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    Drag Class for a 1963 R2 Hawk in 1963

    I'm taking my 1963 R2 Hawk to a local cruise this weekend and I would
    like to do something a little different. I'm going to leave the wheel covers off and put a couple of reproduction drag strip class winner stickers on my back quarter windows to make the car look
    a little like they did for drag racing "back in the day".
    I would like to put the class and a number on the door glass
    with shoe polish or poster paint, but I don't know what class
    the R2 Hawk would have been in.
    Does anybody know what class (D/S) or something of the like that
    I can put on the window and I won't look crazy. I know Studebaker
    didn't publish HP ratings at the time, but an approximate class
    would be good enough for me. Not many other people there will
    probably know if I am correct or not.
    Thanks in advance for the info.
    Terry Stinehelfer
    Bucyrus, OH
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    J stock is what the car would be put in with a stick or K stock with an auto. But they would put you in a supercharged gas class if you didn't disconect the blower belt. At least that is what UDRA rules were.

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    • #3
      J stock is what the car would be put in with a stick or K stock with an auto. But they would put you in a supercharged gas class if you didn't disconect the blower belt. At least that is what UDRA rules were.

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      • #4
        The more common NHRA classes were entirely different, I was running in I/S-F7 (I stock formula 7) for 259 Auto.

        Trying to remember what Gordon William's Super Red '63 Super Lark, Standard 2dr. R2 H.D. Flight-O-Matic ran at the Pomona, CA NHRA Winter Nationals! I have the 35mm color slides somewhere!

        StudeRich
        Studebakers Northwest
        Ferndale, WA
        StudeRich
        Second Generation Stude Driver,
        Proud '54 Starliner Owner
        SDC Member Since 1967

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        • #5
          The more common NHRA classes were entirely different, I was running in I/S-F7 (I stock formula 7) for 259 Auto.

          Trying to remember what Gordon William's Super Red '63 Super Lark, Standard 2dr. R2 H.D. Flight-O-Matic ran at the Pomona, CA NHRA Winter Nationals! I have the 35mm color slides somewhere!

          StudeRich
          Studebakers Northwest
          Ferndale, WA
          StudeRich
          Second Generation Stude Driver,
          Proud '54 Starliner Owner
          SDC Member Since 1967

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          • #6
            D/S I WHAS THERE
            quote:Originally posted by Alan

            J stock is what the car would be put in with a stick or K stock with an auto. But they would put you in a supercharged gas class if you didn't disconect the blower belt. At least that is what UDRA rules were.

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            • #7
              D/S I WHAS THERE
              quote:Originally posted by Alan

              J stock is what the car would be put in with a stick or K stock with an auto. But they would put you in a supercharged gas class if you didn't disconect the blower belt. At least that is what UDRA rules were.

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              • #8
                Back then they put 57-58 Silver Hawks in F and G stock around here . This was about 1963 and 1964 in Fla at NHRA style strips. They later fell down to K Stock as the classes were rearranged by the late '60's .
                Bill H
                Daytona Beach
                SDC member since 1970
                Owner of The Skeeter Hawk .

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                • #9
                  Back then they put 57-58 Silver Hawks in F and G stock around here . This was about 1963 and 1964 in Fla at NHRA style strips. They later fell down to K Stock as the classes were rearranged by the late '60's .
                  Bill H
                  Daytona Beach
                  SDC member since 1970
                  Owner of The Skeeter Hawk .

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                  • #10
                    I was able to run a Silver Hawk in NHRA D stock with a added supercharger. They ruled that the engine could have been factory for that car, go figure.

                    JDP/Maryland


                    63 GT R2
                    63 Avanti R1
                    63 Daytona convert
                    63 Lark 2 door
                    62 Lark 2 door
                    60 Lark HT-60Hawk
                    59 3E truck
                    58 Starlight
                    52 & 53 Starliner
                    51 Commander

                    JDP Maryland

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                    • #11
                      I was able to run a Silver Hawk in NHRA D stock with a added supercharger. They ruled that the engine could have been factory for that car, go figure.

