I thought NASCAR'S displacement limit was 358 cubic inches!? I remember the
days when Richard "The King" Petty was limited to 358 cubic inches (or was
it 355?) back in 1973-4 while the other NASCAR Grand National (as they
called it at the time) guys (Ford & GM) were still running big blocks.
I attended the '74 FireCracker 400 at Daytona and watched David Pearson
edge Petty out for the checkered flag by lifting off the throttle in the
final lap just so he could fall in behind Petty to have the draft advantage
for the slingshot just before the finish. As it was they both went down
onto the infield grass at the checkered. Anyway, at that race, Petty's car
sounded very different from the other "big block" guys...almost as if he was
using a muffler while everyone else had open headers (I remember it
distinctly). His car kind of "whooshed" by while everyone else had that ear
rattling stacatto of 8 big cylinders. Always wondered what the story was
behind the NASCAR brass forcing him to run lower cu. in. at that time. I
guess they were trying to level the playing field. Does anyone have any
historical info on that? Thanks!
Bob King
Pennsville, NJ
-----Original Message-----
From: NVMYDakota@aol.com <NVMYDakota@aol.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Thursday, January 13, 2000 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: DML: RE: Re: Dodge Intrepid R/T NASCAR!!
>In a message dated 1/13/00 7:40:11 AM Mountain Standard Time,
>MATT_BARRET@earthtech.com writes:
>
>> I think NASCAR rules limit the cubic inches to 355, so it probably a
>> de-stroked 360.
>>
>completely different engine, all made custom not a single peice(really) ina
>street engine liek teh race engines...
> Greg
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