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Sports Car Grand Prix at Watkins Glen: 200 mi (320 km) Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course: Watkins Glen, New York: June 26 6 Pacific North West Grand Prix 250 km (160 mi) Pacific Raceways: Kent, Washington: July 30 7 Buckeye Cup: 200 mi (320 km) Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course: Lexington, Ohio: August 28 8 Road America 500: 500 mi (800 km) Road America
A 363 hp (271 kW) engine was offered to drag racers. Late in the 1961 sales season the 421 cu in (6.9 L) Super Duty was released for sale as a dealer installed engine. The 1961 models never came from the assembly line with the 421ci engine; instead it was a specialty item installed and sold at the discretion of individual dealers.
A 390 hp 428 V8 in a 1969 Grand Prix SJ. In 1967 the 421 was enlarged to 426.61 cu in (7.0 L) by increasing its bore to 4.12 in (104.6 mm). Both Chevy and Ford had 427 cu in performance engines, so Pontiac simply referred to its 427 as a 428 to one-up them. It retained the 421's 4 in (101.6 mm) stroke and 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (82.6 mm) main journal.
Kent Farrington (born December 28, 1980) is a United States of America equestrian show jumper.. He began riding at the age of eight, taking weekly lessons at a stable that housed carriage horses in downtown Chicago.
The equivalent power was only available in a Grand Prix or other full-size Pontiac via the top-of-the-line 376 hp (276 kW) 421ci HO Tri-Power engine, an expensive $375.77 option. Although the Jetstar I was priced similar to the Grand Prix, unless one bought the basic model, there was little incentive for an Oldsmobile buyer to purchase one over ...
Pacific Raceways is a mixed-use road racing and drag racing facility near Kent, Washington.The race track was constructed in 1959 and opened in 1960. The track was originally named Kent Pacific Raceways, then became known as Seattle International Raceways in 1969. [1]
The designation 2+2 was borrowed from European sports car terminology, for a seating arrangement of two in front plus two in the rear. It was designated officially at Pontiac as a "regular performance" model, [2] a thoroughly confusing designation for a vehicle that was clearly intended to be to the Catalina platform what the GTO was to the A-body Lemans: the standard drivetrain was a 2-barrel ...
Road America Grand Prix 200 mi (320 km) Road America: Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin: July 31 4 Grand Prix for Sports Cars: 200 mi (320 km) Riverside International Raceway: Riverside, California: October 16 5 San Francisco Examiner presents the Pacific Grand Prix: 200 mi (320 km) Laguna Seca Raceway: Monterey, California: October 23