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Chris Cord Chevrolet Monza

Chris Cord Chevrolet Monza

Car :	CHEVROLET MONZA
Chassis :	Dekon 1011
Team :	Chris Cord Racing
Drivers :	Chris Cord-Jim Adams

The 1011 and 1012 cars remain the most attractive and beautiful Dekon cars ever built.

Chris Cord's Chevy Monza was a Dekon built machine. He developed his car as to make it somewhat unique. Removable fiberglass body panels would assist crews in accessing parts that required attention.

17inch tires were mounted, while the car was powered by a 6,0L V8 Chevrolet engine given for 570hp.

Chris Cord purchased the car at the end of the 1976 season. He would enter four races in 1977 and would field it until 1981. From the outset, the car was entered in GTO class, with a best result consisting of a sixth place. In 1978, the car was entered in the GTX class, fighting against Porsche 935s. The car would be re-engineered by Doane Spencer.

The car would stand apart, and would feature many small improvements. Things like chrome mounting brackets, or the gauges set into a NASCAR type dash. Even the gearbox had been swapped for a Ford top-loader based one. The engine was to give 625hp, which was a fairly good figure, but it was still some 200hp short of the power of the german cars running at full boost.

For the 1980 season, Chris Cord purchased chassis 1012, which would also be re-engineered the same way. Both cars would be entered in some selected events. The cars were strong, but the weak point was the gearbox, which sometimes failed. At Laguna Seca, both cars crashed and failed to make it to the grid. They were rebuilt and still entered in some races that year.

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