02-01-2020, 10:56 PM
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Ultimate Warrior
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: 31May2013 Temporary home to the world's widest (that we know of) tornado. Lord, NO more Please...
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Originally Posted by ponyakr
Who knows what year GT class cars 1st began running at nat & div races ? 
There is a LARGE number of GM bodies that would be suitable for a Pontiac powered GT car. Me being a Pontiac freek, I'd prefer a Pontiac body. But, it doesn't have to be. The quickest Pontiac powered GT car is a Cobalt, which ran an 8.90 & won the GT/AA class at Indy one year. It runs a Pontiac 428.
https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2016#indextop
One of my favorite GT bodies is the 3rd gen Bird. There have been a few. 4 currently running are raced by Lynn McCarty & son, Greg Meyer, Bill Kennedy, & the Burtons, Scott & Brad. Phil Monteith built one, and put his "Hatari" name on it. He built a 4th gen, and Bruce Fulper then raced that 3rd gen for a while. He won class one year at Indy, with it.
If you guys know of other Pontiac powered 3rd gen Bird GT cars, please post that info. |
I don’t know the first year for GT cars, but I know that it happened be cause of Don Kennedy petitioning NHRA for that change. Got to meet Don in 1992 when our Thunder Valley, Noble Oklahoma first opened. He was racing his 3rd gen TA.
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