However, the victory went to the Chevy because the Savoy driver hit the red light. The Mopar evens the score after the second run with an impressive 12.64-second run, nearly a half-second quicker ...

It was still a far cry from the likes of the Chevy Corvette C2, but it was nonetheless a clear improvement over the previous squinty-looking 1961 Savoy. (Even though the "lashes" carried on until ...