COPO Camaros at work

[JoeC]

Under 10 sec is quick for a Super Stocker 427 Camaro. What were they running in 1969?low 11's if I remmember correctly. Grumpy ran under 10 sec in the first ever Pro Stock race in 1970 in his 68 Camaro but the Pro Stock rules had few limitations. They were running ZL1s, Hemis, SOHC 427 Fords, Boss 429s, and L88s with two big 4B Holleys. Some people say Grumpy ran a 430 CanAm block in that race but I have not been able to confirm that.

[bowtie3168]

Joe,
The 9.997 second run was in NHRA's "Stock Eliminator" class. I have a video interview with "The Grump" and in the interview he said that he used a Can Am Block.

Andrew

[Chevy454]

Andrew:

I'm just now responding to this thread, but it didn't go unnoticed by me when it was originally posted. I don't guess it really sunk in what Bobby and his Camaro had accomplished until last night, while I was over at the SuperStock Forums chatting with some guys.

Anyway, I was asking them about what class they felt the Deuces would have fallen in, when they asked if I was a racer. I told them I do occasionally, and after I told them I mostly race in a COPO Camaro, then they brought up Bobby and his ET. They said that the 427 Camaro is a pretty good combo, which means a LOT coming from hardcore racers. They did say that a 427 F**D and a 426 Mope ran "corrected" 9s not long before that, but they said that most racers feel that it's only a 9 if it's on the time slip. There some good reading on those forums, but it's pretty hardcore stuff, and gets pretty heated sometimes.

[Chevy454]

I just love reading this post...Pete: had you read this before?

[SamLBInj]

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Under 10 sec is quick for a Super Stocker 427 Camaro. What were they running in 1969?low 11's if I remmember correctly. Grumpy ran under 10 sec in the first ever Pro Stock race in 1970 in his 68 Camaro but the Pro Stock rules had few limitations. They were running ZL1s, Hemis, SOHC 427 Fords, Boss 429s, and L88s with two big 4B Holleys. Some people say Grumpy ran a 430 CanAm block in that race but I have not been able to confirm that.

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[matt murphy]

My Dick Arons 1969 SS/E 427 Camaro ran a best of 10.74 in the high 120's mph, Dick said. I have a few articles from 1969 when they won with the Camaro and they were running in the low 11's and high 10's, but the articles said that most guys were sandbagging and if there was a red light, then they would shut down and not show what they really were capable of running. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/[/img]