[ponyakr]

Before the Burtons raced their '91 3rd gen, it was raced by Steve Smith. I knew that Steve had run a Pontiac powered GT Bird. But I just recently thought to do a search on Auto Imagery, for Steve Smith. To my surprise, the pics were of a car that looked exactly like the Burton car, including the wide blue stripe. Many, if not most guys change the paint job, at least slightly, when they buy a car that has been a recently active race car.

5/17/01 - Englishtown - #36 - .927 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2001#indextop

8/31/01 - US Nats - #75 - .823 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2001#indextop

10/4/01 - Pep Boys Nats - #22 - .921 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2001#indextop

4/26/02 - Thunder Valley Nats - #16 - .886 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2002#indextop

5/26/02 - div 1-1 - #43 - Race Winner !

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2002#indextop

6/8/02 - div 1-2 - #16 - .982 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2002#indextop

6/22/02 - div 1-3 - #19 - .927 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2002#indextop

8/10/02 - div 1-6 - #15 - .946 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2002#indextop

8/25/02 - div 1-7 - #20 - .899 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2002#indextop

8/31/02 - US Nats - #98 - .905 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2002#indextop

9/13/02 - Lucas Oil Nats - #42 - .978 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2002#indextop

"How bout Steve Smith's 91 formula div 1 championship 400 6x car 9.80's..."

Noticed that his car wore the #5 during the '03 season. So, I assumed he was div 1 champ in '02.

"Super Stock
1. Steven Smith
2. Sal Biondo
3. Bob Letellier"

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCStory.asp?ID=30435

5/16/03 - Englishtown - #11 - 9.941 - 1.159 under - Perm number 5.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2003#indextop

https://autoimagery.photoshelter.com...B0ldA--&GI_ID=

5/29/04 - div 1-1 - #26 - 1.013 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2004#indextop

6/17/04 - Super Nats - #29 - .803 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2004#indextop

9/17/04 - Lucas Oil Nats - #36 - 1.018 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCStory.asp?ID=1564

10/17/04 - Dutch Classic - #17 - 1.064 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2004#indextop

6/17/05 - Englishtown - #34 - .989 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2005#indextop

5/28/06 - div 1-1 - #24 - 1.017 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2006#indextop

8/26/06 - div 1-4 - #29 - .951 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2006#indextop

9/2/06 - US Nats - #26 - 1.113 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2006#indextop

9/30/06 - Toyo Tires Nats - #5 - 1.223 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2006#indextop

6/21/07 - Englishtown - #9 - 1.090 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2007#indextop

8/25/07 - div 1-5 - #17 - .955 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2007#indextop

9/8/07 - div 1-6 - #32 - .912 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2007#indextop

9/22/07 - div 1-7 - #43 - .961 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2007#indextop

10/20/07 - Dutch Classic - #18 - 1.108 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2007#indextop

5/24/08 - div 1-2 - #40 - 1.007 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2008#indextop

6/19/08 - Englishtown - #39 - .960 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2008#indextop

8/15/08 - Toyo Tires Nats - #6 - 9.991 - 1.109 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2008#indextop

8/30/08 - US Nats - #51 - 1.034 under - Semi-Final Finish.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2008#indextop

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2008#indextop

10/4/08 - div 1-7 - #28 - 9.963 - 1.137 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2008#indextop

5/23/09 - div 1-2 - #27 - 1.007 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2009#indextop

6/12/09 - Englishtown - #22 - .920 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2009#indextop

8/21/09 - Toyo Tires Nats - #13 - .983 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2009#indextop

9/5/09 - US Nats - #52 - 9.97 - 1.130 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2009#indextop

9/12/09 - div 1-6 - #17 - 1.066 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2009#indextop

10/3/09 - div 1-7 - #7 - 1.168 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2009#indextop

5/1/10 - div 1-1 - #51 - .485 under. Looks like maybe a larger engine, moving him up a few classes to GT/CA. Not as good against the index.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2010#indextop

5/29/10 - div 1-2 - #46 - .575 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2010#indextop

6/10/10 - Englishtown - #27 - 9.646 - .754 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2010#indextop

8/21/10 - div 1-4 - #35 - .651 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2010#indextop

10/2/10 - div 1-6 - #25 - .785 under. Apparently went back to the smaller engine & GT/FA.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2010#indextop

9/2/11 - US Nats - #44 - GT/GA - .879 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2011#indextop

10/7/11 - Auto-Plus Nats - #12 - .945 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2011#indextop

6/1/12 - Englishtown - #40 - .774 under - 3rd Place Finish.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2012#indextop

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2012#indextop

9/1/12 - US Nats - #77 - .852 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2012#indextop

10/3/13 - Auto-Plus Nats - #16 - .848 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2013#indextop

5/30/14 - Englishtown - #18 - 9.953 - .947 under - GT/GA Class Winner.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2014#indextop

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2014#indextop

Don't know if that was the last time Steve raced the car, or not. I do know that Scott Burton was listed as the driver at the 2015 US Nats.

9/5/15 - US Nats - #97 - .775 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2015#indextop

Obviously, Steve was the previous owner of the 3rd gen that Scott & Brad Burton have been racing for several years. Still has the same paint scheme, complete with blue stripe.

https://autoimagery.photoshelter.com...9AlXQ--&GI_ID=

https://autoimagery.photoshelter.com...9AlXQ--&GI_ID=

https://autoimagery.photoshelter.com...9AlXQ--&GI_ID=