Motion Pictures Film of the Week: Drag Racing in Caddo Mills, TX

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Film of the Week: Drag Racing in Caddo Mills, TX

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WOW! That is a mind blower, some serious **** running there. Love the long forgotten cl***es, alterds, S/R. Comp coupe. This was drag racing that enjoyed all too short a time. Look at the crowds out watching their friends and families race. No John Forces here.
Warren

 

Pretty cool. Neat little twin engined fed.

 

In 1959 I was nine years old when we moved from Wichita Falls, Texas to Dallas. My Dad took me to Caddo Mills that summer and I got to see my first drag race. I was hooked!!!!
Got to see Bobby Langley's Scorpion race and I never forgot it.

 

I bet the current President of the Chaparrals has not ever seen this video.

 

Eddie Hill raced there. Some sharp eyed observer might spot his car
Caddo Mills - This is Eddie Hill with his Olds-powered dragster at the 1957 Texas State Championship. The “Four Father” told me he made that rear body section out of two 1940 Ford hoods. Not many moons p***ed after that until he rolled through the gates at Caddo with his twin Pontiac-engined car (before he went asphalt-plucking “dually” we first saw it with the normal two slicks on the rear!). Picture found on Facebook. Don't know if I'm in trouble for cut and paste.

 

Bobby Langley Scorpion #2 from Everyman Texas