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Forum: Pontiac - Race 09-07-2021, 04:11 PM
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Posted By ponyakr
That sounds likely. I counted the class...

That sounds likely.

I counted the class winners listed, & only came up with 63.

But, there were 6 Eliminator winners. Some of those were made up of many classes. Some were not.

So, maybe...
Forum: Pontiac - Race 09-07-2021, 12:52 PM
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Posted By ponyakr
Don drove Connie's car ???

Yeah, that's what it says !

At this point, I have to believe that those who wrote the captions & edited that article just did not get all the facts straight.

Surely Don didn't drive Connie's...
Forum: Pontiac - Race 09-07-2021, 12:19 PM
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Posted By ponyakr
Well, ya'll know the saying "You can't believe...

Well, ya'll know the saying "You can't believe everything you read online"?

Here is a quote from a Don Garlits site, about that '62 race, & his Swamp Rat IV car.

"...Swamp Rat 4: I built Swamp...
Forum: Pontiac - Race 09-07-2021, 11:20 AM
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Posted By ponyakr
WOW ! That's great !!! Never saw this before....

WOW ! That's great !!! Never saw this before. :cool:

Pontiac also won A/FX, S/S, S/SA, A/SA, B/SA, C/SA, G/SA. :)

Lookin with a magnifying glass. may find more good stuff.

Double WOW !! By...
Forum: Pontiac - Race 09-07-2021, 11:08 AM
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Views: 3,586
Posted By ponyakr
'63

Pontiacs were still strong, in '63.

(1) Pontiac dominated A/FX at the Winter Nats.

(2) The A/FX winner.

(3) Jim Wangers & the '63 Royal Pontiac Indy B/FX class winner.

(4) All Pontiac...
Forum: Pontiac - Race 09-07-2021, 10:40 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 3,586
Posted By ponyakr
Yeah, she got at least 2 big wins, maybe more. ...

Yeah, she got at least 2 big wins, maybe more.

I don't really know how many races she won. Carol & Lloyd Cox ran several Pontiacs. Not sure how many or in what classes. I have a pic of Lloyd with...
Forum: Pontiac - Race 09-06-2021, 11:26 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 3,586
Posted By ponyakr
No, he wasn't running a Pontiac. I just...

No, he wasn't running a Pontiac.

I just posted that because that was the car that Jack Chrisman was running in the 1st pic that was posted.

BUT, IIRC, there were at least 2 dragsters running...
Forum: Pontiac - Race 09-06-2021, 04:48 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 3,586
Posted By ponyakr
"...it was THEIR day to win(we all have had...

"...it was THEIR day to win(we all have had them)..."

Yep ! If you enter enuff races, you'll eventually experience it. We've won races in which we didn't really have to make a decent pass, because...
Forum: Pontiac - Race 09-06-2021, 03:52 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 3,586
Posted By ponyakr
Some may know that the car in the far lane, in...

Some may know that the car in the far lane, in that 1st pic was Connie Kalitta's "Bounty Hunter".

'62 was indeed a very good year for Pontiac. Besides the dragster & some lower class wins, another...
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