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

Quincy Automotive Twin

 

Better straighten that thing out...

 

I don’t think he has enough front wheel traction to straighten it out without letting off loud pedal, looks like right front wheel is not even touching the ground.

 

I'm thinking he needs about six more steering wheels in that car!

 

SEGA racer Donovan Stott in 2013

 

Bill Tidwell face down!

 

Picture above -

Looks like a staged, "Fire Burnout" to me.
It was a "thing" to do back then.

Mike

 

OH YA!

 

Correct...

 

Bob Alsenz leaving the Santa Ana starting line, in the Lakewood Muffler car. The dragster was a former Bean Bandits car, here running Clarke Cagle's Ardun. C.J Hart holds the flag, while Manuel Coelho waits to run in his twin flathead dragster at upper right.


The Scotty's Muffler roadster at the '58 Nationals, Bud Barnett driving. Todd Olson photo

 

the surfers gettin it done ,, my all time favorite fueler
fabricator john
miss you dad

 

I'm jus stopping by to say its absolutely insane this thread has been updated regularly for 16 years. That is so damn cool.

 

Butterfly's are closed.

 

I'm betting his butt was closed as well.........tight.

 

Nah, "just another day at the office" for most of those drivers.

 

Don Ewald OCIR 1969, Tom West photo...

 

Dig the American"Bearpaw" wheels!

 

Hmm, we always called them "Bear Claws." Is that a regional thing?

I've had several sets come and go over the years and always used claws.

 

Me too.
I have a set of 16" Bear Claws sitting, collecting dust.

Mike

 

Another angle...I've heard them called both Paw's & Claw's.