Boudakian Brothers Altered Fiat Coupe Bakersfield Smokers March Meet 1960 Bayer Frietas twin VS Eddie Hill 1960 When the bubble top/beehive lady next to me had moved over on the fence, her boyfriend moved into her old spot and now, an arm or two always came into the movie being filmed. 1960 Tommy Ivo "wheelie" in the Buick Twin Finally, the topper was this guy inside of the fence that walked right in front of the camera without a care in the world. At least he could have been 20 feet closer or away from the camera position where we mere mortals had to endure during this historic drag race day. It must have been that he had an unobstructible view of the races and was thoughtless about us behind the fences... Art Chrisman Hustler 2 at :08 If I had a tire on a roadster there, I could have been 6 feet taller and been able to take higher elevation movies, even shooting over the heads of the “officials” standing inside of the chain link fence. I would have needed a tall tripod or mono pod. But, at least, I did not have to endure a hairspray odor, body odor from the lady or have to see this guy’s arm come into view. We did what we had to do to get a good action movie filmed. Geeez! It was fortunate to have recorded some drag racing history from So Cal during this timeline, despite the drawbacks. The actual sound was added in much later on, when discovered on another LP album. So, a move across the dragstrip for a better view with less restrictions or awful people. YRMV Donnelly/Bolthoff coupe live in actual sound... Jnaki A year later, my brother and I were in Pomona for the Winternationals and the spot where we parked was right behind a row of telephone poles and had a direct view of the races. No one was next to us crowding around. But, our goal was not to film any movies, but to see if we still liked drag racing from a spectator’s view. Being a participant was so much better than just being a spectator. That life was beginning to blur, just like the top racers that zipped by, right in front of us. YRMV NOTE: Even at Lions Dragstrip, people did stand on their tires or pick up beds to try and see the big names at the starting line. The view over the staging lane fencing and class lanes was hindering at normal eye level. So, up on a 2-3 foot extension was always good for a hinder-less view of the action.
Stockers were always around but did not get the coverage that dragsters got. Here we see a new '54 Buick vs a new '54 Cadillac. Both were powerful cars in their day.
Somebody 'talk-to-me' about this Allison powered (4WD?!) FED ! What kinda tranny is that in the front?? Is it one of Art Arfons's creations? 6sally6
My pal Dick's rail in about 1952. Notice the "scattershield" right in front of the shoe on the frame... I believe this is at Santa Ana...
I was stationed at Selfridge Air Force Base in Mt. Clemens Mi '68-69. I had a part time job at a Gulf gas station there. Connie had worked there years before that. He continued to patronize the station. It was pretty cool to interact with him.
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