In the late Nineteen Sixties, auto racing sanctioning our bodies like NASCAR and NHRA required automakers to promote street-legal variations of their meant racecar entrants underneath a process known as homologation. While the particular guidelines range amongst organizations and 12 months to 12 months, there’s little doubt that the Oldsmobile Ram Rod 350 W-31 F-85 was produced and offered to most of the people to permit its inclusion at NHRA occasions.

According to Britannica, organized vehicle racing started as early as 1894 in France and 1895 within the United States. Newspapers initially used the occasions to promote extra papers, however automakers quickly noticed the promotional worth of successful races. The New York Times says the racecars utilized in early Nascar occasions “were practically driven straight from dealer’s lots to the track.”

Automakers quickly started producing purpose-built vehicles for racing, however racing organizers set homologation guidelines to maintain the “Stock Car” in inventory automobile racing. Luckily for muscle automobile lovers, that meant virtually anybody may purchase what was primarily a manufacturing unit racecar proper off the showroom flooring.