We were just really heated competitors. 2023 Power Automedia. Ignition was still mostly points though some captive discharge boxes, like the long gone XPI, showed for a while. In fact, Glidden admitted the chassis in the Fairmont was nearly a knock-off of the one he ran cloaked with a Pinto body in 1976 and 1977. Select country or region. The mains were the same clearance. My Pinto with a Cleveland, thanks to Gapp and Roush, Dyno Don Nicolson and Bob Glidden, was the highest factor - 7.3x the cubic inch. Offering top notch Aluminum Cylinder Head Porting and Cylinder Block Machining Services for High Performance Racing Engines by Race Engine Builder Steve Schmidt. As it turns out, this question is often overthought. Really, the championship was over before the World Finals, and we went to the World Finals with really no chance to win. THere was no engine size limit, but it had to be the same brand as the car. Glidden dominated the scene in the 1970s and 1980s, winning back-to-back NHRA Pro Stock championships in 1974-1975, followed by three in a row from 1978-1980, and then five straight championships from 1985-1989. "When we started hiring outside people, it was really our downfall," admits Glidden. Glidden hit the railing nose first, which caused the car to flip over and then barrel roll multiple time before coming to rest right-side up in the shut-down area. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for NHRA Classic 1988 Bob Glidden Motorcraft #1 Ford Probe P/S Drag Racing Hat Pin at the best online prices at eBay! When freshened I would watch for shiny spots on gap ends, and adjust if necessary. HRM] But was there a method to building winning cars? One of his favorite adversaries was none other than Bill Jenkins, who Glidden alleges made disparaging comments about the Fairmont in its 1978 debut. Glidden also set a speed record in 1983 with a pass of 182.18 mph. One of the most interesting was NHRA mandating materials and minimum weights for all engine moving parts. BG] All the engines are the same. Actually, later we ran the same engine because they had a weight break for 500 ci versus the bigger engine. Don had the car rebuilt into a Mustang II not long after the Winternationals in Pomona. It did fit into the EXP he was driving at the time but reportedly drove "like a fuel altered." Ford archives photo There's Jeg [Coughlin] and [Dave] Connolly. From Fort Vancouver Yellow Pear to Santa Anna, these, This website uses cookies for functionality, analytics and advertising purposes as described in our, Bob Glidden's Undefeated 351C Powered Pro Stock Fairmont. How about any sub 400 cid Ford with canted valve heads? I don't think any of the guys or gals who have gone out and done this get enough credit. In 1972, he turned professional driving a Pro Stock Pinto previously campaigned by Wayne Gapp and Jack Roush. We buzzed the snot out of those small cubic inch engines. BG] When I was 14, I traded an old toolbox for a 1949 Ford that wouldn't run, and I got it to where it would run, and I then drove it to school until the police made me stop. What was that experience like? Loaded and headed to State Capital Raceway, Where he took the win on April 30, 1978. No big dreams, I just desired to run the local Chicagoland version. Rings were top: .043 moly, second ring 1/16 ductile and 1/8 low tension oil ring. Some recruited their wives or did it alone at times. He won his first championship in 1974 and in 1975 he scored five top qualifiers and eight top speeds. While researching materials to use as an exordium for an English assignment, the humor literature section caught my eye. HRM] Can you talk about the rumors of nitrous? I made this video to document, a week with Bob Glidden, with his early cars, initially, and then just the '76 Pinto. NOTIFICATIONS. The Quest for the Perfect Heirloom Tomato Variety Gliddens two-season streak finally ended at the 1988 Gatornationals with 22 straight top qualifiers. The results were as Glidden put it, the worst handling race car he ever drove.. The lightest and strongest components available were needed to crank those engines that hard. Halfway into the Fairmonts existence, Glidden secured a deal with Chrysler to run a factory-backed effort in 1979. A group that it seems most people have forgotten was Reher and Morrison, from back in the old days. HRM] What took you from Super Stock to Pro Stock? That car won, probably, 30, or 31 races over a two- to three-year period. 332-428 Ford FE Engine Forum > General Discussion > Member Projects and Build Threads > Bob Gliddens FE . In what is unquestionably one of the greatest losses the sport has ever endured, drag racing legend and 10-time NHRA Pro Stock champion Bob Glidden passed away today at the age of 73 following a brief illness. BG] None of those. Bob Gliddens Undefeated 1978 Fairmont Was Ugly, But A Perfect Transition, Ask ten-time world champion Bob Glidden what he remembers about the only known undefeated Pro Stock car in drag racing history and hell tell you it had an appearance that only a mother could love. Post Dec 06, 2007 #1 2007-12-06T20:00. note where the casting number is - on top of a runner. HRM] You worked a little in NASCAR after drag racing. Not only has technology advanced in leaps and bounds, but so has the cost. One of the best teams that have ever been in racing is Jason Line and Greg Anderson. Gardeners