pro-mod daytonas

[held1823]

there are two '69 daytonas entered in the pro-mod class at this weekend's nhra gator nationals. one is driven by chip king, the other by pete farber. There is also a '70 cuda and a '70 duster trying to make the sixteen car field.

its pretty cool to see these old mopars among the monotony of camaros and corvettes usually found in pro-mod. google shows a few pictures of the two daytonas and youtube has some video clips of both cars, including the links here.

king http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP-s_fskYSY&feature=related

farber http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_5q37dyykI&feature=related

it would be beyond awesome to see the two daytonas lined up against each other in the final round like they are in this clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOs0WGlO0ZY

[nascarxx29]

Rocky Pirone built one of those pro mod daytonas
http://www.draglist.com/stories/SOD%20Aug%202001/SOD-080301.htm

[held1823]

Great point. Pirrone's car was beautiful, and helps show how much pro-mods have changed over the years. His Daytona appears to have a lift-off body like a funny car uses. I also ran across one similar looking to Pirrone's that raced in Australia, driven by a Pete Gratz. Not sure of what year(s) it raced.

The two cars running today are neat in that they have operable doors, giving them a look somwhere between a funny car a and pro-stocker. Some photos of the red one show it with an identity crisis, as they added the headlight blackouts of a Superbird to it. Speaking of Superbirds, there was also the texas blue bird that used to race pro-mod, as well. I recall seeing this car for sale on ebay a few years ago, along with the body molds used to build it. the asking price was a fraction of what it cost to build it all.