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Steve Reyes
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Gary Southern (M) from
Glendora, California
USA
(Comp Nr/Finish:
604 ) |
1966 - Category: FUELFC, Type: FN, Class: S/XS, Div: 7 |
| "Stinger II" Owned by Roger Hardcastle & Pat Akins
from
Riverside, California
USA
| Crew Chief: Pat Akins |
| '66 Kellison Astra by
an Unknown chassis builder |
Powered by Supercharged Nitro 392 Chrysler Hemi with
direct drive |
| 1/4 Mile ET: |
8.210 at Unknown |
1/4 Mile MPH: |
196.92 at Long Beach CA 10/66 |
| 1000 FT ET: |
Unknown at Unknown |
1000 FT MPH: |
Unknown at Unknown |
| 1/8 Mile ET: |
Unknown at Unknown |
1/8 Mile MPH: |
Unknown at Unknown |
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Entry's 1966 Performance Ratings (0 to 100) based on comparison to average ET/MPH:
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1/4 Mile Rating: ET 87.37,
MPH 95.16 |
Entry is 0.91732 times average ET and 1.20073 times average MPH |
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1000 FT Rating: ET 00.00,
MPH 00.00 |
Entry is 0.00000 times average ET and 0.00000 times average MPH |
| 1/8 Mile Rating:
ET 00.00,
MPH 00.00 |
Entry is 0.00000 times average ET and 0.00000 times average MPH |
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| 1966 Records: |
1/4 Mile: 7.960 ET, 200.44 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 5.920 ET, 0.00 MPH |
| 1966 Average: |
1/4 Mile: 8.950 ET, 164.00 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 6.930 ET, 0.00 MPH |
| 1966 Minimum: |
1/4 Mile: 9.940 ET, 147.67 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 7.940 ET, 0.00 MPH |
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Notes: The Akins and Hardcastle Stinger II, driven by Gary Southern, was a Chrysler-powered, direct drive, tube-framed Kellison Astra kit car. Neither fish nor fowl, it ran in the funny car classes, the sports car classes, and the fuel altered classes. This car was one of the reasons that NHRA when they instituted the Funny Car classes, specified "Production Bodies only." Hardcastle held the CC/FD record. | Per Steve Reyes: “Roger Hardcastle and Pat Akins joined forces to race the "Stinger II" in the funny car class in 1967 [maybe 1966?]. With the very talented Gary Southern driving the team was winning some big funny car events in SoCal until the losing teams started to cry about the body style of the "Stinger II". NHRA stepped in and made the car run in the AA/FA class. Rumor has it that the owners were so pissed off if being reclassed that the car was stripped and taken to a swampy area in SoCal and sunk, never to be seen again.” As can be seen in the attached photo, car was classed as an AA/FA at that time. JM |
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Submitted by Danny White, Last updated on Thursday, June 11, 2026, 03:03:48 PM by
John Murnan II.
Approved by Super Crew. |
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Rankings updated: 06/23/26 03:02:36 am EDT
