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

Yeah, I read the story somewhere years ago. Its escapes me. I believe the guy in the white shirt in the middle of the photo is Don Prudhomme.
Heres a lousy enlargement:

 

Jan 1970, Jess Tyree, Wild Bill Shrewsberry and The Michigan Mad Mad E.J.Potter toured Australia.

 

Castlereagh 1969. Leland Kolb in the 68 Beebe & Mulligan car.

 

Mr. Royalshifter, congrats on the best thread ever!!!
I've been waiting forever on my buddy to bring me his photos from our trips to Famoso, and Raisin city. He shows up today with only these, I got all choked up, I mean, it only means something to me, but it reconnected me to my past....38 years ago...and it's my car, correction, "was" my car. Had sold it to my friend dave from sanger 'cause I need a driver because our chp red taged the car,(altered suspention, height,slicks, all the normal bs) I kept my 406 and auto, he put in his 406 (Medium riser 2 4s) 4 speed. Ran low 13s.
This is a week later at our beloved Raisin City.
Looking forward to another 2, 3, 4, hundred more pages, OLY.

The cancer car lives
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Congratulations to Royal Shifter and everyone who has contributed to this 200 page History Lesson. It is the best thread ever on a Drag Racing Web Site and should make 300 pages soon. It has been contributed to by people from a host of countries and should make you all aware how far the sport has travelled.

 

YOU CAN SEE THAT KOLB WAS A BIT TALLER THEN MULLIGAN AS DENOTED BY HIS PROTRUDING SOME 6" ABOVE THE ROLL BAR. ALSO, DIDNT PETER DYKES LATER RUN THIS CAR?

 

Ahhhh shit, my old car, and something i should never of sold ! Didn't know you were on here Steve! Thats cool !

 

Yep, Thats my old Firebird !

 

a couple more... brandon

 

a couple more to keep her going

 

"Ohio George" Montgomery with sponsorship from the late George Hurst in this immaculate Ford Prefect, the four door Anglia. Pontiac Jubilee gold paint and lots of chrome made this a crowd favorite.

 

"Dragsterboy" in post #3984 asked if there was any more information on this shot:


I just found the article on Ivo that states that this was the result of a short shutoff area at a strip in Roanoke, Virginia. Neither Ivo or the dragster were hurt and that is Don Prudhomme in the white t-shirt. Prudhomme and Ivo traveled together that summer of 1960.

 

As a high school student in 1967 I worked at a Shell gas station in Arcadia, California. Next door was the Art Carr Transmission Service that built trannys for many topnotch drag racers from all over. One of them was Chuck Poole's "Chuckwagon" wheelstander. Every day there was some sort of commotion at Art's shop. Never a dull moment as was attested my the big wide tire tracks on the asphalt on La Porte Avenue. I loved going to work that summer.

 

well that about covers it... I cant imagine there being any more old drag photos floating around anywhere...

This is the most amazing post I've ever witnessed on the HAMB.... almost 4,000 replies and no drama!

That has to be a record

 

Unbelievable how many incredible pics there are in this thread.

 

This is from 1971 or 2

 

Here's another view of the "iron Mistress" also pictured in post #3924.
This photo was taken at Riverside.
Uglier than a pan of worms, but still pretty cool.

 

What did you do with Tyree's funnycar? Was the Molly paint job still intact?

 

WCD, that's right. Bob will correct me if I get this wrong, but this is how it goes. Leland sold the car to Surfers Paradise Raceway and it was driven by Peter Dykes ( amongst others ) then it was sold to Jim Read who completly rebuilt it and raced it for a short time, then it went to Fred Peroto who turned it into a RED, then onto Rod Bradshaw who gave it up as a lost cause, and scrapped it. Great car, very sad story.
Ross.

 

Don't you like to see a guy who loves his job!

 

a couple more..... brandon

 

This is the cover photo for the LP record album by the "T-Bones"
titled "Boss Drag"

 

Royal Shifter, You were looking for information on this car a few pages back. I just happened to find it while thumbing through the pages of Speed Mechanics, Dec,1962. In the article it states that Bob Todd is from Beaver, PA. Your HRM photo from 61 said he was from California. It is either a misprint or he moved.
Jack Brady, AKA Church Key

 

anyone got any info on this car....? or better shots...seems like i have seen another shot of it with polished no windows...just a cool bitchin ride.... brandon

 

Walt and Art Arfons of Akron had many inovative and pretty crazy drag cars over the years. One of the first was this oddball powered by an Allison aircraft engine of 1710 c.i.. It weighed almost 4,000 lbs.

 

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