Pontiac Catalina Class B (1961) - Mickey Thompson

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Mickey Thompson took four Pontiac powered cars to March AFB in July of 1961 in an attempt to break 18 land speed records. This car in these photos was entred into Stock Car Class B. The car is powered by a 421 cubic inch, V-8 Pontiac motor which has three two-barrel carburetors and is capable of 375HP. The car has a 4-speed Borg-Warner transmission and a 3.08 posi-traction rear end. The car weights 3680 lbs.

Thompson used the car break the record in the one kilometre run from 73.15 MPH to 81.497 MPH and the one mile run from 84.02 MPH to 95.571 MPH.

Many of Mickey Thompson's cars were destroyed when his California home burned to the ground in a wild fire in 1985. The car in these photos is a tribute car that was built as a replacement to the Class B stock car that was lost in the fire.

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