I was up at Martin yesterday for the FAST and Factory Stock race. Most of the cars there were one's I had seen previously, but it was still a good time.
C. Lambardi's 63 Impala SS is an unrestored low mile original 425 horse car. He has the original engine tucked away safely at home. I've seen this car run high 12's, but he was stuck in the low 13's yesterday.
T. Ragla's 69 Nova SS is an original L78 4 speed car that was built by Jimmy Johnson a number of years ago. It has aluminum heads on it now and runs mid 12's.
J. Lerum's 70 Chevelle SS is an original LS6 4 speed car built at the Arlington TX plant that he has owned for a number of years. This car normally runs in the 12.20's to 12.30's. This is one of my favorite Factory Stock cars and he was kind enough to let me take some photos of it.
P. Richards' 68 Camaro SS is an original L78 car that he has recently added Aluminum heads to. This is normally a mid 12 second car.
R. Hammer's 71 GTO is an original 455 HO car with an automatic and runs in the 12's.
M. DiMonte's 72 Trans Am is a 4 speed car that runs high 12's and low 13's.
J. Keyes' 67 Hemi Coronet R/T with a TorqueFlite was running mid 11's. Unfortunately, he was matched up against one of the L88 Corvettes in the Factory Stock Quick 8 Shoot Out. He is the original owner of this low mileage car.
R. Mahoney's 68 Hemi Super Bee with a TorqueFlite was also running deep into the 11's, but was also taken out by one of the L88 Corvettes. D. Dudeck was driving it on race day.
J. Bowman's 69 A12 Super Bee is a 4 speed car and was running high 12's and low 13's.
S. McKenzie's 69 A12 Road Runner with a TorqueFlite was running high 11's and low 12's.
There were a few Modern Muscle cars present as well and T. Pennington's 10 ZL-1 Corvette was the fastest of the bunch. His son was driving it and he clicked off a few mid 9 second passes. The fastest pass I saw was a 9.42.
