Dan Crites Hemi Anglia Maryland? info?

Looking for pics n info on the car and owner, 48 Fiat, possibly others as well. Known as the Pride of Baltimore . it was kept at a car lot/ garage on Belle Grove Road in AAco. Right out side of Pumphrey. Just south of Baltimore next door to my grandfathers farm and house. Was white from what I remember, my dad says he was known around the are and set a few records at Capital and other tracks in the Md area.

 

Here some info found at draglist.com search on: (there is a single picture there with info)

1978 - Category: ALKYALT, Type: GN, Class: B/A, Div: 1

Dan Crites from Baltimore, Maryland USA (Lic: 1043) 1978 - Category: ALKYALT, Type: GN, Class: B/A, Div: 1
"The Pride of Baltimore" Owned by Dan Crites from Baltimore, Maryland USA Crew Chief: Dan Crites
'48 Fiat Topolino by an Unknown chassis builder | Powered by a 440 cubic inch Chrysler Hemi with 3 speed manual transmission
1/4 Mile ET: 8.425 at Unknown | 1/4 Mile MPH: 163.00 at Unknown
1/8 Mile ET: Unknown at Unknown | 1/8 Mile MPH: Unknown at Unknown
1000 FT. ET: Unknown at Unknown | 1000 FT. MPH: Unknown at Unknown
For ALKYALT in 1978 the Avg ET is 8.0667, Avg MPH is 167.910. This entry: ET is 1.04442106 times Avg; MPH is 0.97075814 times Avg
Entry's 1978 ALKYALT Performance (0 to 100): ET Rating is 33.44, MPH Rating is 38.62
No Racer Website

 

Is the car still around?

I live 5-10 minutes from Belle Grove / Pumphrey.

 

Toe, Im not sure if it is , I remember the car as a kid and was wondering about it after speaking to my dad a few weeks back about the car

 

http://www.draglist.com/draglist/ca...ME,FNAME,ENTRY,ENG,MAKE,MODEL,CHASSIS&page=28

 

So it's a FIAT, not an Anglia as the thread says?

 

Fiat, I was remember this from being like 5 years old!

 

I remember seeing the car at his little used car lot.. There was always a couple more race cars there too..

 

any one?

 

So this was late 70's...early 80's? Just trying to get a feel for the time frame. Maybe it could help jog some folks' memories.

 

there were race cars over there from the late 50's till the late 80's, I remember this car from the late 70's
http://www.draglist.com/draglist/admin/thumbnail.php?i=1248187566_Mr_Crites.jpg&full=yes

 

we used to follow a b altered circuit for speed unlimited shop,,, dan had and open body fiat at the time b altered we ran a 48 austin the old Poole bros car we ran b and d altered ,, at capital , aquasco and mason dixon tracks around md..

 

I went to see him in about 1991. He was the 3rd and last owner of the Sox and Martin Paper Tiger AWB 1965 Plymouth. He had it after Buckeye and Vernon (Veron Rowely and Buckeye Phillips?) I wanted to talk to him in person about the disposition of that car. I ended up buying some hemi parts from him. He was not racing any more at that time. On a side note a friend of mine remembers pitting beside Crites at Indy one year and he had the Hemi powered Fiat at that time.

 

Here is a picture of the Fiat

 

i can remember Dan needed to lose some weight in the car, he cut the top of the roll bar and welded thin walled exhaust pipe and covered it with foam pipe wrap... h e would do anything for speed
i know own the paper tiger car just sitting collecting dust

 

I have a pic or two, and will post it soon. My Dad knew Dan as he was also a Hemi racer too.

 

Ask, and ye shall recieve! This is a scan of a postcard handout that Dan gave my Dad or older brother. On the back, it says cars best was 8.32 @ 162 mph, and was the B/A record holder in both the NHRA and IHRA. This is from the late 70's before he painted the car green.



And yes, it is not an Anglia.

 

-Lee
Atomic Radio
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this is Rick Crites I have the back now after 30 years i live in =baltimore highlands across the light rail

 

I am Dan's nephew i have my old Fiat it is at 4118 Baltimore street in baltimore highlands

 

Another mystery solved by the HAMB.

 

Yes it was Vernon Rowely and
Buckeye Phillips, Ronnie Sox would drive for them on occasion in the old Sox and Martin cars after Ma Mopar made Sox and Martin sell the fuel cars and get back to more "stock" classes.

 

Hey Rick,
You may not remember me but I'm Harold Ratliff's oldest boy Dave. Was recently telling a friend about you all and Danny's car and found this post. Hope all's well for you all and great to see that Danny is still remembered so well. Take care

 

Dave, Are you related to Ed Ratliff? Think he's in the Alexandria, Va. area now.