If anyone is reading this thread I need a set of square tube lakewoods for the Stephens 69 car . Mine were black so unrestored would probably be best . Prefer not to have to take out a mortgage if possible ;-)

And a clean 70 body for the pro car I have the drive train but need a clean (rust wise) body nose was glass so don’t need that so much .

I don't remember what Jerry's trailer was for the Judge, it died in that ditch with the car.
In about 1974 we caught a ride in a Cessna over to Elkart IN where Jerry picked up a new motorhome, then across town for a stacked pair of new black Bock Drag Star trailers.

The top pic was shot at Cedar Falls Raceway sometime in the mid '70's. I believe the drivetrain in this car was the RAIV remove from the totaled Judge. There was actually another yellow Safari wagon (no woodgrain) between Nemesis and Nemesis Two, I don't know why the switch.

Jerry's first race car was a '53 Olds Holliday coupe with a Pontiac engine. Then a '57 Bonneville convert, then '58 and '59 Corvettes, both with Pontiac power.

I worked for Jerry the second time after he moved down the street to become service manager at the Chevy dealer. By that time he was racing a B/S (I believe) 454 '72 Corvette. He finished his career at Mills Chevy in East Moline IL.

Always a tough competitor and class act, Jerry would arrive at the track well prepared and dialed in. Being new to semi-pro racing I learned a lot from Jerry. - Bill W

His cars especially the orginal GTO were always one of my favorites. I like all kinds of cars not just Pontiacs (although they are my favorites) but I have lots of pics of straight axle vettes (especially love them w Pontiac power) my dad had a 56 d500-1 convertible he raced, then a Dart, then he had a street 69 mustang he still has , then a big block el Camino street car , uncles had vettes and GTOs so we grew up w all makes and usually whatever was fast. I’ve had a lot of cars because I had dealer plates for many years but I’ve been most faithful to 69 birds having had 21 of them now and have 3 currently.

Best car I’ve ever owned though . Tesla model X plaid. 1020 hp runs 10.10 after a 2 hr drive ti the track which it’ll drive me to. Damn car is amazing! If you don’t own a plaid RUN out to buy one . Car I’ve had most fun with is probably my 69 RAIV firebird Stephens car or my turbocharged 69 bird that clicks off 9s on pump gas off the foot brake w low boost.
But seriously go try a Tesla plaid UNREAL! And mines an X the S clicks of 9.19 STOCK off the showroom floor . And it’s. A family car that’s hard to beat . I feel like it’s the 421 SD, or RAIV of the day. So much damn fun to drive it because the torque is instant.

Don’t want to get off topic w this thread though. Happy to open another thread on that car if people want

My old 71 TA back in the day

A few more today

Star of the Circuit
 

66 gto

Always wondered , which rear end 67 69 fire birds running back then in nhra competition were they a cluch pak or borg warner cone type carrier 8.2 bop. or other? Thanks the for all the pics.

My car was raced in stock class on a 7 inch casler or M&H and it retained its 3.90 8.2 4 pinion posi for the two season stephens raced it without failure according to the original drivers. The slicks were pretty hard and pretty narrow so that stuff held up.

The pro stock car ran an 11.50 slick and had a Chevy C type 12 bolt w a center section made by Dana for Pontiac and 5.13 gears also made by Dana according to a 1972 article on the car the axles were summers brothers axles.

The engine was a engineering RAV w a developmental RAV intake and 660 center squirters that only a few racers got a hold
Of also mentioned in the article . It’s in my 69 now . The car couldn’t really compete w the factory backed hemi teams of the day but it was a match race favorite so there would be. A Pontiac for people to root for and they did well with it because of that . Arnie beswick had the same engine, intake manifold and carbs in his 68 pro stocker but changed to bigger carbs and offset spacers but you rarely hear anything about that car and pictures are even more rare of it. I have some pics of it somewhere but haven’t been able to find them lately Probably on an old computer or something. But there’s a “bee ON video” production (the story of pro stock I think it’s called ) w the Stephens pro stocker and there’s video of the RAV Pontiac pro stocker at an event they state that it was the only Pontiac pro stocker still running w Pontiac power so I m not sure if arnie ran his at all or not the pics o had were of the car w no engine in it and the engine on the stand .

The ram Air pan on this steohens pro stock engine was said to be “home made”
In the article, but doesn’t look very home made, the cuts are precision w no tool marks you’d expect on a home made set up, I still have it, and it’s identical to
One grumpy has on his car in some
Pics . Now grumpy and bill Eckstrom were friendly but idk if they copied each others pans or if someone supplied them to them it’s interesting that Pontiac was (allegedly) back dooring parts as was Chevy and everyone else to its racers they even had an aluminum block for the car but never got to race it. The article annoyed some people at GM and that was the end of Stephens racing program

Some arnie stuff