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

oldnitrofan, "Triple Trouble" is up there with the craziest things I've ever seen.

Thanks
Gus

 

The last of the original Al Vander Woude-driven Flying Dutchman funny cars. That's Don Vander Woude showing off his dad's car to his girlfriend.

 

Another shot

 

A couple of Mike Spoko Photos

 

Rare shot of Sid Gervase's first King Rat, formerly Ronnie Runyon's Blue Hell

 

The shot of Warren Gunter's Durachrome Bug was obvioulsly taken at the time he ventured back east for his summer tour. Fraught with crashes and fires, he prevailed, and eventually found himself in the big season finale at New England Draway's New England Funny Car Championships. A 16 car affair, the event hosted the best that the Eastern seaborad had to offer, along with a bevy of touring cars like Jungle Jim. In the end, the little ill handling Bug made to the finals where it got R/U to JJ.

Jr Brogdon's Phony Pony also appears to be on the barn storming circuit somewhere back east: So-Cal tracks dont normally have lush green grass lining the track. The rendition of Phony Pony car seen here was its most successful incarnation; powered by a blown fuel 289. Brogdon tried three versions: single inj 289, twin injected 289 and the verson depicted here.

 

For you motorcyle guys, check out the old school motocross track in the back ground. I can just hear the Ossa's and Husky's screaming

 

This one deserves a caption!!!
"Do I run or just piss myself, Opps too late!"

Looks like hydrozene gone bad with that much flame

 

For the Gremlin lovers

 

Looks like the Sandoval Bros and Maddon machine.

 

WOW...........awesome picture. The driver needs a frickin periscope to see down track. Anyone have any more photos of this machine?? This thing is mindblowing.

 

Yeah that right, Pintos were competive once......................

 

Hey, Goober!!! Nice Gremlin shot. When I was at IRP we had a guy running one in Super Pro/Gas, and I told him if he'd paint it to look like a big sneaker, I'd try to sell a sponsorship deal to Nike.

 

Ask and ye shall receive...

 

Pro-Stock Gremlins.

 

Yup...at one point in time, KCIR was trying to get traffic into the track any way they could, hence the motocross track. IIRC, they also had bicycle motocross track back there AND a dirt-track oval for go-cart type cars!

 

From Funny Car Pictorial #3....

 

I really dig seeing shots of cars as they are being tested and developed, and then seeing what they ended up to be.

Craig Breedlove's Spirit II...dunno which magazine these were scanned from.

 

Dude I just want to see this hit a 1,000,000.

 

Me too. I've been thinking about that and checking the view count more and more often.

I'm fairly sure of this; but is this the biggest thread ever on the HAMB?

 

Chevoom!

 

Ramchargers...from August, 1966 issue of SS&DI.

 

Any shots of the Pitman Bros blown gas Hemi powered BB/GS Gremlin? I saw it launch the blower through the windshield at the top end of Irwindale one summer. A few months later it re-surfaced and was now sporting a Rajay turbo charger

 

The Dutchmaverick...

 

There, fixed that for ya.....