Race Car's only picture thread

I want to see all the race cars owned here on the Hamb. It doesn't matter what kind of Hamb friendly race car just so long as it is a full race car only. Tell us a little story about it and what/where you race or used to...
If you've painted numbers on your doors that doesn't count as a race car.
Let's see what's out there... Lucky

 

Heres one for ya! All orginal just the way it left the track in the 50's is the way she is today!

 

well at least the hefty side bars and bullbar protected the body pretty well!

 

1958 Echidna, the "Larson" car. Devin body, 56 Chevy passenger car frame, shortened and narrowed. Rochester fuel injected small block power, drum brakes, P case straght axle.

 

Not really HAMB-worthy but here is my drag car. 1989 Mustang. 347 stroker with 150 shot of spray, C4 with a brake. Went 10.20 @127 off the trailer last season. Looking to dyno tune it in the spring and go 9's.

 

Been posted around a bit before, and still under construction, but here's my Dart. It's a '65 with a '66 nose on it.
No one makes good fiberglass stuff for it so we built our own, although I used carbon fiber, not for weight, for durability. The frames been stretched 12" and wheelbase shoved forward 10" Motor is pushed back 6" (didn't want it too far into cowl) and it'll run either a Hilborn injected or 6:61 blown max wedge. I always like this very short period of drag racing's history, door slammer funny cars, between the age of the gassers and the flip tops. I plan to just run low nines/ high eights with it, ten inch pie crust slicks, let it spin, etc. Should be fun.

 

The #16 was built in tribrute to a car that was run in Barnwell area of South Carolina during the 60's. The 56 Ford was built to the old school standards and is running a big block 406 FE.

Car #44 is a 55 Ford, that I'm part owner of, we built it to honor my partners departed Dad, Don Ward. Don was a car builder/owner in the Chicago Area and had many Championships. The #44 was well known. This one sports a Big Block 390 FE.

#84 was found in a junk yard around Newport TN. It raced that area in the 60's & early 70's. I drug her home restored her and raced her. The 55 Chevy runs in a limited division and is powered by an inline 250 six banger.

 

This is my latest and last drag car. 1969 Woody frame, Rod 'n Race Fiat body, blown 358 SBC, Alky in the tank. When completed it will be painted yellow with its name, Pinocchio, on the nose an old red haired guy behind the wheel.

 

Morgensen Spl.

Built by Dick Morgensen, raced by Tracy Bird ( who later became a major player in the SCCA )

Sistercar to Old Yeller #1







Jassag #3

Buit by Jim Sword in Elgin Scotland
( the town my family is from, originally )

Raced in Clubmans spec, and later as a hillclimb car in England

I'm thinking about swapping in a Kawa 1100 ZRX that my Brother has...







Mallock Mk6

I looked for a long time to find a restorable early Mallock.

One of the pics is when Arthur Mallock ( when he was in his 80s ), me, and one of the employees at Mallock Racing worked on it for 3 days to fix some suspension problems...







Abarth 1000TC ( derivazione )

The car I did most of my racing with.







Mk1 Facelift Capri

Low buck friday night Test 'n Tune 1/4 mile racer.

 

It isn't quite ready, but it is getting closer. This is 'Piggy' a 67 Nova SS with most of the original body all else being SFI spec chassis with a 406 sbc motor (bits and pieces of one of my 'comp' motors) with some big kinslers that i'd like to run a couple nostalga events if they'll let me. If anybody has a mild tune-up for some 'octane booster' give me a shout, like to play with some. Thanks, oj

 

Front Engine Dragster here - I'd post pic's but I'm afraid if I post anymore pics of my digger on the HAMB I'm gonna get expelled for wastin' too much bandwidth.


That's the car in my avatar from the last time out at Thompson Drag Raceway - this past fall.

Car was built at home in my garage - it's certified to 7.50 although I'm a long ways away from there. I've gone 9.66 on a basically stock 392. Have only made a handful of passes - so I am pretty early on in the learning curve - but wow - what a fun way to learn!!!

 

Here's a shot from 4-5 years ago. Added injection, 12 spokes, and changed lettering since then.

