[SD455DJ]

It's just four short months away for some great pure stock racing 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. 11th, Thursday is early tech (no time trials)
Sept. 12th, Friday is tech & time trials
Sept. 13th, Saturday is the shoot-outs

Feel free to PM me with any questions...rules, cars allowable, schedule, etc.

[integrity6987]

This is an awesome event - and I plan to go again this year!!

[SD455DJ]

Originally Posted by integrity6987

This is an awesome event - and I plan to go again this year!!

Thanks for your support! We appreciate it!

Dennis

[SD455DJ]

The weather report is looking pretty promising with a return to summer temps in the upper 70's/low 80's! What better way to spend the swan song of summer than coming to the Pure Stock Drags in beautiful mid-Michigan at the Mid-Michigan Motorplex. If you are considering bringing your Pontiac muscle car, be sure to read the rules on PSMCDR.org. The gates open for early tech on Thursday, continued tech and time trials on Friday, pairings and shoot-outs on Saturday. Spectators are welcome on Friday and Saturday.

Hope to see many of the PY family there! Introduce yourselves to Dan, Lyndon, and I at the tech table at the head of the staging lanes.

Dennis

[SD455DJ]

By the way...I forgot to remind everyone that the race is open to spectators on Friday (Sept. 12) and Saturday (Sept. 13). The race flyer is broken into 2 parts since it was too big to make a single copy...

Dennis

[SD455DJ]

We had another good year with great weather and a good car count. Saturday morning started with little scattered showers, but the racetrack saw it split and go north and south, so just a minor sprinkle that never got the ground wet. Morning dews were heavier! The skies cleared up and warm-up runs began at the scheduled time of 10:00 am. The total car count was down a little due to border issues for the Canadians, unfortunately, lots of aging-out in the Studebaker community, and the weather scaring some regulars from attending (their loss I guess). We had 118 cars teched by the end of Friday and by the time racing began on Saturday, we lost 10 cars to one malady, or another.

Here are the Pontiacs that brought the action. Firebirds first, then GTO’s, followed by some GP’s.

Dennis

[CDN2PLS2]

Rick driving the T37 or Scott?

[SD455DJ]

Originally Posted by CDN2PLS2

Rick driving the T37 or Scott?

Scott drove the T-37 and Rick drove his '71 Hemi Super Bee.

Dennis

[OCMDGTO]

X2 with Gary! Great pics, Dennis

[SD455DJ]

1965 GTO Bruce Hayes Tri-Power/M20/4.10 13.60’s

1967 GTO Lee Harms HO/TH400/3.73 13.40’s

1967 GTO Doug Messman HO/M20/3.90 13.30’s

1969 GTO Tony Rosenthall RAIII/M20/3.90 14.80’s

1970 GT-37 Chris Smetana 400/M20/4.33 13.20’s

1971 GTO Ron Hammer 455HO/TH400/3.31 13.20’s

1971 GTO New Guy 400/TH400/3.73 15.20’s

1971 GT-37 Kevin Ross 455HO/M22/4.10 13.40’s

1971 GT-37 Rick Mahoney 455HO/TH400/4.10 11.90’s

1972 GTO Anthony Herzog 455HO/M22/3.55 14.10’s

1969 GP-SJ Joe Zelinski 428HO/M20/3.90 14.40’s

1969 GP-SJ Clark Lumsden 428/TH400/3.23 14.30’s

1968 Firebird 400 Ryne Sanders RAII/TH400/4.10 12.50’s

1968 Firebird 400 Rick Watson RAII/M21/4.10 12.60’s

1968 Firebird 400 Lara Smetana 400HO/TH400/3.36 14.20’s

1969 Firebird 400 New Guy 400HO/M20/3.73 13.60’s

1969 Firebird 400 Adrian Beltrame RAIV/M21/4.33 12.20’s

1972 Trans Am Tyler Messman 455HO/M22/3.73 12.70’s

1974 Formula 455 Paul Aragona SD455/TH400/3.90 12.20’s

I need to confirm names and ET's yet...best guesses as I recall in the tower on race day.

