Tried to look at this entire thread to see if this was already posted - too many pages anyway I saw this at Paradise Drag Strip this weekend.
Hello fellow Corvette Gasser enthusiasts, it's been a while since I posted due to a 14 event race schedule in 6 different states. Here are a few photos from this past summer. Hope you like them. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
You definitely put on a good show with the 57. Saw it up close at this past year's Meltdown. Vettes played a big role in the 60s and 70s with drag racing and with so few on the drag strips today it is great seeing yours out there reminding old and new fans alike of their popularity.
Loudbang that is a recent build. In my opinion it is a tad extreme compared to the gassers that ran back in the day. Maybe some more period correct tires and correct sizes may help the look to be more period. It is done well though as far as workmanship. I saw it up close at the Meltdown a couple of years ago.
Pete Arend was a young man with considerable financial resources, and he wanted to go drag racing. He spent wisely and freely, making his “Mongoose” ’63 Corvette coupe a major force in 1960’s Gasser and later B/Altered racing. Here he leaves the line at Palm Beach International Raceway. (Jim Hill photo)
Tony Christian’s next winner was this Corvette, running 12 lb., per CID, H/Gas class at NHRA Winternationals, Pomona. Bob Kamp is today well known for his K-Motion valve springs and valve train products. Kamp was also once a serious Modified racer with this 11 lb. per CID Corvette.
Moving stuff in the barn.... rediscovered the sting ray hood I was going to cut up for my 'Ridgeway' vette tunnelram. I'm not a body person and I figured it would be easier to cut up that hood to fit the '62. Found one of the 409 AFBs, too.
Dick Weinle’s career as a racer, engine builder and later as track owner-promoter of the Cincinnati area Edgewater Raceway made him well-known among Midwestern racers and fans. Weinle’s Hemi powered D&J Auto Corvette was a steady Modified runner. This early spring Edgewater pic has Dick off on another run with the candy green showpiece.
No Modified Eliminator team was better than Albert Clark’s effort. Car owner-builder Clark ran engines built by Fairfield, Illinois’ Wayne County Speed Shop. G/Gas was 11 lbs. per CID Modified class at the time. Driving ace Don Coonce confidently wheeled the car to many class wins and several major event Modified wins in the 70’s. (Jim Hill Photo)
I grew up in Fairfield near Cincinnati and used to go to Edgewater all the time. I remember D&J Racing Engines well, in fact they built a bad 273 MoPar for a friend. Do you remember a Mid Year Vette that raced out of Fairfield Ohio called Apricot Brandy? Beautiful car that ran at Edgewater and Tri State. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
When I was getting into hotrodding/racing we called those scoops, Lee Sheppard scoops. Sorry, just reminded me of him.
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