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

2 x the fun….

 

The Bounty Hunter

 

Frank "The Beard" Bradley...

 

Rocky Phillips evil twin dragster.

 

Tom Taros, went 190 in that ride !

 

Front blower?

 

As I remember, he built his own twin throttle body injectors and ran Nitro, also 3 speed Lenco. Pat would have all of the info, about his car.

 

As I remember it's a pretty solid, well-built car but 190 is starting to get into the twilight zone for an old car like that. Huevos grandes.

 

Now that Pat has the GMC back in it, speeds will be more appropriate.

 

The car had a history before Tom Taros and Ike Iacano. Raul "Sonny" Balcaen first built it in the early '50s from a set of old Miller race car rails. He ran a GMC in it, but also ran Frank Startup's Fargo head Ford 4
Sonny with the GMC engine


At Famoso -- Steve Justice


With Frank Startup's Fargo 4, Santa Ana, around 1953.

 

Thanks for the history. Amazing car

 

1967 at New England and I’m waiting in the staging lanes getting ready to make a p*** in Bob Weedon’s injected nitro Chevrolet.

 

New England Dragway 1967 Smullen & O’Brien Lloyd bodied comp coupe near lane with Smiley Smullen driving and Don Roberts at the wheel of John Watson’s Fiat far lane.

 

I haven't heard the name Smiley Smullens for years.

 

you can say that again!,,,,

 

1959 Lion’s Dragstrip The Sidewinder VS Mickey Brown in a match race of the year…
Race #1 AT 1:21

Race #2 AT 1:44
match race 1959


"Double Trouble..."

At the drags: Mickey Brown, Quincy Automotive FED 1958

Hello,

Sometimes, tragedy strikes unexpectedly. Whether it was in the “big plan from above,” or a pure accident in the time period. We were all envious that the success of the Quincy Automotive sponsored FED blown Olds powered race car was driven by such a young kid…(actually 22). The 1958 version was a Potvin style blower. In 1959, the FED showed up with a 671 on top and blasted almost everyone on a weekly basis.

In the pits, Mickey Brown seemed like a high school kid that was asked to drive this fast FED. But, like most of those early drag racers of the time, Ivo, Prudhomme, McEwen, etc. youth and skill played a big part in racing victories. In physical sports tests, the mean age for peak performance is 26 with some swimmers hitting their peak at 21. We have all seen a decline in our own abilities as we got older, despite the bravado that we could still do anything…

Jnaki


Thanks, Mickey, for the fast action and great driving… We were impressed in 1959. Those were great memories of the racing at Lions.

For us, going back to the time when we were teens to early 20s? Wowee…what a time for reflection and life…

Mickey Brown at Lions Dragstrip 1959

Drag News December 1959

$2000 in 1959 had the same buying power as $17060.48 in 2018 accounting for inflation over the years.

Mickey Brown: July 26, 1937 to September 12, 1959
Mickey Brown Memorial Drag Race in January of 1960.

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...picture-thread.228509/page-2040#post-14347823

“Ronnie Scrima and Mort Smith were testing a new short wheelbase (93") dragster at Lions. They had dropped Gene Adams's Oldsmobile engine in the car, but were having a hard time getting it down the track. Mickey Brown had left his own Olds-powered dragster at home and he offered to see if he could drive the car. About 100 feet from the starting line, he lost control and flipped upside down, suffering fatal injuries because his head got outside the confines of the roll bar. He was transported to Seaside Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. His wife witnessed the crash. Racers remembered him as a kind of wild, but fun-loving kid. He was the first man to go over 150 MPH in a gas dragster.”
This is the Scrima, Adams, & Smith car that Mickey Brown drove.

The fine artwork for a Memorial Wall at the Lion’s Dragstrip Museum was done by Cindy Gibbs. Thank you…

 

Gabby Bleeker.

 

http://illegends.homestead.com/FAltereds.html