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383man, I can tell you did not read all 29 pages. You miss the point that all these Detroit street racers of this time period, Jimmy Addison, Jim Wagners, John Polizter (come on his nic name is "The Cheater) and others mentioned in this tread were first class bull ****ters. The didn't admit to losing or if they did they would put the blame on a bad tune or a broken rocker, They rarely mentioned et's, they were very cautious about who they lined up against. They all probably extended the finish line from time to time to win a race. They all played starting line tricks. Jim Wagners will be the first person to admit he pulled fast ones on fellow street racers, magazines etc. He didn't admit to it back in the day but now that he is older and the muscle car era is 30 years ago he talks about how he slipped in a 421 in a GTO to give it better press coverage or during a rematch street race, how he and his driver substituted a faster but almost identicle GTO for one that lost a race. He also had enough cars in his stable, if you beat one, he had a faster one for a rematch. If you read all 29 pages, Jimmy Addison even admitted to losing a few times when he was older and the street racing thing was in his past. As for your beloved Hemi, you have Pontiac to thank for that motor. Look back and see who was winning NASCAR and the NHRA races in 1961 and 1962 before GM put a corporate ban on racing. Chrysler's wedge motors were not winning, so they went back to the drawing board and their past and came up with the new 426 Hemi. which I admit is on hell of an engine. While Chrysler and Ford were free to race and come up with new ideas and engines, the GM divisons had to keep things on the down low and supply what support they could give out the back door because of the corporate ban on racing. Makes you wonder what Chevy, Pontiac and even Oldsmobile would have come upwith if they didn't have the corporate ban do deal with.