1968 '340' Barracuda vs 1968 '383' Road Runner

Some Numbers and Facts,

At the start of the 1968 NHRA Season,

The National Records to work off of.
E/S ...... 12.90 @ 107.01 MPH
E/SA .... 12.93 @ 109.09 MPH

Sox & Martin had built a 68' 383 Road Runner (in December 1967) to compete in E/S at
the 1968 NHRA Winternationals, but they got stuck in the 13.15 range during testing.

They pulled a best ET of 13.12, and that was with 8" Wide-Slicks, not the 7" NHRA maximum
width for Stock Class.

They never brought the car out to California with them in January 1968.

At the time, Plymouth 'marketed' The 383 Road Runner as a "Quarter-Mile in 100 MPH"
and a "Econo-Racer That Can Run 14-Seconds Flat", when they knew at best it was
14.80 car with the best factory offered Gear-Ratio of 3.55's.

Even Ronnie Sox had stated that the car was 'over-matched' for E/Stock, as it
was under-carbed and under-cammed to be a dominant stocker.