bob glidden ford fairmont
Fullscreen View . In a post-championship article Glidden was asked to rate the competition. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. Several years ago, both the Pro Stocker and this 428 Cobra Jet Super Stocker were offered at Barrett-Jackson. There are other significant cars that still await restoration, including A/FX Fords and Max Wedge Mopars. Dec 13, 2016 - Explore Nick Haag's board "Fairmont Sleeper" on Pinterest. Marco lent the car to the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles soon after it was done. Image URL for use on other sites: copied! Please note that if any of these photos are owned by someone who does not want them on this site, just contact me and I … Two-time U.S. Nationals winning car driven by Glidden. At any given time, one manufacturer was always complaining that a rival competitor had an unfair advantage. Dyno Don Nicholson had Don Hardy of Floydada, Texas, build his 1970 Mustang using the 366 Cleveland Ford for power. While the majority of the field was mired in the 8.50s and 8.60s, Shepherd let the Pro Stock contingent know that he was ready to be champion by scoring the pole position with an 8.43, 159.57. The car was undefeated during the NHRA season and never lost a national event. With all of this shuffling around and indecisiveness on the part of the rules makers, one might think the method of maintaining parity among the big three was more of a headache than a challenge for the racers involved. It was as equally aggravating in the formative years as it was in the final one. Yeah, it's got a Hemi. The magazine raced it at the '62 NHRA Nationals and lasted a few rounds. Talk. Slixx #BGFPS1/7211. Remember, the key was to get the lightest car out there with the smallest motor to take advantage of the weight breaks. At this point, it didn't look as if anyone could, to be honest. The NHRA needed this thunder in the media, and swallowing their "NIH" (not invented here) pride decided to adopt a mountain motor variatuib of Pro Stock in 1982. Pro Stock, in those days, brought out the innovator in everyone. The team won the 1973 NHRA Pro Stock championship, but it became evident when bringing up memories with Gapp that he was never a fan of this style of racing. The engine tech back then had to be a lot stricter. Glidden was not giving up either as he landed second with an 8.46. Glidden won 20 NHRA races in this car, Significant wins included the Winternationals, Gatornationals, SpringNationals, FallNationals and World Finals. "When you compared that to the Ford Cleveland, they were engines in a totally different realm. Probably the one Pro Stock competitor who would forever change the look of the class was Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins. Interestingly enough, this chassis/body style allowed them to run 100-pounds lighter than with their championship-winning Pinto. This was the debut of the Bob Glidden 1978 Pro-Stock Ford Fairmont. The popular consensus is that the weight breaks were designed to handicap the Hemi engine's success. Others include former Super Gas, Super Comp, and Comp Eliminator cars. Bob Glidden's Ford EXP was originally built for a small block and didn't take kindly to the bigger motor. They had already pushed the Hemi out of stock car racing. rss . They were a little better than the small blocks and that's why we switched. We spent the weekend with Mike Ruth and his team at the US 131 Motorsports Park. Roll View . Pro Stock racer Bob Glidden earned his status the hard way, he worked his butt off for years! The reason that many of the teams were initially against the conversion to the common format is that they had invested a great deal of money and time into making their programs work. He was quoted in an issue of Super Stock and Drag Illustrated as saying, "He's been like a computer. "I think the people who suffered the most in the earliest days of this format were the Chrysler Hemi cars. While this combination remained competitive in AHRA competition, it failed miserably in the NHRA. Jun 3, 2015 - This Pin was discovered by Kyle Flood. It was no big secret that the NHRA technical department sought to make things simple in those days. His 1978 Pro Stock Ford Fairmont was a remarkable race car. Eventually it seemed as if the NHRA had given the Hemis the good riddance, but they never counted on the canted-valve Ford coming along. Behind that rare, bitchin' 396/425hp '65 Corvette (one year only) are a '69 COPO 427 Chevelle (one of 17 that went to Canada, and it's documented) and a low-mileage '68 Z/28 Camaro in Corvette Bronze. John Force, left, celebrates Bob Glidden's induction into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. Required Cookies & Technologies. Secondly, the IHRA's mountain motored cars were stealing the media spotlight. Glidden set the low elapsed time and the top speed and absolutely gouged out Iaconio's eyes on the starting line in the final round to score the victory and the championship in one fell swoop. The pounds-per-cubic inch rules was the NHRA's way of trying to make it where they both could race. The car was acquired from its second owner in restored but unlettered shape. Glidden won 85 NHRA National Events. Cool. Today, we delve a bit deeper with a look back at the early days of 500-inch Pro Stock. The first was that maintaining parity among the brands in competition created huge headaches for all involved.