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

Never ever, would I do that !!!!!!!!

 

Bob;
who's 56 wagon is that?,taken at Cayuga?

1939fiat

 

Not a drag car, but definately in motion!!

 

Ray Wetzelburger (sp ? ) I saw him run it in 1974 and I'm sure again in 75. I think in 76 he moved on to a BB 70 or 71 Chevelle bracket car.

It a pic from Dragway Park, Cayuga.

 

1977

 

1976 NHRA Grandnational Molson. Paul Mayo's Olds. ( I'm in the Blue 66 Chevelle in the back ground)

 

Ole Paul must have had 4" ball joint spacers on that thing!

 

!@#$%^&*#@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

thanks Bob.
We run Cayuga a couple times a year..ONDR nostalgia

1939fiat

 

Is that the 70 restored to stock that was at the York reunion? The white one that won the "Paul Mayo" Olds award?

 

My 57. 10-1comp. 406 SBC w700R4 and 370 Gears. 13.0@102mph.

 

I didn't get to York this year. The pic was from the 1976 Grandnational Molson held at Sanair Dragway. Paul was RU in Stock that year. I read the "Mayo Car" was to be at York but I didn't know it was back to factory stock .

Bob

 

Does anyone remember or have pictures of "Brutus" a GTO funny car?

Ynot,
Just IMHO but how sad you put a Chevy in that beautiful '57 Ford.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=504476&d=1222394177

 

My grandpa John Hilton...Edgewater park Cincinnati OH...Top gas Hilton and Miller "LOCOMOTION"
1970

 

My old man driving Jim and Alison's car to the 20,000$ IHRA springnational win..1980

 

Speaking of Jim and Allison Lee...here's Allison and the "Great Expectations II". I took this at Indy in 1971. Jim and Allison were two of the nicest folks I ever met at the races. I hope they are both well. Mike

 

Kinda new, but .......... I like it.

 

is this the car that went to washington dc...to the white house...? brandon

not really my dads car....but he had one identical to it....

 

I was lucky enough to get to meet Lew Arrington who drove the Brutus cars (as did Jungle Jim for a while). He passed away earlier this year but I will always have fond memories of him hanging out at the shop while his son and I mounted a body for Jerry Toliver at the start of the WWF program.
His son has been the "diver" on John Force's car for the last 10 years or thereabouts, so I see him on a regular basis as I work at JFR too.

Roo

 

Hey hotrod mike- Thanks! my grandparents are doing well and theyll appreciate to see a picture of their car...im tryin to get nanny to get the ball rolling on a nostalgia car haha...Brandon-Yeah they their front engine car in its best incarnation went to the white house along with andretti and many other represented forms of late 60s auto racing. Ive got some nice pics of Pops talkin with Nixon ill have to scan up soon.....Thanks all

 

Nice shot. I really enjoyed the the top gas class. It was a damn shame that the NHRA eridicated the class after 1971. The reason wasnt for lack of interest, but they wanted the sport to become more TV friendly. The similarity between the fuel burners and gas burners was too confusing for the average stick and ball sports fan. So, out they went relagating them to comp eliminator. How sad! Oh, dig the avatar of the driver donning the early style face mask....very cool, very much a signature of the early 60's.

 

Bob W its great to see the Asphalt Angel 55 Chevy. Did you know the car or the owner Billy Christian? Looks like the old Dallas strip. The car had a VW torsin bar type front axle.