1959-60 Lion’s Dragstrip Pits Don Prudhomme/ Ivo’s single Buick with Strombergs. Hello M, Yes, Prudhomme was now the owner of the single Buick FED from the Ivo camp. We saw the first edition at Lion's in 1959 and in 1960, running at the 2nd Bakersfield Smokers March Meet. Don Prudhomme single engine Buick… Check out :04 I received this original photo from an old friend in the Standard 1320 group. (Not posted from the HAMB.) It was the black cladding on Tommy Ivo’s Twin versus the blue Chevy powered FED of Valley Home Service at Riverside Raceway in 1959. The exact race filmed from the cliff top seating position/location. Jnaki Those were some exciting days following the icons of drag racing from back then. These are the only action films taken at Lion’s Dragstrip of the Tommy Ivo's red single Buick, single with 671 and the red twin. Long live the early “Drag Racing In Motion.” Tommy Ivo progression from his single engine to 671 single to the twin at Lions, Riverside and Bakersfield drag races.
Greco and Clark - Olds powered. Bruce Tappinier, House of Sound sponsored car, Olds powered...Karen White photo at San Luis Obispo Car show in Arcadia, Cook & Bedwell, center, Stafford & Shores Chevy 6 powered street roadster, right front. Owen McCormack "DeWin Chevrolet" Chevy gasser in the back. Shinoda and Robinson --- chopped by Bob Lee, acquired by Larry Shinoda after a blower deal gone bad (long story). Later Don Montgomery ran it, with a GMC and a blown Chrysler...restored to the Shinoda era...Norm Grudem photo at Pomona. Bob Taylor "Red Hoss," at Caddo Mills, Texas. Bob bought this car from Bobby Langley. Earl and Monte Roland (Rowland?)...at Scappoose Oregon...Marty Strode identification. Steve Muck in the roadster racing a Screwdrivers of Culver City entry, at Saugus, early '50s---Steve Muck collection Frank "Ike" Iacano in the '34 with GMC power racing Joe Koenig, here with a flathead. Lions Buddy Anderson, "Widdle White Wabbit" Fiat, Chevy power, photo by Connell Miller, who has preserved a lot of Texas drag racing history. Gene Mooneyham, before the Carl Johnson top chop. Here it was flathead powered. Cleanup on Aisle 1....I found this photo in the Los Angeles Public Library archives...didn't notice the explosion until I posted it and George Klass noticed the blast.
Dunn, Merritt & Velasco out on Mooneyham & Sharp at Pomona. Did the hemi catch him on the top end? No, Google tells us that the Fiat won the Winternationals in ‘63 and ‘64.
The Greek in front, Big Daddy, Bob Sullivan with the scallop paint job, bearded Bobby Langley and lastly that injector scoop on the 4 port has to be Art Malone’s rail.
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