In 1961, the super stock drag racing ... or Ventura 2-door model." The 421 actually made its racetrack debut a few weeks earlier, when Hayden Proffitt drove a 421-equipped Pontiac to a win at ...

Campaigning Pontiac Super Stocks early in ... He was a member of the United States Racing Team for Pro Stock in 1971 and 1972. Vanke participated in Nostalgia drag racing in the 1990s before ...

Pontiac's Super Duty engine was ... One of the largest arenas this theory was carried out was drag racing, and more ...

the decision on how to restore his '61 Catalina "Batwing" sedan was easy-he knew he desired a Pontiac that would remind him of Super Stock drag racing in Detroit at such legendary quarter-mile ...

Pontiac has been gone for 12 ... few beefed-up versions of the nameplate. The Super Duty is one of them. Born during the heated NASCAR and drag racing wars of the early 1960s, the Super Duty ...

Pontiacs started scoring more wins at the drag strip too. Photo: Mecum Auctions With its racing ... new Super Duty engine from finding its way into stock classes. To counter this move, Pontiac ...

In 1962, Pontiac was falling behind Chevrolet, Ford and Chrysler in the Super Stock drag racing ladder. The other teams had bigger engines and lighter aluminum parts, forcing Pontiac engineers to ...