[ponyakr]

In recent years, the only '71 Bird Stocker I can think of was raced by Ryan Schloe. It ran a D-port 455, with #66 heads.

There have been at least two '72 Birds running Stock. The most famous, of course , has been raced by Brad Burton, with which he's won numerous races & 2 nat championships.

Those cars look to be correct. This 3rd '72 has the correct '72 grills, a T/A hood & shaker scoop, and T/A air extractors. But, it has no front spoiler or wheel flares. Back in '75, in div 4, that car would not have been allowed to run. But, this car has run lots of big races like this. So, that just shows that the body of cars does not have to be as correct as they use to.

This is in no way a put down of anybody. And I'm not gonna be a whistle blower, to NHRA. Just making some casual observations of things that are very obvious, to anyone who knows much about these cars. I've already mentioned cars that had the wrong fenders, and one car has no front turn signals. But, all these cars have passed tech many times, at many big races. So, that seems to make all these things quite legal, nowadays.