[turbo69bird]

Too bad the golden boy Chevy couldn’t stand getting its tail stepped on so it cried to momma GM. They were so butt hurt that people were yanking out chevys and putting Pontiacs in everything’s from t birds to corvettes they had to kil off Pontiacs racing support.

pontiacs we’re handing Chevy its azz til the Chevy aftermarket kicked in and GM protected it. It’s (Pontiac) still a better engine design than a SBC or. bBC all day long! If you applied the same quality of manufacturing to its parts, only the advent of the LS engine could even compete . Chevy always needed the aftermarket bandaids to keep up.

In the end it was chevys “find a part on the side of the road “
and Chrysler’s “elephant hemis”that put Pontiac away. With out factory support and with , one maybe two cars running a class as a privateer against the mountains of data coming in from
Those other brands it was near impossible to compete in a class. But back in 62 63 Pontiac ruled the strip and the street. And MT sure was helping out a bit

Think about it every time something was tested w a popular multi car brand later in the 60s the information filtered to the other cars while they continued to compete . If a loan Pontiac puked an engine when they tested something new that one car was out. Data sharing between teams was important then and is important. Today . Just look at chevys COPO program compared to Pontiacs in. Late 60s both had a ban but the Chevy program was much bigger and far less hidden .because momma GM
Wanted it that way. Dont dare cannibalize the corvette or the camaro was the rule!

BUT in the SD years it was a far more level playing field . And that’s when Pontiacs sure did shine ! There’s a reason so many switched later, just look at Jess Tyrees little Indian w the black eye it tells the whole story And that’s why we love our ponchos! Pontiac owners love an underdog !!