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Glidden ran Ford engines displacing as few as 332 inches and as large as 340. EngineLabs Tries to Pry Secrets out of Bob Glidden A group that it seems most people have forgotten was Reher and Morrison, from back in the old days. Back in the early 1980s, we really dominated with the small-block, As time went on in my Pro Stock career, I learned many things about the car as a package. 70 gram, conduit-looking wrist pins were tool steel held with double spiral locks. Glidden improved his engine building and race craft and that helped him achieve strength in throughout the 1970s. Its not so much the connecting rod length that matters as much as it is the correct piston pin height. Glidden again showed his Pro Stock prowess, winning his record 10th and final championship in 1989. Powered by a. BG] All the engines are the same. Bob Glidden's Undefeated 351C Powered Pro Stock Fairmont The next 4 races were, Sanair Super Speedway,(8/6/78), Indianapolis Raceway Park, The Coveted US Nationals, (9/4/78), Pacific Raceways (9/24/78), and The World Finals, at Ontario Motor Speedway( 10/8/1978). record at 7.277 secondsthe quickest Pro Stock run in NHRA history. One key difference: The Cleveland V8, as the engine is also known, employs canted valve heads. Well, Lee goes out, second round, and we get to the fnals. When Pro Stock racer Bob Glidden retired in 1997 with 85 event victories, he was the winningest driver in NHRA history. He would use the next national event, the prestigious 1976 NHRA U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis as Within five runs at a private tire test, Glidden bettered the world record with the Mopar, a record the Fairmont held. On the first hard run, the Detroit Locker locked in Detroit, but not at Oswego, IL. Gliddens storied career began in the late 1960s behind the wheel of a 427 Fairlane and a Galaxie in the Stock ranks, and he continued driving full-time in Pro Stock until 1997.