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

My dad did the same thing at Indy 1967. Guy he was racing threw an axle out at launch, he shorted his magneto. He had to push to a win. Do they even let you do that these days ? The 2nd shot is a great hole shot he pulled at who knows where.

 

NHRA eliminated that dumb rule after a digger pilot almost had a heart attack at Indy.

 

a few from here.

 

a few more again, Ive got a few hundred of personal pics that most have never seen. I will keep them coming about 30 a day until they are gone.

 

Great stuff! That pic of Willie suiting up is priceless.

 

Joel, you ARE new here! Yer supposed to be a post whore and put each picture in its own post so's you can get past FNG status sooner!

(Before anyone gets their panties in a wad, I've know Joel for a while and I'm just giving him a hard time. Hopefully he'll start posting more shots of his dad's beautiful cars and tell the stories of the car's name.)

 

Since we've kinda gone to pit/stationary shots, here are some from the July, '68 issue of SS&DI. Big Mike Burkhart...

 

More from SS&DI...

 

Check out this thread over on NitroMater...even a shot of the Sour Grapes (ex-Flying Dutchman) car for Joel...

 

Mel Perry's Super Hugger


(Drag Strip Magazine, Nov. '68)

 

Shirl Greer's Tension


(PHR, Oct, '66)

 

Tension again


(Drag Racer, Nov. '65)

 

Phony Pony in its blown single engine version.




(American Rodder, March '69)

 

I have this thing for '56's....


(Unknown magazine scan)

 

Thankyou to everyone who has contributed to this thread! Outstanding. 534 pages, WOW!

 

Someone posted a shot of Joniec and the Bat Car; here's at shot when he and Chrisman were having a rough day...


(Hot Rod, Oct '66)

 

X2 - amazing!

 

Mears & Hampy


(Hot Rod, Dec '66)

 

Thunder Valley Dragways
Marion, SD
1982

 

It is the same car, started out as Aubrey Hylton's car with a flathead, beat a bunch of hemis at the 55 Bakersfield "world championship" (before the March meet) Then Hylton put an Ardun it it, and later Ernie Hashim's blown Chrysler. Dean Lowe, I was there too, standing on the fire truck right next to Water's partner's wife when the thing blew, threw the hood way up in the air, but Tony got out all right...small world (and did you once hang out at the Powerine station in Pasadena...I think I remember your red roadster pickup...I had a yellow 30 roadster with fenders and a '56 Olds.)

Sorenson