History FAMILY DRAGSTER HISTORY...jim and alison lee...part 2..WITH PICS

I'm anxiously waiting for the next part of the story. Jack Redd really is a character. I still have 2 original JA stickers.
I was doing a hunt for info about Harry and Maxine Lehman and, finally, uncovered the story of the demise of the American Way. I knew where but never knew what else happened. Ugly deal. Mike

 

When I saw Jim & Allision at the CHRR , I had to meet them. What a great couple and racers. Keep this going !

 

yeah it was....was actually sifting thru some of the remains of that ch***is and its body panels the other day....they were both lucky drivers to get outta that.....there was a set of pictures before and after the wreck from the track that day floating around.....****ty deal.....




Going west friday....will get back to some more pictures tommorow and then its off to the races....thanks for the interest all of you.....






T.H.

 

Good job Tyler!

See you in cincy in two days. Adolf the cat has missed ya!

 

Did Jim and Allison lee ever run at Roanoke Dragway in Va.?

 

KILLER.........Tyler what do you talk about at family reunions ?
more pic's ................this is like, REAL GOOD ****

 

Tyler-
Still doing some research on who is who in some photo albums of my moms I had talked to you about. One shot is your grandma helping my mom back up her altered. Another shot has her (your grandma) cheering in the background of the shot while my ma's altered is doing a full wheelstand in the foreground.
Pretty sure your grandma had a big impact on my ma getting her start.
I'll have the pics to you as soon as I finish going through them.

 

just got home....DAMN cincinnati will wear you out....now back to work with the scanner.....R.C., get those pics up, theyd be great to see.......


RICEMAN....they did run at Roanoke early on....with the chevy coupe altered....







T.H.

 

Don't you mean some of the people in Cincy will wear you out,

Great shots and story Tyler.

Tell your Dad Rudy from Detroit says Hi too.

 

Took me a while to find it, but here's the article from the December '63 issue of Hot Rod mentioned in the first part of this thread;

 

wow! i knew someone would remember that article.....vntodd, thanks for adding this to the thread.....





T.Hilton

 

When is part 4 going to appear? Mike

 

Are you going to be at the CHRR Friday Night ? We'll be making flames too ! Hope to meet you there !

 

part 4 is in the works at the moment......hard to find pictures of the time period i want to show next.....

Riceman, still workin out the time frames and stuff.....but me and nanny are hoping on being there for the whole weekend.....




T.H.

 

It will be at the 2009 CHRR and at the DOUBLETREE Fri night

 

Very cool racing history! Nice pics thanks for sharing

 

No objections here any crash you can walk away from is a good one!

 

Me, that pesky gopher kid at Maple Grove, pushing the car back from the burnout on the fateful run. It was underexposed, best I could get.

 

Start of the run, notice that the American Way car is missing the back 1/2 the body which if I remember correctly was burned off a week or two previous. Rumor had it thast it messed up the aerodynamics. Jim Cutler Photo

 

What was left. I got a couple more Jim Cutler photos around here somewhere, one shows that the roll cage slide slammed violently on its side up against the guard rail support and left deep dipples in the roll cage leading edge about eye level, a testiment to the strength of the ch***is. At least, thats the way i remember it........just got to find the photo.

 

Who was driving The American WaY ?

 

I can't recall. If somebody said the name I'd go "ya thats it." Damn old age.......

 

According to Harry's website ( www.americanwaytopfueler.com ), Chuck Turner was the driver. There's a bit more info on the site.

 

Those were the days !!!!! Great Pics.

 

Thats it....he was an east coast a/fd driver if i remember correctly...or not.

 

Old thread, but some great info and memories.