1962 Pontiac Catalina

March Air Force Base July 16, 1962
This car was classified as stock by USAC and had Pontiac's high-performance 421 cubic inch twin four-barrel carburetor engine. The engine had a bore of 4.093 inches and a stroke of 4.000 inches. Its compression ratio was 11.00-to-1 and it had a horsepower rating of 405. Wrapped in protective clothing from head to foot Mickey strapped himself behind the wheel and set off down the 13,000 foot runway. Minutes later he had established four new National USAC Class B Closed Car Division records, two of them never before entered on USAC's books!

USAC CLASS B CLOSED CAR NATIONAL RECORD TWO-WAY AVERAGE STANDING START KILOMETER
Old Record - 1961	New Record - July 16, 1962
M. Thompson	M. Thompson
'61 Pontiac	'62 Pontiac
81.497 mph ('61 Pontiac)	90.548 mph ('62 Pontiac)
TWO-WAY AVERAGE STANDING START MILE
Old Record - 1961	New Record - July 16, 1962
M. Thompson	M. Thompson
'61 Pontiac	'62 Pontiac
95.571 mph	105.135 mph
NEW USAC CLASS B CLOSED CAR NATIONAL RECORDS (305 to 488 cubic inches) TWO-WAY AVERAGE FLYING KILOMETER
No Old Record	New Record - July 16, 1962
	M. Thompson
	'62 Pontiac
	150.666 two-way average
TWO-WAY AVERAGE FLYING MILE
No Old Record	New Record - July 16, 1962
	M. Thompson
	'62 Pontiac
	150.552 two-way average

Bonneville Salt Flats July 25, 1962

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USAC CLASS B AMERICAN PRODUCTION CAR RECORDS
Old Record -	New Record - July 25, 1962
	Mickey Thompson & Lloyd Cox
	'62 Pontiac
FLYING MILE
Old Record -	New Record - 153.67 mph
10 MILES
Old Record -	New Record - 153
100 MILES
Old Record -	New Record - 139.38
500 MILES
Old Record -	New Record - 140.64
All records set with 421 cubic inch V-8

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