Lots of old Drag Photos

I'm starting this thread to showcase all the slides that I recently received from my uncle. He and my dad and their father raced at Maple Grove in the late 60's. A lot of these shots were taken at that time. My uncle also traveled a lot in the late sixties and early 70's, taking hundreds of photographs at several well known drag strips. I'll be posting a lot of them in the near future. It's gonna be fun!
Here's one to start with - Maple Grove 1967

 

Bring them on man!!!!

 

Warm the scanner up and get posting!

 

Flintston Flyer-

Weeping Willys- "the first time I saw the Weeping Willys run it suffered severe wheel shake. The front wheels shook violently and it went only 69 mph. Later when they worked the bugs out, it ran in the 11's at about 125mph. Was powered by a big Chevy engine, I think a 427."

Hine roadster

 

Very Kool, let's see 'em!

 

Dave Koffel's Barracuda was recently restored.

 

A little hard to tell but it looks like Larry Lombardo in the Vette in the first pic. Time frame is right -pic is a bit fuzzy -Jim

 

^^^ Incredible. Thanks for sharing that. Here's more


The Gemini Cricket

 

Gemini Cricket again

This was labeled '210 @ 7.12' -"The dragster picture called '210 and 7.12 seconds' shows Ron Rivero teasing us with a time trial run. This AA/FD could run way into the 6's, but because of a crosswind or something he just zapped it up over 200 and shut it off, and as you can see, has the 'chute out in the lights."

Pair of AA/G Willys

 

...and more...
'Mel'

'Nash' "The little red truck labelled "Nash" I think was driven by Nick Nash. On the rear of it was a sticker that read, "We burn coal". This was a 4-speed machine and I think he missed 3rd gear on nearly every run."

Don West

Frost vs Merkel - "The match race between Paul Frost and Jack Merkel was a disaster for Frost. His car was called "the Purple Haze". He was using a clutch-flyte trans. Manual clutch and 727 Chrysler torque-Flyte trans. On one of his runs when he pushed the selector ****on for second gear, the car stood up on the rear wheels and came down and bent the front axle."

Hine vs Strunk - The race between Hine and Bob Strunk was often seen in the late 60's. Strunk's car was a show car. It was a 23 T with a fuel injected flathead. Everything on it was chromed. I think he pushed it up or was followed down the track by a dark blue Cadillac. I think both cars had four speeds. It was just beyond description to see and hear them working through the gears. It was one of my favorite races and to this day they represent examples of true old hot rods in my mind

 

2 more for tonight...
Ed

'Ed' again

 

Jack Merkel Willys is a bad***.

 

Dude !! Awesome pics >>>>.

 

Thanks for the Memories

 

More! More! Please

 

hell yeah man lets see more of that ****

 

Excellent stuff! I would love to see the rest...I was at Carroll Hines shop last week and we are at the Grove every week during the season....Keep 'em coming please!

 

Way better than ****. More please!

 

Wow! Does he still have his roadster? My dad would love to see it! He lives in Glenmoore. Carroll's car was always one of his favorites at the Grove.

 

Great pics. Brings back alot of memories.

 

Great pics. Love that timing "tower"!

 

and MORE! These are from a box labeled Sept 1968. There was no info recorded on the slides themselves though. Maybe I can get my uncle or my dad on here and they can shed some light on these...



VVV That's Jungle Jim's Nova. I believe there is an entire box of slides of one of his cars. That'll come later.

 

Great, thanks for posting them up.

 

And I also enjoy looking at the cars in the parking lot!

 

I like the 67 Mustang in the lot. Not sure If I ever saw a Springtime Yellow car with a Gold/copper stripe.Also a Tear drop hooded Stang next to it....ah the good old days

 

The only thing that has not changed is the corn field behind the staging lanes.

 

Love to see more brother........thanks again.

 

I don't think that is a yellow mustang with a copper stripe. the picture itself must just be yellowed. It's probably a whimbleton white car with a red stripe.

 

Look at the hood on the Mustang parked next to the white one. If you had a Ford at the time, you HAD to have one of those scoops.

 

Added some interesting commentary by my Dad and Uncle. It's wiping away the cob-webs!