famous drag racers from ohio

hines brothers dodge kinsman, oh

 

That's where he's lived since I first met him and his dad in 82 or 83.

 

Here's a few from my area..

 

fellas,

Any pics of Nick Mayer's '39 Chevy ?

 

Ken Veney - alcohol funny cars & dragsters
Mickey Hart - Hart Automotive
Lou Sattelmaier - bad ass 32 ford & jet funny cars

I loved watching Mickey Hart's 'Hart Automotive' black 33 Willys & Big Wilson's 'Hart-N-Soul' Austin at Dragway 42 back in the good old days of drag racing...

 

Fast Eddie Schartman:




We needed some pics!

 

Don't forget Mark Oswald from Cincy.

Candies And Hughes
In and Out Burgers
Now crew chief for Antron Brown

I used to street race with him in his Hemi car back in the early 70's.

Scared the hell out of him on my bike.

Me at Edgewater in Cincy 1972



Home Again After 38 Years

 

just a sweet pic of one of the Rod Shop haulers

 

Akron Arlen

 

I lived next to an old stock car track back in the late 60's and early 70's. Those old school buses were quite common to haul around cars.

 

Frank and Linda Mazi from Eastlake, and their incredible Opel GT...

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Frank-Mazi-Racing/189711849951

 

Dale Hatong - Jiggs Shamblin

 

Dale Hartong - Larry Petit

 

Ernie Long - Larry Petit

 

Hollish Bros. JOE, PETE, FRANK.

 

Check out my thread I started for early Ohio drag racers...

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=586970
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LATE '50s-EARLY '60s Dragway 42 Pictures...
Attended Dragway 42 as a kid from 1958 to 1963... anybody got pictures from then, and there?
Or, pictures of the cars that regularly ran there, during that time frame?

 

chuck finders

 

The Mavrick was at the Indy Mecum auction a couple of weeks ago. Check it out here:
http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail.cfm?LOT_ID=SC0511-107452&entryRow=204

 

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The Arfons were from Akron area

 

http://www.facebook.com/groups/104532049634533/

 

Dave I think I can hear your bike...awing ding ding ding awing ding ding ding! Loved those Kaw triples.

 

Fetters brothers out of Ohio ran a Austin D/G car that i owned after they sold it.They built a Vega after the Austin.I will try to getr a picture on here.Also Russells Transmission in Dayton Oh ran a 32 three window that i believe is in Texas now.

 

I remember Dallas Lunsford and the MALCO camaros. He was tuff in super stock. On any saturday night at Kilkare the regs would include Glidden,big stacy Shields,Ron Garey,the Longneckers,Hillbilly Duncan,Charlie Frazier's Nasty Rumor,Steve Dillman Hatfield Ford CJ, John Lingenfelter,Garland and Parsons, The Behemouth and.........well anyway a tough track to win at!

 

thanks for posting these pictures and the link to the mecum auction.....much appreciated!