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Old 07-12-2023, 02:33 PM
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Default ONE OF MY FAVORITE PONTIAC VEHICLES
If you put aside the same engine Arnie B ran in his race car and just look at the beautiful car (driven by Stringfellow),
it was one of the Pontiac corporations greatest race moments in later years.
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Old 07-12-2023, 06:47 PM
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Remember the Car & Driver article on that one!

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He drove this one, too.

(That was back when I was working at the Desert Proving Ground).

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Remember the Car & Driver article on that one!
Yes, didn’t he hit some amazing top speed? Over 250 mph iirc

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Sweet Camaro!

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Old 07-14-2023, 08:56 AM
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Yes, didn’t he hit some amazing top speed? Over 250 mph iirc
270 mph roughly with the TA. I was there with Bruce Crower and the Landy Brothers racing the Ron Main Streamliner.

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I saw this Firebird at the NHRA museum in Pomona back in February....

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