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Photo ID # I02.23.12_004_McM_FLM_0070_1
Car #: #4
Driver (s) : Not sure.... (see Comments below)
Location: Flemington, NJ
Date: 1974 or '75
Photographer: John Lucas
Photo provided by: John Lucas and John McCaughey
Comments: What a great looking Gremlin....  Simple... All business...  Really cool.  I'm not sure who drove this particular version but drivers of the purple #4 Gremlin included Al Michalchuk, Hank Rogers Jr., and Craig McCaughey.  I'm pretty sure that the Gremlin that Al Michalchuk drove for the first 4 weeks or so at the beginning of 1974 had the old style kick up frame that was painted yellow.  This car was the replacement to that one I believe and looks like it had a more modern chassis.  This car might have ended up being sold to Bob Ayers and also might have spent time in as the Bill Waite #69.
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02.25.12 Terry Fick Look at the size of the primaries. They must be at least 1 3/4 inches, probably 2 inches. There was a time when bigger was better, length was the determining factor; where the color of the pipe changed was where you cut or placed the collector. Later we found that the pipe size effected where the "bluing" occurred and that by changing the length of the primaries, we could move the torque curve around to take advantage of the track conditions.

I have seen well funded sprint teams with six sets of headers, all with different length primaries, some with venturi primaries, starting out at one diameter and finishing at another. My experience is sprints, but modifieds are just heavy sprint cars. Bet the same theories apply.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

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