Vintage Gasser Pics **More Pics Added**

These pictures are from my late father's collection and since I wasn't around then, I can't tell you much. I do know they were all taken in '68 and I believe the location is Ubly, MI or Tri City Dragway in Saginaw. Maybe some local HAMBers can verify this. In any case, I feel they're worth sharing. I have more, if you like.

 

Those are priceless, we thank your father on the wonderful era that he captured and more please.

 

Don't you wish every newbie on here could have opening posts like this???

Awesome pics!!!

troy.

 

Tace,
awesome pictures! love the old style photos. also love gassers.thanks for sharing them.your dad would be proud.did he race a gasser? take care...
dennis

 

Awesome, esp. the Willys pickup.

 

Great pics. I have to scan in some of mine. I think I have some with a FLAG starter from Island Dragway, NJ.

Bill

 

Wonderfull stuff!!

 

its hard to beat a willys gasser .

 

Very Kool....................love to see more!!!

 

more!

 

Great to see the old pictures of Tri-city Dragway. If your dad had taken a complete set for the day you would have caught me somewhere. I only missed a couple of days that the track was open during its history. He has managed to capture a typical cross section of the competition. I don't see any of the heavy hitters out of the Detreoit area so it was probably just a typical race day. Gassers out of Ohio and the local guys were always on hand. You have to realize that when this strip opened it enjoyed the reputation as the second best strip in the country construction wise. It was built strictly by the N.H.R.A. blueprint.
Many competitors came here to test and tune for Indy. You could leave Tri-City and unload at Indy and run within a couple of hundreths right off the trailer. It was amazing how close the two tracks would duplicate.

Frank

 

Very cool. Glad to see more racing stuff on this site. I am a FNG and will have some vintage pics up soon.. May dig up some of my old man racing boats

 

Very nice !! Thanks for sharing. Love the anglia.

 

Here's one of My Dad's. (the gremlin was done in 73).

 

Her's one of my uncle Jack's from the 60's.

 

Very nice, thanks for sharing them! Please post more...

 

Here's a few more. Check out the vehicles in the background in the GT Shaker Pic.

 

WOW, thanks a lot! I love them old timey pics!! The GT Shaker, is that a Cheetah?

 

Thanks for posting those...shows how things really were...gotta go work on the Henry J...
Bill

 

Here's a newspaper clipping from about 1969 at Grandbend Dragway which was right across the lake from Tri City. Good old Ohio George against our old favorite Ontario George!! Great photo's everyone.........hope to see more!!

 

Here's some more pictures. Taken again at Tri-City but in the early to mid-seventies. Obviously all are not gassers but I loved the era when funny cars still resembled cars instead of space shuttles.

Anyone know when and why Tri-City closed? Where was it exactly? Freeland near the airport?

Enjoy.

 

Man, thanks for sharing those pics!! What a historical treasure, just precious.

Joel

 

wow, that is a trip back.........thanks and don't stop now we're hooked.......

 

very cool pics

GT shaker a Cheetha

 

Oh thank you for the after dinner snack. By the way where is the Grimlin guy when you need him?

 

BTTT for the morning guys.

 

is that jim oddys old anglia......? brandon

 

Very nice pics

 

heres afew, hope they come out

 

Yeah, now were talkin'. Kick ass!

That Willy's is getting some air and I love the altered wheelbase Comet. It's nice to see you guys chipping in. Since I wasn't there when my pics were taken, I'd love to hear some of the stories behind the pics. You know, the track, the rivalries, the parties, etc.

This stuff is too cool to let it rot in a box in the basement.