1967 NHRA Season
December 1966
The NHRA was 'not tricked' by Mopar at the end of 1966 at the winter meetings
in December 1966 in Detroit.
The 383/280 HP in the 1967 Plymouth Barracuda {available for December 1966}
was 're-factored' to 300 HP. by the NHRA.
Now the 1967 Barracuda 'Fastback' at #3202 lbs. had a Weight-to-Horsepower
factor of ....... 10.67 Wt/HP, instead of a previous expected {hoped for} 11.44 Wt/HP.
Now the Barracuda 383-S would be classed one-slot lower to 'C/Stock'
for 1967
* C/S and C/SA ......... 10.60 to 11.29 Wt/HP
This threw a 'cog-in-the-wheel' at Plymouth Racing.
1965 and 1966 Mopar Factory-backed Stocker Champion - Dave Kempton was in the middle of putting together a 1967 Barracuda 383-S for D/SA.
When the NHRA re-factored the 383/280 HP to 300 HP, Dave 'pulled-the-plug' on
his Barracuda and did not take it to the 1967 NHRA Winternationals.