Classic YouTube: A 1970s Pro Stock Matchup Between Bunny Burnett’s Pinto vs. Jungle George’s Arrow


Classic YouTube: A 1970s Pro Stock Matchup Between Bunny Burnett’s Pinto vs. Jungle George’s Arrow

Towards the mid and late 1970s, Pro Stock cars morphed. What had been filled with cars like Camaros and Mustangs were now filled with small cars. Pintos, Vegas, Mavericks, Monzas, Darts, Mustang IIs and the captive imports that Dodge was getting from Mitsubishi were becoming more and more numerous. Why? Weight breaks. The smaller the car, the smaller the engine, the less likely it was that NHRA was going to hammer down on you with weight. If you knew your way around a small block and jammed it into a car like a Pinto, you were lighter. Ergo, you stood a very decent chance of beating a Camaro, or a Hornet, or…well, what else? The next biggest car that comes to mind is the Gapp and Roush “Tijuana Taxi” Maverick four-door. Smaller was better back then.

Out of Victory Red Colorado’s YouTube catalog comes a great pairing to explain how this worked out well: Carol “Bunny Burkett’s 1972 Pinto and “Jungle” George Kubis’ 1978 Plymouth Arrow. Small, mean and tuned to kill, these Pro Stockers are the perfect epitomization of what the class was about: small cars, big tires, nose down and revving for the freaking moon!


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5 thoughts on “Classic YouTube: A 1970s Pro Stock Matchup Between Bunny Burnett’s Pinto vs. Jungle George’s Arrow

  1. Dan from the 70\'s

    They didn\’t make those orange wheelie wheels in the 70\’s. This is more recent, but still cool.

    1. jerry z

      Bryan is saying its a 70’s style drag race, not actually from the 70’s.

      Now this is the type of drag racing I want to see, nostalgia Pro Stocks.

  2. Bill Swanson

    Bangshift did a piece on this Pinto when it was under construction in 2013. http://bangshift.com/bangshift-galleries/gallery/gallery-nostalgia-pro-stock-builds-at-high-speed-welding-bunny-burkett-pink-pinto-perfection/

    It’s currently driven very capably by Kelly Lynn Dill. http://midwestnostalgiaprostockassociation.com/kellylynn-dill/

    Kubis changed the look of the Arrow a few years ago, going with a Billy Stepp/Ronnie Sox look…. http://competitionplus.com/sites/default/files/images/gallery/photos/8G6A1805.JPG

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