Pontiac Pavement Pounders Shootout, West Virginia Pt. II

Owner Bio: P.J. Heck
Someone could make a lot of money writing 63-year-old P.J. Heck's life story. Heck, who haunts Gallipolis, Ohio, spent 35 years as an industrial construction worker, during which he collected some pretty impressive Tin Indians. He once owned Mickey Thompson's and Royal's 1963 Swiss Cheese Pontiacs at the same time, and a '61 Catalina wagon, a '63 Ventura coupe, and this '62 Super Duty Catalina kept him from being 'another one of those Chevy-Ford-Mopar sheep, copy catting some trend setter.' One of his favorite moments in this Cat happened in the 1970s at the track. The flagman backed him up and P.J. forgot to put it back into a forward gear. When the flag went up, he jerked backwards, probably cursed, threw it into First, floored the gas, and flew by the 409 Chevy that he was racing.

Owner Bio: John Hill
John Hill is a 46-year-old Southside, West Virginia resident who got started on the right foot with Pontiacs--a quarter century ago he spent some quality time with a '69 R/A-IV. Since that fateful encounter, he has possessed a few quick Ponchos, including this 461-powered racer, a 455-powered, daily driven 1980 T/A, and a '76 LeMans wagon with a 455. Hill likes to do all of the mechanical work himself, and his favorite moment was rebuilding the 461, stuffing it back into the '79, and pulling the wheels for the first time.