High Performance Pontiac March 2009 Table of Contents

On The Cover
The Hot 11-Second '79 T/A Street/Strip Pontiac Was Photographed By Thomas A. Demauro During The 25-Mile Test Loop Of The HPP/Yearone Street/Strip Challenge. Our '67 Firebird Pro-Touring Convertible Was Captured By Senior Associate Editor Christopher R. Phillip.

First Of The Breed
This Owner Turned An Early-Production Firebird 400 Into A Pro-Touring Crowd Pleaser

Stop Giggling, Spectators
The Advantage Of A Favorable Power-To-Weight Ratio Is Personified In A 301-Powered '85 T1000

High Performance Pontiac/Yearone Street/Strip Challenge
Pontiacs, Mopars, And Vettes Shake It Up At The Yearone Experience

Windy City Wide-Trackin'
A Pictorial History Of Pontiac At The Chicago Auto Show Part I: 1959-1968

2008 Ames Performance Tri-Power Pontiac Nationals
17 Years Of Show And Race Action

Inaugural Pontiac Spring Nationals
A New Tulsa-Based Event Shows Promise

30 No-Buck And Low-Buck Mods
Economic Recovery . . . Pontiac Style

Inside A Ram Air V
DCI Motorsports Builds A Big-Inch Factory-Appearing Ram Air V That Runs Hard And Is Completely Street Driveable

Overachieving Overdrive
Get A Firm-Shifting And Durable 700-R4 Delivered To Your Doorstep

Also Inside!
10 Wrench-Free, No-Buck Mods! See Page 8

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