around the world have been growing these varieties for the past 8-10 years and are sharing their experiences with others. BG] I was the son of a sharecropper. He went on to work for Ford on its NASCAR engine development program. BG] Most of them I do! MCE Engines, Los Angeles, California. And he completed the season with five straight wins and his eighth Pro Stock championship. The next race was the July 16, 1978, the Summer Nationals, at Englishtown Raceway, Where Bob debuted the Undefeated 1978 Ford Fairmont. The bump in the floor of the port is a form of vortex generator it will increase the flow of a port with a poor short side shape i have never seen an advantage in flow when trying to make vortex generators in a proper port desighn with a much straighter aproach to the valve .im not sure if theres any advantages to fuel seperation . But measuring is just as critical. There were no trick parts to it, Glidden added. without a driver! HRM] In 1986, you crashed and covered the engine when you got out. But there were 29 Pro Mods with a weak purse. There is a lot of information out there about engine bearings, so I figured Id try to set the record straight about a few things related to this tiny, but significant, engine component. But maximum horsepower was still the main ingredient. Now here comes the question for you cyl. BG] My favorite car of all time was the 1987 Thunderbird. The timing was perfect because the end of the Fairmonts tenure was plagued with pencil whippings administered by the NHRAs tech department. When we went to [race with] the Plymouth in 1979, we had the same weight breaks as the Chevrolet, and we just dominated. While many gardeners prefer the reliable production and compact size of determinates, others are drawn to the larger fruits and greater yields of indeterminates. by SBC Sat Feb 05, 2005 8:20 pm, Post Related Articles MAHLE Aftermarket Kicks-Off Inaugural Powered, A Hearse isnt your typical drag car, but that didnt stop Jason Pickett from outfitting his 1993 Buick Roadmaster Hearse with all the necessities for the track and the street, including a twin-turbo LS3 engine. Most of the penalties were directed at me. This website uses cookies for functionality, analytics and advertising purposes as described in our, http://www.nhra.com/museum/features/feature16.html, http://www.dragracingonline.com/special/top5_1.html. Gildan Bob Glidden NHRA Fan Apparel and Souvenirs, Vintage Drag Racing Souvenir, Not Authenticated NHRA Original Autographed Items, John Force NHRA Original Autographed Items, It was a small-block 340. The next stop was Gainesville, March 12, 1978, where he lost to Frank Iaconio. Still, in a build-ing over here at my shop, I'm sure there are probably 50 or 60 manifolds that we experimented with, all of which we made by hand. These chassis builders will stick a new tube in somewhere or nowhere and claim its different. After a couple of runs the ring seal went to hell. The debate is further complicated by the fact that some tomato varieties can be either determinate or indeterminate depending on their growing conditions. And he's taken his daughters and made them as competitive as himself. It was a factory lightweight car that they had stopped racing. They barely have full felds in Pro Stock today because people can't aford it. HRM] So what did you do when the rules changed? might be interested in these Flow Numbers from. Granted, the expense to update for some lesser teams has had some effect. Sadly, it turned out that last day was the end of the Chicagoland Pro Stock at US 30 and Oswego forever! Discover the Best Heirloom Tomato Varieties Comparable to Big Beef, Title: Discovering Heirloom Tomato Varieties Close to Big Beef Some say the short field problem is due to the cost to conform to the new 2016 mandated rules. It was just the way things went. In Pro Stock, we learned by trying things, in the early days on the car, and later we had a dyno. He chased Chevy Camaro driver Lee Shepherd for the 1980 Winston title all season, barely eclipsing Shepherd to claim his fifth overall and third straight championship. To get an edge some of us even tried pistons in the small blocks with only two ring slots. The block is a rare furnace-brazed Boss 351 casting with markings that indicate a Roush origin. Injection was supposed to bring Pro Stock closer to a production vehicle example, although the mandated injection used on NHRA Pro Stocks is not even close to what a production automobile uses today. BG] In the late 1970s I was not fnancially involved with Ford, period. That same September, I bought a running UDRA/Chicago Pinto Pro Stock with a Gapp and Roush 366 Cleveland and Lenco. Tunnel rams were allowed. After the Worlds Finals, I had to make a decision [to race full time], so I quit Ed Martin Ford and I bought equipment on timeyou know, I made paymentsand I started my own shop and that's how we continued on in Pro Stock. With wife, Etta, and sons Billy and Rusty, by his side, Glidden was dominant in the latter half of the decade, winning five straight titles. We just raced and had a lot of great luck, that's really the truth. HRM] Did you dislike it just because it was ugly, or was it an ill-handling car as well? But it has always made me wonder what it was about or was it a ploy or did maybe something else use to be in there. Movers, Shakers, and Deal Makers: Who's helping move the drag racing needle? Over the years, he has photographed several major auto racing events, sports, news journalism, portraiture, and everything in between. 