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Originally Posted by marks73ta
65nss4spdGTO, do you know alot about that '63 Medicine Man car? I always tell of a silver '63 that ran at Great Lakes Dragaway in Union Grove WI. "The Grove". I remember it running many different combinations of motors at different times. If this is the Cat did he run a built slant 4 in it one time? I remember a silver Catalina with many different motors on different occasion in the very early '70's. I think this was the car. Would love to know the truth. It seems tha tIremember the 4 cylinder running very low 13s/high 12s and really screaming? This in a full size Catalina. Thanks. Mark L
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Mark,
The Medicine Man was owned and raced by Ray Bisig. It was a Swiss Cheese car with an aluminum front end originally raced by Arnie. Ray ran SD engines, RAIV and when he sold the car, was running a RAV topped engine. Ray did run 4cyl engines in his Tempest, not sure if one ever found it's way into the big car. The car sat really high in the front and very low in the back. When retired the car was running in the 11's. Ray's partner, Dave Johnson also ran a silver 63 Catalina called the Rainmaker, not sure of the power plants in that car. Ray and Dave always found a way to get a hold of the rare engine stuff. Ray was so committed to racing without a big budget, he would tell his family to cut out anything the family didn't need as an essential cause he needed money for an upcoming race or special parts. Ray's car was sold to Bill Blair sometime in the 80's.