                      JDP/Maryland


                      63 GT R2
                      63 Avanti R1
                      63 Daytona convert
                      63 Lark 2 door
                      62 Lark 2 door
                      60 Lark HT-60Hawk
                      59 3E truck
                      58 Starlight
                      52 & 53 Starliner
                      51 Commander

                      JDP Maryland

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                      • #12
                        When I raced my Hawk it was BS/A for the 289 (auto) and QS/A for the 259 (1970'ish no blower). (I know 'cause I entered in in QS/A knowing no one would tear down a Studebaker)
                        Used to get paired with Corvairs....and get whipped[:0]
                        Jeff[8D]



                        DEEPNHOCK at Gmail.com
                        Brooklet, Georgia
                        '37 Coupe Express (never ending project)
                        '37 Coupe Express Trailer (project)
                        '61 Hawk (project)
                        http://community.webshots.com/user/deepnhock
                        HTIH (Hope The Info Helps)

                        Jeff

                        Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please. Mark Twain



                        Note: SDC# 070190 (and earlier...)

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                        • #13
                          When I raced my Hawk it was BS/A for the 289 (auto) and QS/A for the 259 (1970'ish no blower). (I know 'cause I entered in in QS/A knowing no one would tear down a Studebaker)
                          Used to get paired with Corvairs....and get whipped[:0]
                          Jeff[8D]



                          DEEPNHOCK at Gmail.com
                          Brooklet, Georgia
                          '37 Coupe Express (never ending project)
                          '37 Coupe Express Trailer (project)
                          '61 Hawk (project)
                          http://community.webshots.com/user/deepnhock
                          HTIH (Hope The Info Helps)

                          Jeff

                          Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please. Mark Twain



                          Note: SDC# 070190 (and earlier...)

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                          • #14
                            quote:Originally posted by R2GTHAWK

                            I'm taking my 1963 R2 Hawk to a local cruise this weekend and I would
                            like to do something a little different. I'm going to leave the wheel covers off and put a couple of reproduction drag strip class winner stickers on my back quarter windows to make the car look
                            a little like they did for drag racing "back in the day".
                            I would like to put the class and a number on the door glass
                            with shoe polish or poster paint, but I don't know what class
                            the R2 Hawk would have been in.
                            Does anybody know what class (D/S) or something of the like that
                            I can put on the window and I won't look crazy. I know Studebaker
                            didn't publish HP ratings at the time, but an approximate class
                            would be good enough for me. Not many other people there will
                            probably know if I am correct or not.
                            Thanks in advance for the info.
                            Terry Stinehelfer
                            Bucyrus, OH
                            Cute idea, Terry: [u]Go for it</u>! BP
                            We've got to quit saying, "How stupid can you be?" Too many people are taking it as a challenge.

                            G. K. Chesterton: This triangle of truisms, of father, mother, and child, cannot be destroyed; it can only destroy those civilizations which disregard it.

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                            • #15
                              quote:Originally posted by R2GTHAWK

                              I'm taking my 1963 R2 Hawk to a local cruise this weekend and I would
                              like to do something a little different. I'm going to leave the wheel covers off and put a couple of reproduction drag strip class winner stickers on my back quarter windows to make the car look
                              a little like they did for drag racing "back in the day".
                              I would like to put the class and a number on the door glass
                              with shoe polish or poster paint, but I don't know what class
                              the R2 Hawk would have been in.
                              Does anybody know what class (D/S) or something of the like that
                              I can put on the window and I won't look crazy. I know Studebaker
                              didn't publish HP ratings at the time, but an approximate class
                              would be good enough for me. Not many other people there will
                              probably know if I am correct or not.
                              Thanks in advance for the info.
                              Terry Stinehelfer
                              Bucyrus, OH
                              Cute idea, Terry: [u]Go for it</u>! BP
                              We've got to quit saying, "How stupid can you be?" Too many people are taking it as a challenge.

                              G. K. Chesterton: This triangle of truisms, of father, mother, and child, cannot be destroyed; it can only destroy those civilizations which disregard it.

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