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

Here's afew more Canadian Drag cars from the day from my area...

 

I forgot that it used to be Kohler before it was Cayuga - it's actually in Kohler, and how the F#@k did they come up with Toronto Motorsports as the new name?

By that same token, London Motorsports is in Sparta as well.

 

.....and more great pic's from the early Canadian Drag scene.....

 

Well brother.... Kokler was also called "Super Boss Dragway" and then "1320 Dragway" before it even got to "Cayuaga Dragway Park".

 

thanks Elvis..
great canadian content....

Rick

 

Ever try to FIND Sparta Ontario on a map...or Kohler for that matter..

Rick
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forgot that it used to be Kohler before it was Cayuga - it's actually in Kohler, and how the F#@k did they come up with Toronto Motorsports as the new name?

By that same token, London Motorsports is in Sparta as well.

 

Good point, but Toronto Motorsports?

I have always known it as Cayuga Dragway Park, the other names were before my time, but fascinating nonetheless.

 

And now Bonneville racer with Richard Munz, the hot rod collector out of WI. Another little tidbit, I helped paint his Semi that he hauled the BMW IMSA car with. AND you should have seen his Indian motorcycle "Under" the Xmas tree in the bay window of his living room. He lives on the water on Balboa Island.

 

AJ
I agree ....Toronto?..Closer to Hamilton than anything..

Rick
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OK hows about some 60s action from Santa Pod in Olde England.....
These 5 pics were all taken by Ken Robbins in 1967.
1st shot shows Ian Garbutt in his Buick powered Topolino taking on Reuben Johnson and his Chrysler Hemi T

Next it's Alan Ing in the Ex-Works Allard Dragon lighting 'em up alongside Tony Brown's Jag slingshot

Then it's "King" Harold Bull, who's just celebrated his 85th birthday, in his BMC digger against Derek Metcalf's TR2 powered machine

Cliff Jones in his Daimler Hemi powered Opus takes on Mick Andrews in a Cooper/Jap

finally Sid Marston in his Old's digger gets pushed into the beams alongside the Jag/slingshot of Maurice Hicks

 

Not in motion but a cool picture of our car after we got back from racing at Beeline Dragway in Scottsdale. If anyone has a picture of this car at Beeline i sure would like a copy! Thanks, John

 

Now there some scary shit... check out the guy with what looks like a bath tub (Opus One) with the "Roll Bar" about mid back...

 

Is Les Hawkins still with us? I lived down the street from Les in the 60's, damn I thought that car was something special. I was in AHHHHHHH of that thing. Never forget the cartoon on the front but what I remember the most was the way the top was chopped. Low and lower in the front, too cool. Valinda Ca. had some Hot Rodders. These founding fathers of the sport we call drag racing helped this kid achive some of his dreams.

 

um ,,er,,,thats just weird ,,lol

 

No.....


that's awesome!!....LOL

 

I think you meant "There Is A Difference"

 

I wonder what ever became of the Lions signage in the background after the place closed?

 

That "bath tub" had a 283 in it by '69 and a somewhat more substantial roll bar, then in '71 it was running a Nitro injected Rat........

 

Sure looks like it to me.

 

Yup, an 8-71 the hard way!

 

Bill, I was picked clean just as the last race was run in Dec., of 1972.



The sign that was on the tower was donated to the NHRA Museum, was, then given away and was on ebay just about 6 weeks ago.
Within days, everything else was gone and just the bones were left...with the trash