Dennis

[Gary H]

Originally Posted by SD455DJ

1965 GTO Bruce Hayes Tri-Power/M20/4.10 13.60’s

1967 GTO Lee Harms HO/TH400/3.73 13.40’s

1967 GTO Doug Messman HO/M20/3.90 13.30’s

1969 GTO Tony Rosenthall RAIII/M20/3.90 14.80’s

1970 GT-37 Chris Smetana 400/M20/4.33 13.20’s

1971 GTO Ron Hammer 455HO/TH400/3.31 13.20’s

1971 GTO New Guy 400/TH400/3.73 15.20’s

1971 GT-37 Kevin Ross 455HO/M22/4.10 13.40’s

1971 GT-37 Rick Mahoney 455HO/TH400/4.10 11.90’s

1972 GTO Anthony Herzog 455HO/M22/3.55 14.10’s

1969 GP-SJ Joe Zelinski 428HO/M20/3.90 14.40’s

1969 GP-SJ Clark Lumsden 428/TH400/3.23 14.30’s

1968 Firebird 400 Ryne Sanders RAII/TH400/4.10 12.50’s

1968 Firebird 400 Rick Watson RAII/M21/4.10 12.60’s

1968 Firebird 400 Lara Smetana 400HO/TH400/3.36 14.20’s

1969 Firebird 400 New Guy 400HO/M20/3.73 13.60’s

1969 Firebird 400 Adrian Beltrame RAIV/M21/4.33 12.20’s

1972 Trans Am Tyler Messman 455HO/M22/3.73 12.70’s

1974 Formula 455 Paul Aragona SD455/TH400/3.90 12.20’s

I need to confirm names and ET's yet...best guesses as I recall in the tower on race day.

Dennis

Impressive times! I'm especially impressed by the 72' and 74' Fbody times as they are so heavy. Trying to get them off the starting line with stockish tires has got to be a trick.

[SD455DJ]

Ian Ashton has a great video of this year's race, so check it out on YouTube. He did some drone coverage, all the rounds from Saturday and even a couple of in-car videos down the track. Very nicely done and you can see how the 2nd Gen Firebirds launch.

Dennis

[SD455DJ]

2025 Pontiacs

1965 GTO Bruce Hayes Tri-Power/M20/4.10/3750 13.648/102.76

1967 GTO Lee Harms HO/TH400/3.73/3820 13.516/102.27

1967 GTO Doug Messman HO/M20/3.90/3800 13.184/106.60

1969 GTO Tony Rosenthall RAIII/M20/3.90/4090 14.941/92.65

1970 GT-37 Chris Smetana 400/M20/4.33/3730 13.442/110.53

1971 GTO Ron Hammer 455HO/TH400/3.31/4030 13.056/106.45

1971 GTO John Vass 400/TH400/3.73/4240 15.057/92.23

1971 GT-37 Kevin Ross 455HO/M22/4.10/3730 13.267/107.21

1971 T-37 Rick Mahoney 455HO/TH400/4.10/3740 11.945/115.03

1972 GTO Anthony Herzog 455HO/M22/3.55/3980 14.073/98.78

1969 GP-SJ Joe Zelinski 428HO/M20/3.55/4360 14.551/98.19

1969 GP-SJ Clark Lumsden 428HO/TH400/3.23/4460 14.211/97.53

1968 Firebird 400 Ryne Sanders RAII/TH400/4.10/3590 12.433/110.94

1968 Firebird 400 Rick Watson RAII/M21/4.10/3630 12.660/114.14

1968 Firebird 400 Lara Smetana 400HO/TH400/3.36/3590 14.254/98.46

1969 Firebird 400 Shawn Baird 400HO/M21/3.73/3725 13.644/102.29

1969 Firebird 400 Adrian Beltrame RAIV/M21/3.90/3550 12.193/115.04

1972 Trans Am Tyler Messman 455HO/M22/3.73/3740 12.809/109.95

1974 Formula 455 Paul Aragona SD455/TH400/3.90/3825 12.158/113.00

[joegpho]

Hey Clark - it was nice to meet you and it sure was fun to race against you in your GP! (To others 0 we ran the EXACT same MPH on one race and were only .01 mph different on a second race!) As we discussed, the Limelight Green of your car was growing on me.

A correction on my car - I run 3.55 gears, not 3.90s - and I need a new POSI unit.
Still shooting for 13.99 and 100 MPH.

There is a 69 SJ 428 HO 4spd out there in Liberty Blue. I don't think my fellow GP friend (Scott Mancini) wants to sell it though!

[68 Caretaker]

Originally Posted by joegpho

Hey Clark - it was nice to meet you and it sure was fun to race against you in your GP! (To others 0 we ran the EXACT same MPH on one race and were only .01 mph different on a second race!) As we discussed, the Limelight Green of your car was growing on me.

A correction on my car - I run 3.55 gears, not 3.90s - and I need a new POSI unit.
Still shooting for 13.99 and 100 MPH.

There is a 69 SJ 428 HO 4spd out there in Liberty Blue. I don't think my fellow GP friend (Scott Mancini) wants to sell it though!

Hey Joe, I think that was pretty cool running against another 69. If your traction would have been better you would have had the faster car. I wonder what mine would have run if it had a 3.55 gear?

[ponchjoe]

Just met Kevin Ross last week, what a nice guy!