Drag Racing
Testing New Project Car 9/27/15
Lee Shepherd / Tony Christian D/A 1970 Camaro
1971 Great Lakes Dragaway - 1968 Nova NHRA Pro Stock
Scott Venning -- Wally Booth
1997 Christian & Venning Motorsports - 1957 Chevy NMCA Pro Street
1972 Great Lake Dragaway - 1968 Nova NHRA B/MP Modified Eliminator
10.14 ET 134.81 MPH @ 432 ci 3470 lbs
1998 Christian & Venning Motorsports - 1998 Firebird NMCA Pro Street
1972 Indy NHRA Nationals - 1968 Nova B/MP Modified Eliminator
10.15 ET 134.15 MPH
1998 Christian & Venning Motorsports - 1998 Firebird NMCA Pro Street
1998 Christian & Venning Motorsports - 1998 Firebird NMCA Pro Street
Route 66 Raceway, Joliet IL
1972 Great Lake Dragaway - 1968 Nova NHRA B/MP Modified Eliminator
1998 Christian & Venning Motorsports - 1998 Firebird NMCA Pro Street
Great Lakes Dragaway, Union Grove, WI
1972 Rockford Dragway - Gas Coupe & Sedan Nationals
1968 Nova NHRA B/MP
1998 Christian & Venning Motorsports - 1998 Firebird NMCA Pro Street
Great Lakes Dragaway, Union Grove, WI
1971 Great Lakes Dragaway - Pro Stock
1998 Christian & Venning Motorsports - 1998 Firebird NMCA Pro Street
Tony Christian's D/G Camaro
1972 Great Lakes Dragaway
Tony Christian's D/G Camaro
1971 Great Lakes Dragaway
1970 Great Lakes Dragaway
68 Nova - First time on the track
1972 Great Lakes Dragaway - B/MP
10.28 ET 133.77 MPH
1970 Great Lakes Dragaway - Jr Stock
10.68 ET 129.41 MPH ~~~ 427 ci - 3300 lbs (pump gas)
Holley 850
Corvette tach drive distributor
Stock coil - ignition
Stock TRW 12.5 pistons
L-88 intake manifold
Aluminum open chamber heads - unported
General Kinetics 332 B cam, 2010 springs
Stock rocker arms ~~~ Stock retainers
Stock pushrods ~~~ Stock flat solid lifters
2 1/8" Hooker headers
M21 Muncie
5.13 gears
10.65 M&H slicks
Lakewood traction bars
Notice there is not even a hood scoop. I borrowed the hood off my neighbor's 68 Nova street car for the weekend, painted it white, then painted it maroon again and returned it.
This is a great example of how fast muscle cars were in the late 60's, early 70's. With no more than a cam, headers, tuning and a some minor suspension work, a 10 second street car was possible back then.
First 426 Hemi I worked on - Gary Brown Racing Engines 1972
Great Lakes Dragaway 1972
1972 Great Lakes Dragaway NHRA Modified Eliminator
Gary Drenk E/MP vs Scott Venning B/MP
1968 Great Lakes Dragaway 1966 Chevelle SS 396 375 HP