Editing Pontiac Tempest (section)

===Super Duty===
Perhaps the most famous of all Tempests were the twelve 1963 "Super Duty" cars built to compete in the [[NHRA]] Factory Experimental class.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hemmings.com/mus/stories/2008/05/01/hmn_feature9.html |title=Hemmings Motor News: Master Wagon |publisher=Hemmings.com |date=2008-05-01 |access-date=2010-10-19}}</ref>  These were assembled at the Pontiac plant in Michigan over Christmas 1962 with the knowledge of an impending General Motors ban on factory racing. Among those who successfully raced them was [[Wild Bill Shrewsberry]], who turned low 12-second quarter-mile runs in the 1963 [[NHRA]] Winter Nationals driving for [[Mickey Thompson]]. Shrewsberry still owns his car, and it is still equipped with Pontiac's "Powershift" transaxle as retrofitted later in the 1963 season. Developed specifically for the Super Duty model, this was essentially two Chevrolet [[Powerglide]] automatics in a single four-speed unit, allowing clutchless shifting in much the same manner as modern drag racing transmissions do.

On October 31, 2008, one of the rarest factory race cars, the missing [[Stan Antlocer]] Super Duty Tempest Le Mans Coupe, was auctioned on eBay. The seller started the auction at $500 being unaware of the car's true value. Eventually, the car was sold for $226,521.<ref>{{cite web|last= Tutor|first=Chris|url=http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/10/ebay-find-of-the-day-1963-lemans-tempest-sells-for-226-521|title=eBay Find of the Day: 1963 Le Mans Tempest sells for $226,521|publisher= Autoblog.com|date=2008-11-10|access-date=2010-10-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportscarmarket.com/Profiles/2009/March/American/|title=Report on the "barn find" 1963 Super Duty which also chronicles Wild Bill Shrewsberry's accomplishments at|publisher=Sportscarmarket.com|date= 2009-02-28|access-date=2010-10-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportscarmarket.com/profile/1963-pontiac-super-duty-lemans-coupe|title=1963 Pontiac Super Duty LeMans Coupe|date=March 2009 |publisher=Sportscarmarket.com|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref>