Ernie- The restrictor plates on the big blocks was put in to slow
-em- down. Actually, restrictor plates have been around racing since the 20's along with pop-off valves. I am a big fan of the way George is doing things too. But I must admit that I am not in a majority either. As for Smokie, he's da man. That sidecar "thing" he brought to Indy is the precursor to todays IRL cars.
All- The reason the winged cars were successfull was because they broke the draft behind the car. Since a main stay of Nascar even then was to draft- pass Nascar couldn't have that. Chrysler spent its money on body shapes around 69 because when they read the future, they saw Nascar was coming down on engine sizes. In the end Nascar saw all the factory camps as cost escalators, and this is what brought on the small block era. Enter the presant era that is driven by personalitys, not the engineering. About that time Chrysler was having "serious" financial woe's so they just dropped out of all racing. Had nothing to do with not being able to keep up wth anyone.
Bill- You've got the right engine for a Cobra, don't let anybody kid ya. As for the times thay ran, unfortunately I've slept since then and suffer from the old farts desease of CRS. (can't remember
sh!t) I can tell you the the big Ford wedges ran best on the short tracks and were competitive, with the hemi's dominate on the big tracks. EVERBODY during that era was trying to keep up with
king Richard and Buddy Baker, and those damn hemi's. And that included the other Chrysler guys.
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