Back in the day, running the Thunderbolt, we were given plugs by the case. We quickly found that it was necessary to change Champs after every run,
A switch to a case of Autolite resulted in being able to run a set of plugs all day. We'd change them Saturday night in preparation for Sunday. The only drawback to the Autolites was that in order to get a new case of plugs, we had to bust the porcelain out and return the steel shells. We rigged up a holder in a HD shop vise and just gave them a lick to punch the core out. I can still see the burn marks on my arms from changing Champ plugs on a hot engine between rounds.
KS