4 ranking on its Top 50 drivers of the sanctioning bodys first 50 years, noting in its ode to the quiet Hooser that, Bob Glidden did not have any special training or a degree in mechanical engineering. Rod journals were either 2.000 or 2.100 Chevy size. Cylinder walls were honed to a mirror finish. HRM] Is there any kind of racing you wish you could have done? Glidden was victorious in 1987 eight times, which included his 60th NHRA national win. Glidden won three more titles in the 1970s before relinquishing his stranglehold on the class to Lee Shepherd briefly in the early 80s. In fact, he had the wherewithal to remove his fire jacket and place it over the carburetors and manifold to hide any secrets. Bob Gliddens, he went 7.00 and 199 with it. They factored pounds per cubic inch, which varied with brand, type and model. My hands were our CNC. We ran the bigger enginefor a few years and then just ended up running the 500-incher. Glidden won eight more times between 1990 and 93 and captured his 85th and final NHRA Pro Stock victory at Englishtown in 1995 after having missed the first half of the season following a heart attack in December of 1994. Drag racing fans saw the engine used in all sorts of applications. minimum weight. 0:00 / 4:47 Pro Stock Mania: Bob Gliddens Undefeated 78 Fairmount 351 Cleveland DragBoss Garage 13.4K subscribers Subscribe 612 20K views 2 years ago SANDUSKY This is just a pic I saw today,. the ex ports came up thru the plate at same angle as the valve to almost to the top of plate. In this blog p. Tomato Varieties: From Determinate to Indeterminate & Dark to Yellow Research Your Options Before Planting! Located in: Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Valve springs back then, and even later, were a travesty. But regardless of those impressive stats, Bob Glidden was the guy Ford fans rooted for, and even if you didnt like Ford, you respected him. Due to a change in the rules, which didnt suit his Ford, Glidden switched to a Plymouth Arrow for 1979. When I gradu-ated from high school, I went to work in Indianapolis and bought a 1962 Ford with a big engine, and that was the rst car I raced. But today, his condition took a turn for the worse. While he briefly drove a Chevrolet and Plymouth, Ford fans consider him the ultimate Blue Oval driver. Production of the Boss 429 Mustang began in 1968 at Kar Krafts assembly plant in Brighton, Michigan. In 1986, Glidden had the worst crash of his racing career, flipping numerous times before sliding to a stop, his car reduced to little more than a cage and an engine. It shared. Most of the early Pro Stocks were made from real cars. As flat tappet lobes frequently began to flatten, and springs were breaking, most Pro Stock racers finally went to roller cams. My Clevelands had Roush-designed BRC super light gas ported pistons with narrow cylinder wall punishing slipper skirts with .0065 piston to wall clearance. This car was a serious player in UDRA and the Chicagoland Pro Stock class. Billy Glidden, Bod Glidden son claimed he wouldn't build an engine hanging on a stand because the bores would be distorted during the tq sequence. by Torquemonster Fri Feb 04, 2005 4:38 pm, Post It's just free information if they saw it. We could port the heads and intake manifold till the cows came home. In the end, only the combination of all factors will yield the answer to the question of bearings. I get much less oil in the spray washer this way. by bill jones Sat Feb 05, 2005 1:27 am, Post Glidden improved his engine building and race craft and that helped him achieve strength in throughout the 1970s. BG] I do, yes, because they could then get some fac- tory involvement. Once he realized he wasn't dead, Glidden famously threw his racing jacket over the remains of the engine to protect its secrets. A 10,500 RPM limit has also been mandated. I'm too old to think about that. My first attempt at Pro Stock was in June 1975. There was a lot to look forward to for the next season, but that Fairmont sure did make racing fun in 1978. Hemi-headed Ford engine. Bob Glidden, one of the greatest champions in the history of NHRA drag racing, announced his retirement Tuesday to devote his time to developing engines for NASCAR Winston Cup stock cars. FORUMS. Now NHRA should just call the class PRO PONTIAC instead of PRO STOCK. These wins brought him and the Undefeated . I hope you guys appreciate it, stay tuned MOre on the way. The expense to run a Pro Stock car is unbelievable. Gliddens storied career began in the late 1960s behind the wheel of a 427 Fairlane and a Galaxie in the Stock ranks, and he continued driving full-time in Pro Stock until 1997. Build your own custom newsletter with the content you love from Dragzine, directly to your inbox, absolutely FREE! Gliddens success on track led him to resign his position at Ed Martin Ford. If it's warm enough, I play golf. And despite the slow start, he hoisted the Wally at the final seven events to claim his seventh Winston NHRA Drag Racing title. His work payed off with 10 championships. This year, I am considering a few varieties for graft, Growing Tom Wagner's Varieties of Tomatoes: A Gardener's Guide With Tips & Advice, Tom