO Post/468, 700R4, 3.31 (Mike's as of 9-16) '68 Grand Prix/455, dual AFBs, T400, 2:93 posi (sold) '72 TA tribute/461, T400, 3.08, (Russ's as of 9-16) '97 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder Turbo, Konis, 5 speed '09 Torrent GXP, nav, Sun & Sound pkg., Bilsteins |
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Here are some updates- The general auto swap meet mentioned in post #6 on the spectator side has been cancelled. This month of March has been flooded with no less than 3 2 day auto swap meets. The next one is this weekend, one week prior to my weekend and it does not make sense to be 4th in line. The location is good and perhaps I will host this at another time but, will not work for April 5-6. The 'normal' Pontiac Heaven swap for Pontiac parts will still be held in the pits. Notice- ALL vendors, swap or otherwise, must purchase a permit from Gila River in advance. IF you are planning to sell parts, contact the Gila River community right away. www.gilariver.org or call Rachel Jackson 520-562-9558 or contact me. In other news- The car shows for Sat and Sun will be held on a grassy area overlooking Firebird lake. There is a large shade pavilion with seating in the car show area. more event info at www.pontiacheaven.org Special thanks to all my event sponsors and staff! Network Automotive Service Centers Glenn's Pontiac Garage Kauffman Racing AllPontiac.com Too Hotties mens hair cuts Butler Performance Ames Performance National Parts Depot The Thompsons Todd Harding auto swap meets Reliable Diesel Ram Air Restoration Zimmerman Racing Engines Classic Muscle Car LLC Cactus GTOs Desert Renegades POPCI chapt 65 Arizona Old Pueblo POCI chapt 25
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Hundreds of Pontiacs in Az "Real Pontiacs only..no corporate nonsense!" Facebook- Pontiac Heaven Hosting- 23rd annual Pontiac Heaven weekend- Phoenix pending due to covid Pontiac Heaven Museum in process Phil 2:11 Last edited by Steve Barcak; 03-27-2014 at 08:04 AM. |
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PONTIAC HEAVEN
I have heard from a very reliable source that this year Corporate and Chevrolet Powered Pontiacs are welcome. I will be there with Frank Rizzo and his 1969 Big Block Chevrolet Powered Judge Convertible. See you there.
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