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

Awesome photo.

 

Lions, ever the trendsetter, was one of the first drag strips to add a motocross course on the grounds. Irwindale ran both motocross and speedway races, maximizing the amount of available space.

 

amazing. simply amazing!!!

 

Made quite a few passes at Cecil County back in the early 70s, ran mosty at Capitol. Just south of Baltimore.

 

The '66 lime green hued Ivo dragster was favorite because of the tail section alone. I always wondered what happaned to it

 

Man where is this car...blue lines, big metal flake, what more does someone need?

 

Great aerial shot of LIONS, I would like to see the same view now, hundreds and hundreds of shipping containers that no one wants. What a waste!!

Y-Blockhead

 

Heres another angle...looking west.
The street above the grandstands and the oval track is Alameda.

 

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There are other shots of this car on the site but but since driver, Jeff Jahns lives down the street from me I got some more info on it. In short it was a radical design to say the least and was outlawed before it could compete for even a year. Owned by Don Coleman it was built in 1962 by Don & Terry Cook, Jeff Jahns and Pete Hedges. It was powered by a stroked 1955 Dodge (297") and had no clutch, drive shaft or differential. A chain drive directly turned the rear axles. It was held on the line by built-in compressed air jacks, small metal wheels that were released by valve action when the starter dropped the flag. The 12" front wheel was from an English Ford and it had a foot brake for the rear dual discs in the rear. Jeff can't remember the exact weight but it was "well under" 1000 lbs. Can you imagine going 182 mph in this thing?[/SIZE]</CENTER><CENTER>""Borrowed from WDIFL""</CENTER><CENTER>This car looks like simplicity itself.I suppose these guys must've been observing the KISS Rule.Dammit Kev,I was just watching the Jackson Bros. video Front Engine Fuelers and went to WDIFL to look for this Jahns and Hedges car and I'll be go to hell if you didn't beat me to it.LOL</CENTER><CENTER>I guess some minds think alike.</CENTER>

 

Empi "Inch Pincher" The one that started the whole VW craze (IMHO).

 

Cut55, Where did that photo come from? It is a very early photo from 1964 or late 1963. K.S. Pittman's name isn't even on the door yet.

Great race car even though it only lasted about a year and a half. K.S held both ends of every National Record there was in 1964 (NHRA, AHRA, 1320 Drag News, and also the Eastern Drag News records).

 

1964 PHR magazine. November, I think.

 

Great picture of Frank's coupe. Have not seen this one before. Note the wrench laying on the slick. Classic!

 

To me Frank Pedregon's Coupe is the epitone of fuel cars

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thanks for the new wallpaper
do you know where the photo was taken?
Mark

 

no a friend just e-mailed me a great group called of all things eastcoast gassers