Just found this. Says Bill Foder built the 400 engine that powered Phil Monteith's 3rd gen Bird to Peter Biondo's 1st SS championship, in 1996.
https://msu.edu/unit/msuaa/magazine/w97/foderw97.htm
Also says he was a teacher at John Glenn High School for 24 years, and was a SS champ himself.
And, Bill's son Billy Foder, now races the old Lee Bannister '72 Bird, in Stock.
I'm finding a lot of connections in the Pontiac drag racing world.