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incase you dont know about buddy, heres a quick run down---------------------------------------and a ttt------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Buddy Ingersoll (1986). The turbocharged 1985 Buick Regal of Ingersoll was no doubt the most controversial Pro Stocker ever raced. It was so controversial that it was only allowed to run one race -- IHRA Bristol -- before it was axed. The turbocharged Regal of Ingersoll was one of Warren Johnson’s Hurst/Olds Cutlass reskinned with new panels. The car was built to race in NHRA’s Competition Eliminator where it ran so good they made a new class just for it. How it got to race in Pro Stock is different – the powers behind the scenes lobbied both NHRA and IHRA to make it legal. The argument was that the twin turbocharged Regal was closer to stock than any other Pro Stocker out there. IHRA decided to try it much to the chagrin of the other racers. The tryout race was at Bristol, a moderately high altitude track. Ingersoll got to the finals and went 7.20s. IHRA promptly outlawed the car from further Pro Stock races.
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