Santa Anna Drags History & HAMBsters...!

Speechless breathless still speechless

 

Wow......that's awesome....

Pioneers.

Very inspirational.....

 

*****in' post Mark. In the picture at Lions of the dragster on the rollers, my pop saw the Chevelle in the uppper left and "we use to race them in cl*** one"Too cool. Thanks for the repost.

RRR

 

As side note Mr Creighton Hunter p***ed away this month also.

 

I'm sure many have seen this before, but its still a good read
http://www.northernthunder.com/lastrace.html

 

THIS is what the HAMB is about.

I really , truely thankyou.

 

Did somebody mention this link already? Sort of related...

http://www.mts.net/~red67/index.html

 

Amazing man!!

Great post

 

Very well done!! Thanks... Sparky

 

The single greatest quote "EVER" was when CJ was reputed to have invented "Drag Racing" and he told the Writer that Drag racing started before him... "The Day the Second car was built"...!!!!

 

As it should be the HAMB in rare form thanks man a little digit left my eye lid after reading it........

Endsville but not forgotten.................

 

Thanks for the memories. I was lucky enough to be at Santa Ana in 51 (I was 5) and at Lions the month that it closed.

 

Are the HA/GRs running radiators like this?
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Peggy in her Cadillac powered dragster circa 1953. Check out the radiator set up - so she could drive the car home. If you ever knew her, nothing she did would surprise you. When they ran Lions it was common knowledge that CJ would often let you slide when you screwed up but you didn't cross Peggy![/SIZE]

 

Don't know, but that would most likely be Tustin at the lighter than air base based on the hangar probably taken around the same time since both the base and the airport were used around the same time.

 

Thank You for the History lesson....

 

I brought this up to post some great videos of this Famous track...

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http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=422658

thanks toml24.

 

I never made it to Santa Ana, always wanted too, but being near Colton thats where I saw my first dragstrip. I saw Creighton Hunter crash his 'piece of pie' dragster at Colton, that was one fast flathead for awhile.

 

The new HAMB somehow brought this old thread to the top of my entries... I hope you enjoy the re-posting!!!

 

This is a fantastic history lesson. What a great story.

 

Thanks, nutz. Great stuff. One of my hot rod buddies who is 81 used to race at S.A. in the early and mid fifties. He was born in Santa Ana and has lived his whole life in O.C. except for a stint in the Marines. He always talks about it and it's great to hear his stories.

 

Creighton Hunter and I played golf every Wed. for several years . He would tell me stories of the Santa Ana Drag days and of his relationship with CJ, what a great partnership that was . A couple of legends for sure .