Back then, many of the Dragsters and Funny Cars were being towed ... morning to catch the Stock and Super Stock qualifying rounds. Of all the NHRA drag racing classes, those two seem to be the ...

Drag racing was gaining in popularity in the early ... Once again, Hurst Performance helped make a stock car super, with a dual-quad 390ci V-8 as well as other performance enhancements.

His drag-racing exploits from 1966 to 1984 could ... by a manufacturer to be considered a legal Stock or Super Stock-rated car. Ford only had enough 427 engines at the time to make 57 Fairlanes ...

All the other badging is the same as the Hellcat Redeye, so only those in the know will recognize a Super Stock model. The final results of these drag-racing ... finish three car lengths ahead ...

Super Stock racer Bucky Hess is a drag racing history aficionado. He is the owner, builder, and driver of the nostalgia-themed SS/AH 1968 Plymouth Barracuda, "Kandy Kuda". His race car shop ...

Ford built only 100 units specifically for NHRA Super Stock drag racing in 1964. These cars featured race-specific components and lightweight materials that separated them from standard Fairlanes.

When the Super Stock Darts and Barracudas hit the track in the late '60s, drag racing was a different world. These were not purpose-built chassis, rather they were street cars converted for race use.

Credit, he determined, went to Fran Hernandez, the head of Mercury’s racing program, who was the first to use the term “funny” in reference to these cars ... the leading drag-racing writers ...

The stock Chevrolet Vega was an awful car. But awful ... the top drivers in the Super Stock and Modified Production “door slammer” classes a pathway to making drag racing a profession.

Sold in select Plymouth dealerships throughout the 1968 model year and produced in limited numbers, the Barracuda B029 Super Stock is comparable ... after by the drag racing crowd.

The Ramchargers Dodge team cars made it to the final round of Super Stock in 1963, not surprising as the team was the main development arm for Chrysler during the early super stock drag racing era.

but when you're in the National Hot Rod Association's funny-looking Super Stock drag-racing business, it's all part of the gig. In fact, an engine in today's Funny Cars must be wholly rebuilt (or ...