My father-in-law Larry Petit

Am I missing something? I don't see any pictures here!

 

Same here,,,,wanna know if its my computer, or the host for the pics, anxous to check them out............

edit: working now, thanks......very cool stuff....




skull

 

WTF..........i posted them last night and no problems...and now this. I did get a message from photbucket saying i was over my free amount of space or something. OK sorry man I will try and figure this out. What a bitch...this is going to be....

 

OK they are back up. I had to change to pro for photobucket...and i thought that shit was free....anyway hope you enjoy now.

 

Sure dooo THANX 4 sharing !! Most Excellent

Klaz

 

[QUOTE="Whitey Ford" 62 Uni;4590766]Im in Little 5 Points. I was at the Dixie for the last few years. I met some of the sock fockers, cool guys. Which one is an airplane metal worker? He and I bullshitted for awhile, he was shit faced. ANyway I wil find the exact info on the altered but I want to say it was used as a shop class car for the local high school and then Larry and a few other guys picked it up and did what you seen it as the pics.[/QUOTE]


Who you callin' shit faced????? I did not even have a buzz..............

I remember ya', you were with the cat, with the mini bike and no throttle linkage?????????

 

I noticed he got his AA/D license from Detroit Dragway, my old stomping grounds.
Lot of great stuff here.
George

 

small world...I grew up about 2 miles west of this address of his, and his home was just about 2-3 miles west of the old Irwindale Drag Strip...In 1966, I went by that address almost daily...

 

Very cool story.

 

stealthcruiser....hahahah its you....yeah im the guy with the minibike and you helped with the throttle linkage. hahaha too funny. anyway you met my wife so this is about her dad. yeah by the end of the night you had a nice buzz at least. it was good meeting you. speaking of the dixie fried I never got one picture of my own truck...did any of your friends get pics?

 

[QUOTE="Whitey Ford" 62 Uni;4592369]stealthcruiser....hahahah its you....yeah im the guy with the minibike and you helped with the throttle linkage. hahaha too funny. anyway you met my wife so this is about her dad. yeah by the end of the night you had a nice buzz at least. it was good meeting you. speaking of the dixie fried I never got one picture of my own truck...did any of your friends get pics?[/QUOTE]



Yup, towards the end of the evening, I did have my "swerve on"!!!!!!

Those guys are watching this post, if they got pics, they may pipe up.....

 

And , your wife's O K by me, I don't care what she said about ya'



Tee hee hee hee!!!!!

Later, Bro!

 

cool deal. cali was his last place he raced. I think Leslies mom finally gave in and said enough is enough. He would stay for weeks at a time and the kids were getting too old and the winnings werent doing enough to recoup the new regulations. I will find out when he did quit it but I know it was in cali sometime or another.

thanks...and trust me she has no standards cause i have no idea why she is with me.

 

Seems like there are 2 - Larry Petit's ???

http://www.larrypettitracing.com/Default.htm

 

Nah... count the "t"s.

 

Way cool, it looks like he was originally a west coast guy?

 

two T's

Larry Pettit

 

OKAY .. SAME NAME ..2 DRAG RACERS ..still cool

 

no different guys. Also he is an Ohio guy but traveled all over racing.

 

Whitey ask your father in law if he remebers Charles "Boogie" Scott.Boogie was racing through this time nation wide,Boogie is in the NHRA hall of Fame as a car builder. Boogie also remembers all of the little details about who he raced. Boogie at 73 just finshed a cackle fest dragster for Glen Cupit.Cupit won national title also in dragster they copied. Way cool history, Thank for sharing . Gary

 

Yeah, some cool stuff indeed. My father's old Chevron station in Temple City, Calif. owned a mid engine dragster back in the early 60's. My dad ran it at the strips in So Cal a few times, but had a regular driver for the actual races. He said it was a wild ride back at the rear end of all those Horses. But after some guys had their heads taken off by flying blowers, it spelled the end of those set-ups.

You're a lucky guy indeed and I bet you have more than one evening listening to his stories. And most likely a wealth of auto information. Best of luck with your new gal and best wishes to you both.

Jay

 

It has been awhile but I bought a KB stage VI block off Larry. I think he used it in an A fuel car. He told me he did not think it would last in a Nostalgia Funny Car. I still have it. Nice guy.

Dirt Racer

 

wow! thanks

 

js rail

 

shit hit sent to fat

js rail - thanks man...there are some cool stories

dirt racer - miust have been awhile back if your in cali. I know he did alot of racing there. Ill ask him

So Larry called me last night asking about why he was all over the internet. hahahaha I guess someone called him so I told him it was only a hot rod site. He tried to register but couldnt figure it out. He started telling me about some cars he had but hell there were too many but he did mention a Willys with an olds engine...that got my attention. ANyway Im going to try and get all of the info. He did race from 52-76 so thats the time frame. I told him jsut email it to me and mention everything you want. He also said someone in Michigan was anting to rebuild/copy the red altered car. I can get the specifics on that one. Also there was one rear engine car on the posted pics that wasnt his. The one witht he big front wing wasnt his.

I think someone already contacted him so if anything comes of this maybe some old cats get together and talk old racing again. That in itself would be pretty cool.

 

How KOOL is that!!!! LUCKY MAN on both parts I'm sure!!!!

 

"Whitey Ford" 62 Uni
This is really great. I may have missed it, but what was Larry’s top speed/lowest ET of his career? Thanks again. Slim

 

Great pictures,That man must not threw anything away.

 

very much so....

Well he ran alot of different classes. Hell even some dirt track and such I believe but Im trying to get all of that info quickly. I didnt know this forum would get so many replies. haha

actually he said he had more but didnt know where its at.

 

Dale Hartong, Ernie Long, And Joe Hollish, were with me at Bowling Green hrr this last year. Lot of stories of Larry flying around that weekend. I'd like to meet him sometime. Todd