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paul-ceasrine

      Doing some research for a Magazine Article,,,,,,

      Nobody can get anything right…….. 🙄
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      1958 Jack and Shirley purchased a ‘Red’ 1958 Chevrolet Biscayne, with a ‘Super Turbo Thrust’ 348/315 HP ‘Tri-Power’ ‘Police Package’.

      A Mid-Year production car, with an optional Borg-Warner 4-Speed and a 4.10 Posi-Traction Rear.

      The ‘teenage’ {18 Year-old} Shirley drove it, and husband Jack ‘wrenched it’.

      It was classed in ‘A/Stock’

      They raced it at Fonda (which was an 1/8 Mile Dragstrip) at the time, which ran through the infield of
      the Oval Dirt Track.

      Fonda Speedway (Wednesday Nights)

      They also raced the Biscayne at Montgomery Airport/Dragstrip in 1958, and Fulton Airport/Dragway.

      The ‘information I found’ was that the Biscayne (11.0-1 Compression and ‘Solid Camshaft’) should have been classed in S/S, but
      the Track Manager’s would let Shirley run in ‘A/S’ which was one class lower, because she was,,,,,,,,,,,,,A Cute Teenage Girl.

      It ran (when timed) 14.70’s @ 96 MPH.

      The 348/315 HP ‘stick shift’ #3600 lb. Biscayne was ‘a runner’.