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Post by Don @ Maritime Drag Racing on Aug 1, 2007 19:08:40 GMT -4
Found this pic in my inbox today. It's the Maskin & Mannarino Pro Stock Hornet circa 1977. I put a request on another message board for Hornet Pro/Stock photos and got this one almost right away. Still looking for a pic of Wally Booth's Hornet - anyone got one to share?  |
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Post by Don @ Maritime Drag Racing on Aug 2, 2007 13:16:26 GMT -4
Got a pic of Wally Booth's Hornet this AM(look who's in the other lane). As you notice the paint scheme is the opposite of the M&M Hornet. Not sure which one I prefer. Would still like to have a few more pics of both cars.........  |
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Post by Don @ Maritime Drag Racing on Aug 4, 2007 16:40:18 GMT -4
Another one in the inbox this AM along with a story:  1976: Rambling — All-AMC Pro Stock final
At the same 1976 NHRA Finals where Larry Lombardo won the title, both the Jenkins driver and two-time defending champion Bob Glidden were knocked out in eliminations by the underdog AMC Hornet X of engine builder Richard Maskin and driver Dave Kanners. Before the era of today’s generic 500-cid powerplants, the Hornet X used a genuine “Kelvinator” engine, albeit with radically modified cylinder heads. Kanners, who had yet to win a national event, had qualified No. 1 with an 8.76 and recorded low e.t. in the first three rounds. The only hurdle between Kanners and the winner’s circle was the other factory AMC entry, driven by Wally Booth. Kanners outran Booth in the final, 8.76 to 8.78, but Booth won by virtue of a quicker reaction time. The effort was not a total loss for the Hornet X crew, however: The knowledge gained led to Maskin’s founding of his Dart cylinder-head operation. Maskin would later build engines for the Pro Stock championship teams of Jim Yates in 1996 and Jeg Coughlin in 2000. |
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Post by Don @ Maritime Drag Racing on Aug 5, 2007 9:05:48 GMT -4
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