Camaro-calling Bill Duke

[B Duke]

Wow, you have made actual contact with Mr Ferrari himself? Have him give a little disertation about the injetced circuit; history, rules, etc.. I know that a few teams, before the circuit died out, toyed with NOX. I am not sure if they continued to rely on alky or swithced back to gas, as I wonder if NOX and alky mixed. I know the use of the bottle rendered some huge performance improvements

[Dennis Doubleday]

Bill,someone(John Hutchinson) made contact for me.I will ask him.Here is a shot of a different Camaro-bodied Stick City car,making licensing passes.Maybe you saw this one too ? Dennis Doubleday[/img]

[B Duke]

You know I might well have been there before dusk arrived. The injected circuit was really quite competetive featuring a wide range of different bodied cars: Mustangs, Cudas, Dart, Corvair, Pinto old and new Vettes, Vegas, Duster and of course a slew of Camaro's

[Dennis Doubleday]

Hey Duke,I know this is a million-to-one shot,after all,it's only been 38 years!But,can you id. the Camaro WAAAAY in the background of this shot ? Dennis Doubleday
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[jim sanders]

great stuff guys !

[B Duke]

I dont think thats a Camaro, but a Firebird, and thus possibly Ken Veney's first FC effort later to dubbed Dirty Bird. It was equipped with one of Warren Gunters first chassis I think. The show depicted here was from 1970 when the circuit was still restricted to gas. I make this assumption since once the cars relied on alcohol the drivers were required to wear the breather masks. In this picture, neither driver has one on. Also, the Misconception Corvette, its owner and driver had a last name of Duke-But no relation. It was later detroyed in a crash at Lions. THe Gage and Sons Corvette on the far lane ran from the circuits inception in 1968 until the end of 1971. In fact, the Gage boys actually debuted the car with a blower and fuel, but its short wheel base made it a handful. CJ Harts promotion of the gas class created a competetive outlet for the team. "38 years too long to remember?" I laugh at 38 years!!!!!!!!

[draglist]

Great stuff, Bill and Dennis. Awesome stuff. How similar were the Firebird/Camaro fuel car bodies. I saw so few of the later model Firebirds (I mean 72, etc.). That white car sure looks like a 70 Camaro to me, although the two bodies may have been closer from that angle than I remember. I don't recall seeing too many of the Firebirds from that angle. bp

[B Duke]

The 67-68 Firebirds borrowed very much from the Camaros of the same year. The over all lines were close enough in proportion for one to be mistaken for the other. By 1970, GM and Chevrolet wanted their respective products to be unique so that there was no mixing up the two, and thus the two were changed dramitically. And you are right, there wasnt a lot of Firebird floppers. Besides Veney, the only other Firebird that I can recall as running the circuit was Gary Wells (Wells Fargo) Firebird. But I am confident enough in my "guesstimate" that that white Firebird in the staging lane is Veney's.

[SLICK VIC]

The Firebird Veney had (1971) was the X-Gordon Mineo car.

but,.. you probly new that.

[B Duke]

Vaguely.