Rear  - Screw Adjustable Coils Springs, truck arms and Panhard Bar

In the mid-seventies Chevrolet's Laguna S-3 reigned supreme as the car to beat in NASCAR's Winston Cup Series.  The supremacy was soon abated as NASCAR imposed that these cars would have to run a carburetor restrictor plate during the 1978 season.  Enterprising General Motors teams soon began rebodying their S-3 racers as 1977 Oldsmobile 442s.  Hylton Motorsports rebodied their remaining Chevrolet S-3 as a 442 and also later purchased a 442 from Junior Johnson and Associates. 

The Oldsmobile 442 was first raced by Hylton Motorsports on May 14, 1978, in the Winston 500 at Talladega.  James Hylton piloted the car to a 10th place finish and collected $6,420 for his efforts.  The 442s next race would yield a 8th place qualifying position for driver Al Holbert but a crash on lap 113 ended the promising effort.  The 442s would be campaigned by Hylton Motorsports in 12 races, with most appearances coming on superspeedways, during the 1978 - 1980 time period. 

In 1981, NASCAR mandated the change from 115" wheelbase cars to 110" wheelbase cars.  This relegated the Olds 442 to an early retirement from NASCAR competition.  The two Hylton Motorsports Oldsmobile 442 racers both exist and are awaiting restoration.