[cobrashoch]

Nope- The restrictor plates first(1972) then the little motors mid 70's. That's when Nascar lost me as a fan. When the Shotgun came out in 70 it ran heads up with the Chryslers and was competitive. Remember, that's when the winged Chrysler cars were running from 70 to about 73. As for when did Fords of any type win against the Chryslers? Well they had spotty success against the Chrysler hemi from 64 thru 73 or so, but by in large the 426 hemi was king. In 66, if I remember right, Ford won big time with the tunnel ports because Chrysler withdrew the hemi from Nascar (or was "asked" to) because they couldn't meet homogation(sp) rules. Another thing not ever talked about in that period was the dollars spent during that period. Ford had MUCH deeper pockets than Chrysler and from about 67 up to the smallblock era they spent about 7 to 10 times as much as the Chryslers guys. Life and money was good for the Ford bunch and that's when they did a lot of engine development. IE- the tunnel port revisions, cammers, shotguns and so called Cleveland
designs. Yes, I love cammers too Bill !!! Everyone thinks the smallblock reformation was about slowing the cars down. The real reality- it was a effort to slow down the factory support dollars, and to allow the little guy back into "STOCK" car racing. Race car drivers no matter what venue or form have allways cryed out to slow the cars down. What else is new? As for the Factory dollars in Nascar thing- all I can say is the beat goes on. Talk about thread drift!!!!!!!!!!!
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