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This
car was classified as stock by USAC and had Pontiac's
high-performance 421 cubic inch twin four-barrel
carburetor engine.
The engine had a bore of 4.093 inches and a stroke of 4.000 inches.
Its compression
ratio was 11.00-to-1 and it had a horsepower rating of 405. Wrapped
in protective clothing from head to foot Mickey strapped himself behind
the wheel and set off down the 13,000 foot runway. Minutes later he
had established four new National USAC Class B Closed Car Division
records, two of them never before entered on USAC's books! |
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USAC
CLASS B CLOSED CAR NATIONAL RECORD TWO-WAY AVERAGE STANDING START KILOMETER |
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Old Record -
81.497 mph |
New record -
90.548 mph |
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Driver - Mickey
Thompson |
Driver - Mickey Thompson |
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Date - 1961 |
Date - July
16, 1962 |
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Car - '61 Pontiac |
Car - '62
Pontiac |
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TWO-WAY
AVERAGE STANDING START MILE |
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Old Record -
95.571 mph |
New record -
105.135 mph |
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Driver - Mickey
Thompson |
Driver - Mickey Thompson |
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Date - 1961 |
Date - July
16, 1962 |
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Car - '61 Pontiac |
Car - '62
Pontiac |
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NEW USAC CLASS
B CLOSED CAR NATIONAL RECORDS
(305 to 488 cubic inches)
TWO-WAY
AVERAGE FLYING KILOMETER |
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Old Record - NONE |
New record - 150.666
two-way average |
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Driver - Mickey Thompson |
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Date - July
16, 1962 |
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Car - '62
Pontiac |
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TWO-WAY
AVERAGE FLYING
MILE |
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Old Record - NONE |
New record - 150.552
two-way average |
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Driver - Mickey Thompson |
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Date - July
16, 1962 |
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Car - '62
Pontiac |
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