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Jim Wangers- The Detroit Supercar Scene Trend

This is a great article how manufactures and advertising agencies both evolved to quench the thirst of the youth market. Jim was renown for his advertising prowess as well as his racing abilities.

Thanks Steve,great article!Mr.Wangers was a visionary and ahead of the times for sure!

I have some great stories on street racing in Detroit and it's suburbs involving Mr. Wangers, as he was sill into it in the late 80's early 90's involving a wicked red Chevy Monza and a white Chevy Monte Carlo SS....powered by a Pontiac.

That is what this thread is for, so please share some stories!

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Great thread and subject, looking forward to the stories Lee!
Also keep in mind Member Tenny has Wanger's '64 GTO 421 Post, click here...
https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=81554
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~ Pete

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JW and Swiss on scales ...

That is an awesome photo that I have never seen before.

Thanks, Ten.

K

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Originally Posted by Tenney (Post 1602208)

JW and Swiss on scales ...

Seeing the Swiss Cheese Cat on the scales reminds me of a story - probably from that same event (1963 at Indy):

"Farmer" Dismuke was the tech director for NHRA and was known for being pretty tough. He had a ring that he wore and on the underside of the ring was a magnet - specifically for finding fiberglass or aluminum where it wasn't supposed to be.

As Dad was in tech for B/Stock Farmer laid his hand on one of those aluminum fenders and said conclusively "B/FX". Instantly agitated, Dad said "I can't run B/FX; this car is a national record holder in B/Stock". Farmer said "I don't care if you are Santa Claus, you're not running that car in B/Stock unless you can show me 49 more just like it!". Dad knew he couldn't be competitive in B/FX, and didn't want to ballast up to C/FX (because Doug Nash was running his Bronco in that class) so he, along with the boys from Royal, decided to park the car for the day.

For a discussion on how the rest of the day went see this attached thread: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=549309

K