Photos, materials for videos, descriptions and other information are provided by the consignor/seller and is deemed reliable, but Mecum Auction does not verify, warrant or guarantee this information. Plexiglas side windows and windshields were allowed. Only a few dragstrips hosted a local level Pro Stock program and logistically, I was in decent shape. Why Ford? It was the first of his three straight victories. HRM] Did you prefer one engine over another? But measuring is just as critical. They innovated a lot of things, between them and W.J., they were tough competitors. These chassis builders will stick a new tube in somewhere or nowhere and claim its different. Anybody know about his Mopar engine program? Ask Away with Jeff Smith: Choosing Cylinder Heads for Bottom-End Power So I'd like to understand why he would run a de-stroked small block? They are still doing it the old way, they go to work long hours and then go out and win races. Sadly, it turned out that last day was the end of the Chicagoland Pro Stock at US 30 and Oswego forever! by maxracesoftware Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:13 pm, Post Even I had to recruit help from the stands on a couple of occasions. Delivery: Estimated between Fri, May 5 and Mon, May 8 to 23917. . When Pro Stock racer Bob Glidden retired in 1997 with 85 event victories, he was the winningest driver in NHRA history. After the development of Pacaloy springs I never broke another valve spring in 20 more years of drag racing. They had pictures of him assembling his engines standing on their end. Its not so much the connecting rod length that matters as much as it is the correct piston pin height. MESSAGES. head gurus that could maybe answer for me. My Clevelands had Roush-designed BRC super light gas ported pistons with narrow cylinder wall punishing slipper skirts with .0065 piston to wall clearance. They put weight on me and took weight of the Chevrolets. We worked probably a lot harder back in those days than most people. Bob Glidden's Pro Stock 351 Cleveland Heads:His Secret Revealed DragBoss Garage 15.1K subscribers Subscribe 178K views 2 years ago SANDUSKY This video is going to reveal the secret of Bob. A career so full of hard work, miraculous wins, and pain-ful controversy deserves to be celebrated, so we took on the legendarily private Bob Glidden and tried to get him to spill some secrets. Glidden won three more titles in the 1970s before relinquishing his stranglehold on the class to Lee Shepherd briefly in the early 80s. heads. Early Pro Stock engines were primarily warmed up Super Stock engines, the bigger the better. He won three more champion-ships in the 1970s, despite losing factory sponsorship twice during that decade and having to build a completely new program with a totally different manufacturer in 1979. I don't think any of the guys or gals who have gone out and done this get enough credit. The shame of it is that Ford pulled the backing from him after all those years of hard work and the love he has for racing and Ford. Finally MSD came to the rescue. Glidden rode the train of good fortunes as long as he could without question. The original interview was from Competition Plus, Legend series. BG] No, there's no point in even dis-cussing it. That was the first major event it ran. Size was limited because there were really no large stroker kits like today, or oversized aftermarket blocks to go into the later mountain motor size range. But perhaps most famously, the Boss 429 was the engine architecture that Bob Glidden dominated Pro Stock with. If a racer ran a canted-valve engine such as the Ford Cleveland, they had to add another 50 pounds. We promise not to use your email address for anything but exclusive updates from the Power Automedia Network. See inside the Ford 351 Cleveland he raced, check out his shop inside, I narrated it to give more insight, and detail on things you might know, if it was not pointed out. Front brakes, headlights and side mirrors werent required. But it has always made me wonder what it was about or was it a ploy or did maybe something else use to be in there. In what is unquestionably one of the greatest losses the sport has ever endured, drag racing legend and 10-time NHRA Pro Stock champion Bob Glidden passed away today at the age of 73 following a brief illness. Bob Glidden won every one of those 5 consecutive races. Select the pin () to see company information. A lot of really good rac- ers just didn't seem to get the lucky breaks. Now here comes the question for you cyl. In this racing thing more than anything else when you get on a roll good things can happen because people are afraid theyre going to lose to you. The bump in the floor of the port is a form of vortex generator it will increase the flow of a port with a poor short side shape i have never seen an advantage in flow when trying to make vortex generators in a proper port desighn with a much straighter aproach to the valve .im not sure if theres any advantages to fuel seperation . He was humble with the fans, and feared by his opponents. With wife, Etta, and sons Billy and Rusty, by his side, Glidden was dominant in the latter half of the decade, winning five straight titles. HRM] Is there any kind of racing you wish you could have done? He dominated and continued to keep Ford at the top of Pro Stock, even when outnumbered by Chevrolet and Mopar. I'm too old to think about that. HRM] What took you from Super Stock to Pro Stock? The block is a rare furnace-brazed Boss 351 casting with markings that indicate a Roush origin. BG] When I looked up through what was left of the car, the top of the manifold, the carburetors, everything was gone. Engine Machine Shop | Steve Schmidt Racing Engines One of his favorite adversaries was none other than Bill Jenkins, who Glidden alleges made disparaging comments about the Fairmont in its 1978 debut. - https://t.co/DUze73cQrL pic.twitter.com/XTPyBJgdHB, ENCORE: GLIDDEN'S FAIRMONT - NOTHING LIKE UNDEFEATED.