Former race car 69 426 500

[odcics2]

this shot shows the radical windshield treatment

And it's plainly easy to see why the USAC champ stuck to USAC - that car would have been tossed out it if it showed up for a Nascar race!   

[held1823]

this is the dallenbach car seen in the earlier photo. it's interesting that it ran as #11, which tovella had used on a superbird at the same track the year before. different car, different driver, different team. talk about confusing the casual race fan.

[Aero426]

I don't think the fans of the series found it unusual to see the cars renumbered.   To an extent, you looked forward to the coming of the new season and how the cars would appear.     I do agree the NASCAR way probably makes more sense.

The #11 reflects Norm Nelson's point finish in 1971.   So the car ran that number in 1972.   

Somewhere there has to be some better photos of the #11.   I purchased that photo on Ebay over ten years ago.    Wish I could find more. 

[Mytur Binsdirti]

429 cu in?     

[JB400]

Someone just put the 6 upside down.  Probably a joke

[moparstuart]

Someone just put the 6 upside down.  Probably a joke

nope it was common ford could run 429 cubes  so why not

[JB400]

Someone just put the 6 upside down.  Probably a joke

nope it was common ford could run 429 cubes  so why not

This is a charger. I doubt that they were imbreeding engines in stock cars

[tan top]

 lot of good  pictures & info , guys , love looking at this kind of stuff    never really looked in to mopars running the USAC series before  , think i must do some searches etc 

[moparstuart]

Someone just put the 6 upside down.  Probably a joke

nope it was common ford could run 429 cubes  so why not

This is a charger. I doubt that they were imbreeding engines in stock cars

i never said they were putting ford motors in

[Ghoste]

Someone just put the 6 upside down.  Probably a joke

nope it was common ford could run 429 cubes  so why not

This is a charger. I doubt that they were imbreeding engines in stock cars

It isn't a Ford engine, what he is saying is that they were allowed to run 7 liters of displacement so there are cases of Chrysler vehicles showing a larger displacement callout on the hood, thats all.

[odcics2]

Rule was 430 cubic inches.  A 426 with 3 extra cubes would make a few more ponies, so the theory goes.   

[Aero426]

In addition, if the Fords were displaying 429, the Mopars would not be out done and display "less" for the fans in the stands.   We all know that "more is better".    Not every Mopar car displayed the call outs like this, but quite a few did.   The few race people I have asked about it simply said it was because the limit was 430.    429.999 was legal.  No big deal.