Crank breakers wanted

Bob Murray & I were running Super Gas with a 69 Barracuda that had a 440 with a 5/8" stroker crank in it & Max Wedge stage III heads, severely ported. We went to an NHRA divisional race close to Tyler, TX & on our second round of eliminations we slowed down a full second. We won the round because the other car red lit. We pulled plugs & started diagnostics & came up empty, so we loaded it up on the trailer. We stayed to watch the rest of the races & then went back to his shop to see what went wrong. Bob pulled the engine down the next week & I got there that next Friday night after having to work all week. I was under the car pulling the pan, getting ready to pull the engine. The light shined just right & I saw what I thought was a hair line crack in the center main web. We got it out & sure enough the center main web was cracked all the way up into the cam bearing area. After we found the crack, Bob sent the crank off to be x rayed & found cracks on five of the rod journals. We were told that the cracks could be welded & the journals turned back down but there were no guarantee that it would hold up. Needless to say, we passed on that idea knowing the stress we were putting on that engine. I still have the crank stored away in the back of my storage area, I just don't know why I hung onto the crank other than we were having a blast running the 9.90 index with just a transbrake & no electronics.