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Old 08-05-2024, 06:56 PM
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Default 2024 Pure Stock Muscle Car Drag Race

It's just a month away for some great pure stock action at the Pure Stock Muscle Car Drag Races at Mid-Michigan Motorplex near Stanton, Michigan! Please see the PSMCDR website (www.purestockdrags.com) if you need to see the rules if you are bringing a car to race and have a ton of fun. Open to spectators on Friday (qualifying) & Saturday (race day). Dan, Lyndon and I hope to see a lot of the Pontiac (and PY) faithful there!

Mid-Michigan Motorplex a little north and east of Stanton, MI. Address is 2589 N. Wyman Rd., Stanton, MI 48888

Sept. 12th, Thursday is early tech (no time trials)
Sept. 13th, Friday is tech & time trials
Sept. 14th, Saturday is the shoot-outs
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Old 08-06-2024, 05:57 PM
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Wasn’t there a 1968 Firebird 400 RA that ran them all down several years back?

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Old 08-06-2024, 06:11 PM
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Yes, Rick Mahoney's and the late Jim Mino's '68 RAII Birds. Both ran in the 11's.

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Old 09-01-2024, 11:48 AM
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We hope to see and meet PY folks if you come to the race (with a car to run would be awesome!). We're always at the tech table next to the staging lanes, so easy to find. Stop by to introduce yourself (if we haven't met yet). You can't mis the white Ford dually with the white trailer with 2 blue awnings over the tables.

I may be bringing a special Pontiac to race...or at least get a few time trials in...

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Old 09-10-2024, 04:06 PM
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The weather looks like it is going to be great for the end of summer drag racing, nice and warm with highs in the low to mid-80's, and no rain! We hope to see lots of muscle car fans in the lanes and in the stands. It's the best car show on the planet.

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Old 09-12-2024, 06:31 AM
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Early tech-in starts today, Thursday 9/12/24.

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Old 09-16-2024, 07:37 PM
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The weather couldn't have been better (sunny, mid-80's, barometer in the low 30's, and a tailwind of 10-15 mph); 126 cars entered for the race, and of those, at least 22 Pontiacs (3 - 1st Gen Firebirds; 7 - 2nd Gen Firebirds; 4 - 1st Gen GTO's; and 8 - 2nd Gen A-bodies). There were 2 Test & Tune Pontiacs, a '69 Custom S and a '73 Lemans GT that ran only on Friday.

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Some 1st gen GTO's...(and that last Firebird).
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2nd gen A-bodies...
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More 2nd gen A-bodies...and 1 3rd gen...
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Does someone have the option to only run Friday? Is that what Test and Tune means?

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Almost forgot how much fun this is! Thanks for doing it for us!

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Does someone have the option to only run Friday? Is that what Test and Tune means?
Yes, you can run T&T on Friday only, but it still has to follow the 'pure stock' rules on the website (PSMCDR.com). I ran T&T on Friday in my '69 Custom S 4-dr 350HO when we were done with teching in cars (126) and Steve Courter ran his '73 Lemans GT (all original 400 4-bbl/TH400/3.23). Steve ran a best of 15.37 at 91 mph and weighed 4250 lbs! There was a '70 Dodge Challenger TTA that was all stock except for Keystones mags and bigger tires that a long time racer brought and we allowed him to run on Friday only.

I was shocked that the Custom S weighed almost 4100 lbs with me in it (I didn't gain weight, did I?), and not doing anything special to the tune (stock distributor weights & springs...very slow curve) and letting in shift itself in Drive (4800-5000 rpm shift points) it ran a best of 15.47 at 91.5 mph. The trans started slipping on the 1-2 shift quite badly, so I made only 2 runs.

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Almost forgot how much fun this is! Thanks for doing it for us!
John, It was great having you and Paul back racing again!

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What did Paul's car run?



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Fantastic pics and great event! Wish it was closer

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What did Paul's car run?


John, I don't know since we (Dan, Lyndon, and myself) were too busy running the event to watch any of the racing. We do have the results of all the runs, but Dan is busy now putting it all in a spreadsheet to go on the website.

Maybe Paul will see this a share what he ran (I suspect 12.60's).

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