[Chevy454]

Joe:

I agree that the ZL-1 'Vette would be the perfect candidate for this event (dad and I have been thinking of this combo for a while). But, here's my "problem" with this combo...IT WOULD NOT BE A REAL CAR! There were only 2 of these 'Vettes made, and even IF I could afford to buy one of these cars, they probably aren't for sale. In my eyes, this event was made for people with these cars, not that people should make cars for this event (that's probably my biggest vice of the whole event).

Plus, this is the one time that weight is really an ADVANTAGE. On repro tires, you need all the help you can get. Heck, the guy with the '64 Mopar w/wedge had 300+ pounds of lead, plus some tires thrown in the trunk! And no faster than these cars are going, I don't really think drag comes into the picture (I am thinking that I read that unless you were 120+ there was really not much of an advantage). These races are won in the first 60 feet. It seems the Buicks don't have a problem using a virtual twin of a Chevelle...heck, a Buick won this year's event, and placed second last year.

M:

I'm still not sure of the whole '68 L-89/auto thing...Gibb's cars were iron headed autos, not aluminum headed...Gibb did get the 400th ball rolling, but I still think the aluminum heads are pretty "iffy". Now, I know this is a technicallity and there is virtually NO DIFFERENCE between a '68 and a '69, but that's kind of how I see it.

I feel sometimes that I am just wasting my time worrying about what to do to my cars to run well there, when I know good and well that others aren't playing by the rules. But, that's racing, and you have to take the good with the bad. You don't know how close I came to building a ZL-1 'Vette to go out and totally blow the record away...but then I would be just like some of the others...I would have a non-real car, and I would have went to the event for the wrong reason. Plus, when I roll in with a Yenko Chevelle, then people will come look at the car no matter what time it is running!