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David Pearson NASCAR GTO

Now here's a shot you don't see too often. Unless, of course you have your nose in stacks of old race magazines all the time. But, even at that, these are few and far between.
While we all know that Pontiac was involved in NASCAR until just recently, we tend to only see those nostalgic shots from the '60s where Pontiac is kicking everyone elses' collective butts. However, the '70s was still an active time for Pontiac, but gone were the days of near supreme dominance.
Here is a shot proving that Pontiac was in fact alive and well in the early '70s. It is captioned "David Pearson, three times NASCAR champion, finally got his Pontiac GTO running only to suffer from overheating." There is no year, but a good guess would be that this is a 1971 or '72 GTO. From the big lower light pods, '72 might be the better guess, but it is near impossible to be sure.
Note that while hood scoops are a GTO "must", they were obviously not the preferred intake method out on the track.
Our thanks to PontiacRegistry.com member, and racing enthusiast, Jeff Redhage for this shot.)

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