Bruce Maichle made some passes in his NSCA Real Street 8-second '79 Firebird against John Langer in his 8-second PRO Edelbrock Race Series '69 Bird. |
The HPP Editor's Choice award was bestowed upon Mike Holleman's '64 Tempest convertible. Pack-ing a 421 under the hood, a highly modified suspension for handling, disc brakes, and huge wheels and tires all around, this '64 represents the best in "modernified" muscle. |
Now that's a cool trunk display. |
Here is the Best of Show '56 Pontiac that's owned by James and Lisa Harrelson and powered by a DCI Motorsports-built 455. The mods and details were exemplary on this car. |
As mentioned in last month's Tribal News, some spectacular runs were seen at VMP that weekend, including Scott Rex with his tube-framed '97 Firebird running 7.68 at 179.06 and Iowa native (we erroneously stated in Tribal News he was from Kansas) John Welter with his turbocharged Butler-built Pontiac V-8-powered '02 Trans Am. He ran a best of 6.82 at 204 mph.
The show cars that appeared at VMP were also of high quality, including Bill Bolin's wild, supercharged '70 Pro-Street GTO and Mike Holleman's amazing Pro-Touring '64 Tempest convertible. For the factory-original survivor fans, Brian Baker's '77 Can Am was a rare and unusually optioned example of the breed.
Though PY Pontiacs in the Park 2005 was blessed with beautiful weather for most of the weekend, Sunday's race program was cut short by a fierce storm that ripped through the Richmond area in the afternoon. The Fast 4 and Quick-16 were already finished, and at the time event was called, the eliminations were down to the last three cars in Top, last seven in Modified, and the finals in Street.
Perhaps the one element that made PY Pontiacs in the Park a recurring success was the family aspect, both from the participants and the organizers. Zeek credits his mom and dad, Virginia and James, and his daughter Jamie for providing organization and support events such as this need so much of. "I'd also like to thank Bryan Pierce, the general manager at VMP, and his staff for their help putting PY Pontiacs in the Park together," Zeek added. "It really wouldn't have come off as nicely as it did without them."
Chief Pontiac Productions will present two events in 2006-Pontiacs in the Park 2006, which will be May 20-21, and another event in Cecil County, Maryland. Details are still being ironed out for that one, so check www.pontiacsinthepark.com for further information. We hope to see you there!