History Drag cars in motion.......picture thread.

Kalitta vs the ill fated ReEntry rear engine car at Indy 66?

 

Obviously Tony Waters

 

Mick's hemi Pontiac

 

Ivo and Ernie's Camera Shudderbug

 

Dick Stahl's Ford powered AA/FA (with a set of Mickey Thompson Hemi heads )

 

Great batch Gary, thanks for taking the time!

 

The Growler, a cool Oregon car

 

Interesting to know how many teams ran/tried these heads along with the Ford counter part?

 

My dads in the middle, Al Mahany to the right. I have sat in that car many times. I have many unpublished pics of that car in the pits. My mother would pilot the push car while I would ride along. Ahh the memories, Sioux City Nobles

 

Dennis, from what I've heard over the years from racers, there was never a real issue with the M/T heads, either for the Pontiacs or the FE Fords, it was that the blocks (both the Pontiac and the Fords) were just not as stout as the Chryslers. The same for the SOHC heads, according to Pink. It was not the chains or anything about the heads persay, it's that the blocks would not hold up with 75+ percentage of pop. Jim Crooke's beautiful "Assassin" AA/FD with an Ed Pink SOHC eventually had to change to a 392 hemi (also by Pink) for the same reason...

 

He went all the way to the quarter-finals at Phoenix a couple of weeks ago. One of the really good guys in the sport.

 

I like this guy.

 

Smothers Brothers -Beach Boys

 

Magnificent 7

 

unknown

 

Tony Nancy's Wedge when Oldsmobile powered.

 

Gary if that red modified roadster was a so-cal car, it might have the Kal Nelson surplus car from Sun Valley for his boy to run as they had one like that

DND

 

Dwight Salisbury at the wheel.

Roo

 

The late, great Leroy Chadderton who went on to become one of many who drove Roland Leong's Hawaiian funny cars. More right here on the HAMB; http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/magnificent-7-fc-driver-leroy-chadderton-rip.255371/

Roo

 

I have no idea, I believe it was taken at the World Finals in 70, but I'm not sure. COOL CAR HUH???

 

May be J.D. Zink