 

Here's the car we currently run:




It's Roy Creel's lakester with our turbo flat head four banger.

I'll post a pic of our '28 roadster if I can come across one.

Nate

 

Here's one of my better looking cars in front of my fraternity house:



That's the third car me and my old man built, IIRC that picture was taken in or about March of 1999, just before the new season started (as evidenced by the straight side panels ).

 

Barn Job #18.
HA/GR (HAMB Gas Rail) currently running in SoCal.

 

hey hog mtn dave i saw you run at the 2008 hot rod reunion at Beech Bend last summer that is a great looking car man!

 

My non-HAMB friendly car....... 70 Nova with a small block. 9:65 @ 138 on the motor. 8:90 @ 149 on a small hit of nitrous. Sold it and bought another 51 Merc.

 

My current race car. ITE corvette scca road racer. I am also building a 55 chevy to do a little weekend drag racing.

 

1937 Chevy coupe - Vintage Dirt Modified restored to mid 70's style:


1965 Oldsmobile F-85 Street Stock - built 1990, still running limited schedule today:


1978 Malibu Street Stock/Pro-Stock - built 1997, still competing off & on:


1933 Chevy 3 window coupe - raced in mid 60's, found in woods 2001, being restored


1998 Gran-Prix Pro-Stock - this is my ride for 2009 (Malibu gets a rest this year):

 

Thanks. We sucked last year. Transmission barfed (internally at least)
on the second pass. New trans and convertor is going in this weekend.

 

My 57 chevy. Ran Low 9's on a 522 with real small heads and parts nobody wanted . Ran 8.30s on 1 stage of Laughing Gas. To much money for the seconds you race per day . Got my licence at Lebanon Dragway . Went sideways at Epping NH. Put up on jack stand and sold it 4 years later . Big mistake of building something you can drive on the road . Building a 496 BBC for my 68 SS427 chevelle It should run 10's on 93 octane with no juice and still drive it on the street .

 

#1
First dragster in the NW...1952...Kind of like driving a go-cart.
#2
1954 at Shelton,Wa.
#3
1955 Aurora Speedway Seattle.
#4
Current ride

 

A few old pics of FC that I co-owned ....

 

Well that sounds like my dad's 79 camaro it ran a 11.89 with a worn out block ( we knew it was wore but not that bad) we found another block,a better set of heads,forged rods, and a ford nine inch to put underneath it and a nos fogger system so it hopefully will run a lot faster the next time we take it to the track ( oh yeah my avatar is not my dad's car it's Jeff Byrd's Pro mod camaro that my dad helps out on)

 

I've shown it before. It was built at Blair's in 69 and run by Jay Lindsley. Held the B Gas record at the Original Irwindale back in 1970. Last time we ran it at Carlsbad it went 9.20 at about 160. Hope to have it back in this configuration and racing again by the end of the year.

 

This is a friends car from Sanbrn N.Y.Go!RICH GO!!

 

Mine...

Cross-Ram AMC AHRA racer. Raced at Great Lakes in Union Grove by Tom Potchynok around '69. Raced for a couple years and then went into storage for 35 years.
Now it is only raced from my garage to my barn... sad sad life while undergoing some rejuvination. Currently running single holley until I get the dual quads rebuilt and back on. Hope to get everything back to 1969 condition for a couple runs at Pomona.

 

Ive run this type car every year but one since 1985
Super Latemodel All aluminum 421ci SB 780hp 3/8 to 1/2 mile dirt oval WFO
Runs on Blood ,sweat,tears...Oh and dont forget It can [and will] eat all the cash you can throw at it
I think I know what a junkie feels like... Cant wait for that next fixx

Tony

 

Here is a classic....Thats me(second from your left) and my buddy "BigDad" (fifth) in about 1995-6ish



Topeka 2000ish

As of late..

 

Here's my 31 sedan,runs in AA/CBFALT at Bonneville salt flats, it went 173.6mph last summer.Hoping to get up near 200 ,would also like to get some runs in at El Mirage this year.The sedan has a blown big block caddy motor running on methanol.