History Drag cars in motion.......picture thread.

Just seeing if you are paying attention.

 

word is the pettys are recreating this barracuda

 

Bones Balogh driver at the Winternationals...car referenced in 296Ardun post from earlier.

 

Anyone recognize the 64 Fairlane racing against the Debs car?

 

damn....that Studebaker Daytona convert's a rare one.....

 

The Airoso Brothers out of Tulare California, early on

 

One more, when they just got the fiberglass front end

 

Was on display at the very first York reunion,before Darwin took over. I don't think there were more than 10 cars there!

 

One of my favorites!!

 

Some random shots; I don't have captions for all of them:


Couple of shots of Texas' Bobby Joe Rutledge


Stone, Ingberg and Ferraro, back when these were "fuel roadsters" instead of "fuel altered" Tom Ferraro would later drive the Campos Bros. "Lo-Blow" fuel altered, receiving burns on 70% of his body when the block broke in the lights...remarkably survived and went on to drive funny cars!@


Roger Gates in the lights in "Crackl'n Rose," survived this fire but not sure if he drove dragsters again...did drive at the dry lakes, though. This picture from George Klass collection

No ID, think it is in Texas


2 very similar blown 5-window altered...I think the one on the right is Don Breithaupt, who on the left, another couple of pictures of it below






2 pictures of this blown roadster, sponsored by Southwest Racing Equipment in San Antonio, no other information


no ID



Buck and Bohls - Austin, TX., In Supercharged Olds. Configuration '444 vs 555' altereds match race @ Amarillo drag strip. "The initial startup of this motor knocked the chrome off those pipes" Photo: Rodney Bohls




Texas Quickest Fuel Dragster -May 1964. Blown & Injected Chrysler... ET 7.94, right lane, Caddo Mills Dragstrip The Anderson Automotive AA/FD driven by Gary Baily accomplished what of a lot of others have been trying to do in Texas - Turn an ET in the sevens. Photos: NHRA, -The Starting Line


Maybe the first guy to use a semi trailer to haul his drag car? John Bandimere from Denver used to bring his blown Chev to the '55 Nationals...yes, his family also started Bandimere dragstrip.

 

Is the left front tire off the ground in this shot? (Chevoom)