History Fremont Dragstrip Today Oct 2009! Pics!

Hey Beppie,

I can't thank you enough! Gotta' be pics from the same race. Mom thinks it's probably taken in the 80's. We can tell the year from my Dad's haircut.

THANK YOU!!! Have A Great Day!!!

 

Hey!! Marcus,

Thanks again for starting this thread. If not for this thread I would not have seen the following pics posted by ts3x65mph. That's my Dad leaning up against the water barrels. I PM'd him and he dug out the last three photos. YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!!! I'm so proud to be involved with the H.A.M.B. and the people who call themselves HAMBer's.

Thanks!! Have An Awesome Day!!!

 

Thats What I'm talking about !! Thats Great!! Right on...I'm Loving all the pics, I think I've saved every single one to my hard drive..Thanks for all you participation.

 

Afew More Pics On The Same Day

 

I Dig the timeslips!! The shot of that Stingray isnt Fremont..?

 

Huh...so this shot was taken at Fremont??

 

POPSTAGE2 ... Nope!

... and neither was this one:

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... but I know this one definitely was:

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('cuz that's the red rear fender of my coupe parked next to Billy Burham's Ol' Blue hiboy )

BEPPIE (@ts3x65mph) ... Thanks for posting all of these pics ... I've seen the majority of them on the HAMB (& other drag racing sites) before ... but it's really nice to have them all in the same thread!

 

Here's a few others, some may remember.

 

Here's some of the repro posters I used to offer for sale.

 

Ken! I was wondering what happened to you! I still have all those Posters plus the Half Moon Bay ones I bought from you years ago hanging in my garage

 

Hey Marcus! I was wondering if that was you. I still have a ton of inventory here I need to liquidate. Hoping to sell it all off & get a real hot rod as I'm never gonna get serious with the Henry J project I have here.

 

Pic of me and Morland at Fremont before I put him on the trailer.

 

Oh man you still have that Henry J?!! Wow.. that's cool! Well I might be interested in buying some of your inventory...

 

How fast was that Ford of yours?

 

I used to run mid 9's at over 140. That run Morland showboated the burnout as he allways did as I sat waiting with one stage light on. After we staged he preceded to red light but I still went faster on that run.

 

I Love it!!

 

Hey Thundersalt (Brian) by your profile you still have the 34. You know Cole sold his and I dont know if Greg still has his. I remember the stret rod drags as if they were yesterday. We all had fun and you guys were known as the NOR CAL 34s. Remember when Fat Jack went on his lid going through the lites. He grab me and had me take him to the finish line to check on the driver. Cleaning my garage this weekend found old CVR rod run posters and the street rod drag posters with you greg and cole Larry aka SUGAR BEAR and yes i am still married to Sandy

 

I will have to try to get my hands on some of my Dad's old pictures. My Grandmother would drive him from Hayward and just drop him off for the whole day. This was in 1959 -60. So he was 11-12 years old. He started taking me out there when I was 3 yrs old. Which was in 1984. Some of the best memories about Fremont was my dad taking me out on a Wed. night walking through the pits with my a sweatshirt on to stay warm in the cool bay breeze, and some of those kick ass french fries from that run down snack bar! Still puts a smile on my face. This thread is amazing so far.

Simeon.

 

Those were great fries! lol

 

Any more pics or info on the twin engine rail? The one in the second set of pics. How the hell did that thing work?

 

That was Noel Black from Sacramento in his Bonneville car (sans streamliner body) doing a test & tune. Later that same year he lost his life in a crash at Bonneville in that car. R.I.P Noel

 

Man where did you get all these amazing shots?

 

This A/A Bantam belonged to John L Williams, "The Wrencher". He was a friend of my Dad's. I was wonderin' when pics of him and his car would appear on this post. Anyone know if John L is still around?



Thanks again for postin' all these cool pics Beppie!!!

 

I watched American Nitro last night.....most of the film was shot at Fremont in early '77 I think.

www.americannitro.com/

-Lee
Atomic Radio
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I think I have that in my collection of Videos..

 

I raced motorcycles there in the early 60'S. I lived in Fremont for 36 years. I could hear the cars from 3 miles away. It was fun times. That was when there was a flagman and not the lights to start the race. I still have the trophies to show.
Bob,

 

Post pics of your trophies!!

 

http://www.na-motorsports.com/Tracks/CA/Baylands.html

 

This "American NITRO" clip has quite a lot of footage from Fremont:

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I raced at the "Last Race at Fremont", won a few rounds. I picked up this poster somewhere after the track closed. It has a piece of the track, a ticket, a short history and the track decal. Great place, air was always great.......

p.s. didn't have a picture of my race car at Fremont...