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

I'll try to post a link to my 60 running at the York US30 event at Beaver Springs & Old Dominion Re-union race.
My son shot vids but it was crowded..
Hope it works..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8ttTwUIRk

Guess you need to type in Arapaho II in search box & click search..then selec the link with
1960 Pontiac Ventura Drag Racer
Click on full screen & high definition for good viewing..

 

Slotdragster....cool shots...especially that digger with the wild trumpet Zoomies...
You can't any more attached to your ride than with a Bad**** FED !!!!

 

Here is shot of Bud Fauble at Cecil Co. in 1964.
Catch the dirt road !!! and car right behind him..
I think this pic was posted earlier...

 

That shot of Fauble's '64 hardtop is my photo. There is a paved return road to the left of the cars. They were stopped on the dirt shoulder for a fuel check as that weekend was an NHRA Regional & record run meet. I posted it over on the S/S-F/X thread awhile back.
Joel

 

That's not a dirt road (paved return road can be seen on the right side of the cars. The timing slips were handed out at the base of the timing tower at Cecil. If the equipment slowed down and traffic backed up, racers would pull of the paved road to allow anyone not wanting their slip to continue back to the pits.

 

1964 Cecil County Dragway, Rising Sun, Md.
NHRA National Record Meet

Looks like the same run.....different photographers.

 

On second thought....maybe not!!! Same day anyway.

 

Is that a Champ you have in the rear? Nice launch!!

 

I think it is the same launch. Look at the people at the fence. They are all in the same position except one guy's hand. Pretty cool.

 

Royalshifter,

Yes it was. 6.58 ratio with a 4-speed. Lots of fun!!!

By the way, very nice job on the Teixeira Willys. The restoration was extremely well done and the reporting was excellent. Needless to say, I followed it closely.

Dave

 

Back to the photos.

1958 Old Dominion Speedway, Manassas, Virginia

I just love this.....roll bar location, helmet, firesuit.......

 

I was hoping you'd throw some of those great shots into the mix. More please... Mike

 

I thought you would like that Mike.....

1958 Old Dominion Speedway, Manassas, Virginia
Finish Line Win Indicator....flag man would flag the lane that won!!
This could be a hairy job!!!! Ronnie Bohn is the finish line flag man for you East Coast guys....later ran Ron's Speed Shop in Springfield, Va. until his untimely death a few years ago.

 

1958 Old Dominion Speedway, Manassas, Virginia

So much for cool car names!!

 

1958 Old Dominion Speedway, Manassas, Virginia

 

I think the same wooden fence is still there !!LOL
And NO fence between track and strip ....Yikes...but I never thought about that stuff back then.. I think Al Gore put up a chain link fence not long after '58..
Dave....have you any pics of Doug Hewitt's 55 Chev...belive he called it the Green Machine ????
Keep pics coming...got any of Aquasco ???

 

The far one looks like HEMI32's Dad's car.

 

Well, I'll be.................they DID have rat rods back in the day!!

 

Gotta' love the timing lights sittin' on cement blocks. "Ingenuity in action"!!

 

The Goose sure liked those K-88's.

 

Getting a good look at the guard rail!