{"id":16615,"date":"2011-08-05T11:11:03","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=16615"},"modified":"2013-02-17T18:04:59","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T01:04:59","slug":"1964-pontiac-gto-drag-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1964-pontiac-gto-drag-racing\/","title":{"rendered":"1964 Pontiac GTO Heats Up the Drag Strip"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2F1964-pontiac-gto-drag-racing%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F07%2F19064-Pontiac-GTO-Drag-Racing-Irwindale.jpg&amp;description=1964+Pontiac+GTO+Heats+Up+the+Drag+Strip\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[16615]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1964-pontiac-gto-drag-racing\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1964-pontiac-gto-drag-racing\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"1964 Pontiac GTO Heats Up the Drag Strip\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1964-pontiac-gto-drag-racing\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=1964 Pontiac GTO Heats Up the Drag Strip&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1964-pontiac-gto-drag-racing\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1964-pontiac-gto-drag-racing\/\" data-text=\"1964 Pontiac GTO Heats Up the Drag Strip\" data-desc=\"Heartbreaker 1964 Pontiac GTO Drag Racer While at Toyota's Irwindale Speedway recently for Amateur Drag night, I came upon this beautiful 1964 Pontiac GTO. Although running in the professional class, this car is built from scratch by its owner, Dennis Jewell. With brand new paint job, this 64'\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/19064-Pontiac-GTO-Drag-Racing-Irwindale.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h3>Heartbreaker 1964 Pontiac GTO Drag Racer<\/h3>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16618\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"19064 Pontiac GTO Drag Racing Irwindale\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/19064-Pontiac-GTO-Drag-Racing-Irwindale.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/19064-Pontiac-GTO-Drag-Racing-Irwindale.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/19064-Pontiac-GTO-Drag-Racing-Irwindale-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/19064-Pontiac-GTO-Drag-Racing-Irwindale-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/19064-Pontiac-GTO-Drag-Racing-Irwindale-575x431.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While at Toyota&#8217;s Irwindale Speedway recently for Amateur Drag night, I came upon this beautiful 1964 Pontiac GTO. Although running in the professional class, this car is built from scratch by its owner, Dennis Jewell.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/1964-Pontiac-GTO-Drag-Racing.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16615]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16617\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"1964 Pontiac GTO Drag Racing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/1964-Pontiac-GTO-Drag-Racing.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/1964-Pontiac-GTO-Drag-Racing.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/1964-Pontiac-GTO-Drag-Racing-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/1964-Pontiac-GTO-Drag-Racing-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/1964-Pontiac-GTO-Drag-Racing-575x362.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With brand new paint job, this 64&#8242; Pontiac is breaking more hearts then ever.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/1964-Pontiac-GTO-Drag-Racer.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16615]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16616\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"1964 Pontiac GTO Drag Racer\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/1964-Pontiac-GTO-Drag-Racer.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"1964 Pontiac GTO Drag Racer, drag racing, drag race, irwindale speedway, irwindale raceway\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/1964-Pontiac-GTO-Drag-Racer.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/1964-Pontiac-GTO-Drag-Racer-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/1964-Pontiac-GTO-Drag-Racer-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/1964-Pontiac-GTO-Drag-Racer-575x367.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the good part is, there&#8217;s plenty of substance behind the polish. This GTO is powered by a 604 cid motor pushing out 1100 HP at 7,500 rpm!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Burnout-1964-Pontiac-GTO.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16615]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16619\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Burnout 1964 Pontiac GTO\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Burnout-1964-Pontiac-GTO.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"1964 Pontiac GTO Drag Racer, drag racing, drag race, irwindale speedway, irwindale raceway\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Burnout-1964-Pontiac-GTO.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Burnout-1964-Pontiac-GTO-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Burnout-1964-Pontiac-GTO-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Burnout-1964-Pontiac-GTO-575x363.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aspirated with two 1050 Dominators, it&#8217;s fastest run has been the 1\/4 mile in 8.3 seconds @ 163 mph.