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Old 11-20-2008, 06:52 PM
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Default Re: How many ZL1s did GM give to racers?

I do not know about LW, but it is a known fact that ZL-1 #1, the car with DH on the side, was owned by Fred Gibb, not Dick Harrell. Car was delivered to Fred Gibb Chevrolet I beleive on Dec. 31, 1968, bitter cold, infact, so cold the car(s) would not start. If you need more proof, attend CFV and ask the "first lady" herself, Helen Gibb, who still has the records.

Dick was just one of several drivers to race the car for FG, with the most successsful being Jim Hayter, who won a World Championship.

A few years a go I was shown a newspaper clipping from back in the day, where Frank Nichols from our neck of the woods had been hired to drive the ZL-1 for Fred. Previous to this Fred and Dick had made the trip Doniphan, MO to see Frank, as he was a master at getting lots of HP out of a smallblock Chevy, and they were looking for an edge for Lil Hoss. Apparently it worked.
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