Team Car Gallery
Team Car Gallery
The most historically significant car in the 422
stable is the Norristown Ford "Thunderbolt." Originally campaigned
by
Rich LaMont, Larry Bloomer and Dick Gehris, the "Bolt" is
the 73rd T-bolt built by Ford in 1964. The car was restored
in the 1990's
and has been run in Nostalgia Super Stock since then. The awesome car of
the 60's, still un-tubbed, with an
original cast iron block continues
to please
crowds everywhere it
runs. Minor 2006 engine upgrades pushed
"the Bolt"
to
9.42 @ 143.30 assuring it's
status as the Worlds Fastest Original Thunderbolt.
A cast iron FE tested in '09 season
tore
itself up along with the trans. Seems there is a limit to how much
you can get out of an old CI block. The 2011 season was
run with a pump gas aluminum block FE for the sake of longevity. The
bolt runs 9.80 these days with a "street" motor!
Originally located in Texas as a fairly solid example
of a 63 1/2 Galaxie, this car was constructed from the ground
up by team fabricator
"Dink" Bishop. The Galaxie's trademark launch with wheels in
the air is well known in the
Nostalgia
Superstock ranks. This car has
raced at numerous tracks east of the Mississippi and is a crowd pleaser
wherever
it races. This car was campaigned by 422 team driver Frank Pellegrini for many years. Since
Frank has
started to drive the "Dearborn
Thunder" Falcon, the Galaxie was used primarily as a back-up car
and is now being launched by Dave Harvey.
Best ever ET for the Galaxie is
9.57 at 137
mph.
This team car is a Nicholson authorized clone of
Dyno Don's 1964 Comet. As
many of you know, "Dyno" was a
great friend of the 422
Motorsports
team. After being raced for many years by "Fast" Fred Henderson, the Comet
was
totally rebuilt in
early 2005. The car in now owned by "Dangerous" Dave
Powers, and driven by Ed Youmans .
Powered by one
of Rich LaMont's Shelby aluminum "FE" motors using Hilborn injection this car
has found its
way to an 8.81 @ 153 and the team looks for more big numbers to be posted
in the future.
After running on a limited basis with the fabled 427
SOHC "cammer", the "Dearborn Thunder"
'65 Falcon has been
fitted with a new Rich LaMont built Shelby aluminum 427 engine. Backed by
a G-Force 5-speed and shifted by the
capable
hands of Frank Pellegrini, the
car ran a best of 8.263 @ 161.77
mph with his tired 2011 engine. This earns
the title of "Worlds
Fastest Nostalgia
Super Stocker." A freshened up 2012 mill
may hold more untapped potential
and
we
fully expect more
record breaking performances
in 2012.
An interesting addition to the 422 Motorsports stable is
another officially authorized clone, this one being of
Dyno
Don Nicholson's 1964 Comet wagon. This car was
also refered to as the Ugly Duckling. Owned
by "The
Flyin' Hawaiian" Bill Asamura
and was originally driven by Jay Zolko
the car has clicked off an
8.61 at 155 MPH.
As
the car is
tweaked further we expect even more incredible time slips.
The lone Mopar out of the 422 Motorsports stable is a
1964 Plymouth Belvedere. The car is a clone of Jack Werst's
"Fast"
Fred Henderson has cloned of his '64 Thunderbolt SHAZAM.__________________________________________________________________________