Wagner is a renowned horticulturist who has created several varieties of tomatoes, including the popular "Fort Vancouver Yellow Pear", "Pennsylvania Catchfly", "Santa Anna" and "Sunspot". Bob Glidden also had his 1970 Mustang built by Don Hardy and the 366 Cleveland Ford built by himself. They all run on gas and air. Some racers used Mallory Magnetos. Glidden was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1994 and the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2005. Jenkins was kind of running his jaws so I pulled the chute on him at about 1000, Glidden said, pausing to laugh. My intention had always been to race in the US 30 and Oswego Pro Stock, and since Linda and I had put everything into buying the Pinto, our intentions were altered. by maxracesoftware Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:13 pm, Post Glidden's penchant for secrecy, notable even in the notoriously tight-lipped Pro Stock class, meant his innovations remained his own, but it also led to rumors and suspicions amongst his com-petitors. On the first hard run, the Detroit Locker locked in Detroit, but not at Oswego, IL. Glidden began his career in the late 1960s behind the wheel of a series of 427 Ford Fairlanes in the Stock and Super Stock ranks and later a 482 Cobra Jet, becoming one of the winningest competitors in the NHRAs Division 3. Most built their own stuff and tuned it, and raced with only one or two volunteer helpers. Bob Glidden owned Pro Stock in the mid- to late-1980s, winning five straight championships from 1985-1989, a streak that coincided with his domination of the NHRA national event in Phoenix,. He was telling me all the things he was going to do and how bad he was. Any perceived advantage when it was debuted was quickly dissolved by the end of the season. In what is unquestionably one of the greatest losses the sport has ever endured, drag racing legend and 10-time NHRA Pro Stock champion Bob Glidden passed away today at the age of 73 following a brief illness. The Boss 429 was also the engine that Ohio George Montgomery fit with twin turbocharges and reportedly made more than 1,000 hp. Warren was one, Johnson. It was not the first, nor that last time that Glidden's honesty would cause him trouble. But it was just a real short wheelbase, and it just wasn't built for the big engine. That's where I bought my rst car that I turned in to a race car, a 1965 Ford Galaxie. Plexiglas side windows and windshields were allowed. Its the engine he innovated with so much, that when his car suffered a brutal rollover in 1986 at Atlanta, he climbed out of the car and covered his hand-made dual-quad intake with his fire jacket and helmet. Our research indicates the 1973 340 engines used a large, 73cc chamber to reduce the compression ratio to 8.5:1. Brent. You can come to your own conclusion. Glidden set world records that stood for over 10 years mainly because he bought up all the stock of those special Shogun 429 heads he used and nobody else could get them.. he probably learned something from those heads. The rule of thumb with compression is that, in the range between 8.0:1 and 12.0:1 compression, one full ratio is worth approximately 3 to 4 . His potent and competitive Ford combination had been hit yet another time by the pounds-per-cubic inch parity regulators. . head gurus that could maybe answer for me. The Mopar testing regimen proved more of an asset to his current efforts than a distraction. -I had heard that Larry Widmar (theoldone.com) was THE reason for Gliddens big Ford head success. Gaige Herrera extended the perfect start to his breakout rookie season by delivering the Vance & Hines/Mission Suzuki team its second consecutive Pro Stock Motorcycle class win Sunday onboard his Gen III Suzuki Hayabusa at the Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway in Concord, NC. "Not one single warning," Glidden recalled. And so it goes, the constant Pro Stock quandary. Our thoughts, prayers and deepest condolences are with the Glidden family at this difficult time.. He never thought about when the streaks would end, acknowledging them, he admitted, would have ended them. 205 likes. By 1983, the small block Pro Stock era was over. The original interview was from Competition Plus, Legend series. Just because I've heard that, mind you, doesn't mean it's going to happen. 0 dealers found. The car was raced only a couple times, running a known best of 8.93 at 145 mph. That's another thing I just do not talk about. The most impressive part of the car was not what was under the hood or in the chassis and not even who was driving, the key factor to this car was that he didnt have to spot the competition the traditional 300 pounds in weight breaks. In the 1980s, Glidden added six more championships to his name, including a 1980 win over Lee Shepherd that remains one of the most dramatic last-minute turnarounds in drag-racing his-tory. I bought a car from [Wayne] Gapp and [Jack] Roush. My favorite or ultimate? That was just a great step for us. BG] When I was a kid, a lot of adver-tisements on television were for Ed Martin Ford: "Home of the Fast Fords." We got to the Finalsthat was still at the Ontario Motor Speedwayand the only way that Top ring was .043 and second slot held a 1/16 ductile second ring with a 1/8 oil ring package below.
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