79 Bob Glidden Small Block Pro Stock
A piece of information about the Glidden 1979 Engine Program.....
So before that (those) engines ended up in Glidden's Arrow, they were developed and run by Ted Flack and Howard Comstock for the RAMCHARGERS Team. They ran small blocks in their 1976 Dart Sport E-Gas car. The engines ran a multitude of cubic inches. But the most successful were 288 and 298 cubic inch versions. They would shift these things with a 5-Speed manual trans @ 10,000 rpm!!! THAT's why they destroked them. So they could run a lot of RPM. Also, less cubic inches = less required vehicle weight.
In 1978 Chrysler removed all Sponsorship Support from any Drag Racer not named Bob Glidden. That was the killing blow. Ted Flack actually had just ordered a 1979 Plymouth Arrow for the 79 Season. That would have been the next Ramchargers race car. But with sponsorship from Chrysler being gone, the money to compete just wasn't there. So the Arrow was canceled, the Dart was sold and the engines were returned to Diamond, where Flack and Comstock assisted in their development.
Those engines were then given to Bob Glidden for his 1979 Pro Stock Arrow. The rest is history!
So.... When you look at arguably the most dominate race car in pro stock history.... it secretly had RAMCHARGERS power taking it all the way to the Championship!!
(P.S. this information was given to me directly by Ted Flack himself)
A piece of information about the Glidden 1979 Engine Program.....
So before that (those) engines ended up in Glidden's Arrow, they were developed and run by Ted Flack and Howard Comstock for the RAMCHARGERS Team. They ran small blocks in their 1976 Dart Sport E-Gas car. The engines ran a multitude of cubic inches. But the most successful were 288 and 298 cubic inch versions. They would shift these things with a 5-Speed manual trans @ 10,000 rpm!!! THAT's why they destroked them. So they could run a lot of RPM. Also, less cubic inches = less required vehicle weight.
In 1978 Chrysler removed all Sponsorship Support from any Drag Racer not named Bob Glidden. That was the killing blow. Ted Flack actually had just ordered a 1979 Plymouth Arrow for the 79 Season. That would have been the next Ramchargers race car. But with sponsorship from Chrysler being gone, the money to compete just wasn't there. So the Arrow was canceled, the Dart was sold and the engines were returned to Diamond, where Flack and Comstock assisted in their development.
Those engines were then given to Bob Glidden for his 1979 Pro Stock Arrow. The rest is history!
So.... When you look at arguably the most dominate race car in pro stock history.... it secretly had RAMCHARGERS power taking it all the way to the Championship!!
(P.S. this information was given to me directly by Ted Flack himself)
