I bought my 68 SS396 Camaro new in 68' to race in NHRA stock
eliminator. But the combination of engine (375hp/396ci) and 3 speed automatic
that I wanted to run never materialized in NHRA as a legal combination so the
project was scrapped and I drove the car on the street until I got out of the
Navy in Oct 68. With in 2 weeks of being home I took the Camaro off the road,
bought a very used 62' Chevy wagon as a tow car, and started to build the Camaro
for drag racing.......
I raced it from 1968 to 1979 in 2 classes - H/MP with an INLINE Chevy Six
Called "SIXFIEND" & C/SM as it is now- we were 1977 Modified Champs at Raceway
Park - Englishtown, NJ - we raced from Canada to Florida and Maine to
Indiana.
Click on this
for more pictures of my first outing
with the Camaro after sitting for 30 years.
Photos:My old C/Super Modified 68 Camaro * Lebanon Valley 2007
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My old C/Super Modified 68 Camaro * Lebanon Valley 2007
3/09/08
This is a picture of the car back in 1977.
11/01/08
No Tricks here!! Pats 350 with cast flat top pistons
stock cast heads 1.94 int x 1.50 exh
.500" lift hydraulic cam
Holley aluminum intake
750 Holley carb
Stock cast crank and rods
4/03/09
OH... now it looks nice with aluminum painted 30 year old Hooker headers with flange plates and old steel Moroso valve covers!
4/03/09
This news clip is from a 1977 Englishtown Raceway News Volume 8, Number 25
8/03/09
Numidia, Pa - 05/30/2009
10/13/09
Nostalgia Winner - Season Opener at Island Dragway, Great Meadows, NJ - My son Patricks Birthday - May 2, 2010
5/09/10
My OLD partner Dick Mauceri trying to take my trophy - No way!
5/09/10
Vinny Laurita Jr defeated Pat Hennebery in the Nostalgia Class final round of race #2 at Lebanon Valley, NY - NETO Nostalgia Winner: Vincent Laurita Jr. ('70 Chevy Chevelle) of Lagrangeville, NY - 10.200, 119.01 (10.12 dial). R/U: Pat Hennebery Jr ('68 Chevy Camaro) of Wappingers Falls, NY - 11.573, 114.58 (11.54 dial).
5/28/10
My daughter Nicole shows her enthusiasm after the trophy presentation for runner-up in Neto Nostalgia Class. My nephew Ian and friend Dick look on.
