[Sirrotica]

I know that 99% of the readers of this forum prefer drag racing...But there are other arenas that I enjoy competing in and showing the brand X what a Pontiac can do ...For those of you that enjoy the other 1% here are my dirt track racers from about 20 years ago..all Injun engine and built, owned and driven by me... These the ones that I have pictures of still ..Preceeding these I was in a partnership with another guy, we had 2 61 bubbletops , 1 Catalina and the other a Ventura..he drove them and I built the cars and maintained them...after 3 winless years, I decided the cars were fine and competitive but the driver was the weak link.. the partnership was disolved and I built my first car, the 67 GTO you see in the first picture.. I won the first night I raced it and in 2 years of campaigning it part time I won 11 more times with it .. 400 cu. in. Ram air III cam and exhaust manifolds,Turbo 400, as this class was a stock class, no aluminum manifolds, no headers, no holleys.. The next car was a step up to the next class..a 69 SJ Grand Prix ..428 4 bolt block, flat tappet solid lifter cam, headers,Q jet turbo 400 and 2, 3 core radiators this finally solved the overheating problems unconventional to be sure, as I had many people looking at the Q Jet, automatic transmission and 2 radiators and just scratching their heads, LOL.. The final car was a 72 Firebird 455 ram air III cam and exhaust manifolds,Turbo 400 and the tried and true 2 radiators again,2 features in 1 year of racing, the car was spun out and broadsided part way through the year and totaled. Due to family conditions changing ( My daughter was born) and being forced out of my business (the garage and gas station in the backround of the pictures)my racing career was over.. but these are the pictures and the memories I still have..