"Hog Wild" '69 Z-28 Super Stock Car.

MailOrderMotion · #1 10-09-2014, 01:14 AM

Any chance anybody remembers this car ? It was raced from 1970 through the mid '80s by Gary Smiley, a farmer who raised hogs from the Red Oak Iowa area. Based in Division 5, but raced all around the nation. It is known to have run at the Spring Nationals, Winter Nationals, Gator Nationals and at Englishtown when not running in the Midwest. It's home tracks were in the Omaha and Lincoln Nebraska area. The picture with the name is the only shot I have of it actually racing. The back half was just completed and the new shoes hadn't been delivered yet. The second shot was just after pulling it out of 20+ years of storage in 2011. The car was street raced until about 1975 when it became a full time race car. The 302 was replaced by a crate L-88 in the '70s and that's how it was found. It has worn the snorkel hood shown, a GM steel ZL-2 and 2 Glass Moroso hoods, a Zl-2 and a Pro Stock style. This X-77 car is not only a ZL-2, D80 and Tach car, but also Special Paint. It was sold new at Rosen Novak Chevrolet in Omaha Nebraska. I'd love to hear from anyone who remembers it.
Thanks,
Dave

**Salvatore** · #2 10-09-2014, 01:18 AM

A great Div-5 car. Keep digging for stuff.

**Xplantdad** · #3 10-09-2014, 03:13 AM

Get in touch with McInk....on the Class Racer Forum-maybe post there as well...Lots of folks with pics from Division 5!

Click here...he posted in this thread!

MailOrderMotion · #4 10-09-2014, 01:01 PM

Will do ! Thanks !
Dave

freddyboy · #5 10-09-2014, 01:15 PM

Hi Dave: My 69 is almost identical to yours, I had to look twice at the photo.Great photo

**Tracker1** · #6 10-12-2014, 02:03 PM

' - - ' TRIM TAG?

MailOrderMotion · #7 10-13-2014, 04:12 AM

That is correct. Also, the car is now Blue, that's why it's a different color than the past pictures.

**Tracker1** · #8 10-13-2014, 01:42 PM

so what was the original color?

resto4u · #9 10-13-2014, 06:17 PM

what is the conection with motion performance? That sticker looks like it has been on there for a long time. You should send in your vin# to find out who was the selling dealer.

MailOrderMotion · #10 10-13-2014, 11:28 PM

Special Paint Color - I wish I knew. The exact original color is unknown to me and I haven't had time to start digging to figure it out. I do know that it has been confirmed as being painted a Dark Blue, a Dark Green, Black and Medium Blue during it's life. It is also confirmed that it was Not a stripe delete car and the cowl plenum was painted White as it should have been on a White stripe car.

Motion connection - Unfortunately, it's just a sticker. The car was sold new at Rosen Novak Chevrolet in Omaha. That is the only known connection to a Rosen. Sadly, the wrong Rosen, so no unknown find here.

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