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racing-Exhaust-Frontend-1964-Pontiac-GTO1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16615]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16622\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Drag Racing Exhaust Frontend 1964 Pontiac GTO\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racing-Exhaust-Frontend-1964-Pontiac-GTO1.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racing-Exhaust-Frontend-1964-Pontiac-GTO1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racing-Exhaust-Frontend-1964-Pontiac-GTO1-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racing-Exhaust-Frontend-1964-Pontiac-GTO1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racing-Exhaust-Frontend-1964-Pontiac-GTO1-575x431.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love this cool exhaust exit at the front fender&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Optima-Yellow-Top-Drag-Racing-Application.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16615]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16623\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Optima Yellow Top Drag Racing Application\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Optima-Yellow-Top-Drag-Racing-Application.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"optima yellow top battery, 1964 Pontiac GTO Drag Racer, drag racing, drag race, irwindale speedway, irwindale raceway\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Optima-Yellow-Top-Drag-Racing-Application.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Optima-Yellow-Top-Drag-Racing-Application-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Optima-Yellow-Top-Drag-Racing-Application-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Optima-Yellow-Top-Drag-Racing-Application-575x323.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and good looking hold-down for its Optima Yellow Top battery in the trunk.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racer-1964-Pontiac-GTO.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16615]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16621\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Drag Racer 1964 Pontiac GTO\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racer-1964-Pontiac-GTO.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"1964 Pontiac GTO Drag Racer, drag racing, drag race, irwindale speedway, irwindale raceway\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racer-1964-Pontiac-GTO.jpg 3648w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racer-1964-Pontiac-GTO-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racer-1964-Pontiac-GTO-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Drag-Racer-1964-Pontiac-GTO-575x379.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3648px) 100vw, 3648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even more, I love that Dennis has built this beauty himself &#8211; along with good friend Jimmy Branham&#8217;s support.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Dennis-Jewell-Pontiac-GTO.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16615]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16620\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Dennis Jewell Pontiac GTO\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Dennis-Jewell-Pontiac-GTO.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"1964 Pontiac GTO Drag Racer, drag racing, drag race, irwindale speedway, irwindale raceway\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Dennis-Jewell-Pontiac-GTO.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Dennis-Jewell-Pontiac-GTO-150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Dennis-Jewell-Pontiac-GTO-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Dennis-Jewell-Pontiac-GTO-575x354.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<address>For more info, contact:<\/address>\n<address>Dennis Jewell<\/address>\n<address>(818) 355-7568<\/address>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2F1964-pontiac-gto-drag-racing%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=1964+Pontiac+GTO+Heats+Up+the+Drag+Strip\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1964-pontiac-gto-drag-racing\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1964-pontiac-gto-drag-racing\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"1964 Pontiac GTO Heats Up the Drag Strip\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1964-pontiac-gto-drag-racing\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=1964 Pontiac GTO Heats Up the Drag Strip&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1964-pontiac-gto-drag-racing\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1964-pontiac-gto-drag-racing\/\" data-text=\"1964 Pontiac GTO Heats Up the Drag Strip\" data-desc=\"Heartbreaker 1964 Pontiac GTO Drag Racer While at Toyota's Irwindale Speedway recently for Amateur Drag night, I came upon this beautiful 1964 Pontiac GTO. Although running in the professional class, this car is built from scratch by its owner, Dennis Jewell. With brand new paint job, this 64'\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email Heartbreaker 1964 Pontiac GTO Drag Racer While at Toyota&#8217;s Irwindale Speedway recently for Amateur Drag night, I came upon this beautiful 1964 Pontiac GTO. Although running in the professional class, this car is built from scratch by its owner, Dennis Jewell. With brand new paint job, this 64&#8242; Pontiac is breaking more hearts then [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[384,19],"tags":[544,286,864,1633],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16615"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16615"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22172,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16615\/revisions\/22172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}