History Early drag racing photos

Romeo Palmides Oakland Ca .

 

So fkn dope with the long rams, aluminum high shoulders, mag. Dig the exhaust too. Im not usually into dragmaster cars, but this ones perfect.

 

I agree and would love to know what happened to this car. This to me is a perfect vintage dragster that would be a blast to run. Not especially quick or fast but truly representative of the era.

 

Greg
How's this for an "odd duck".
Don't recall this one, a couple years before I stepped foot on a dragstrip, says Gary Beck 1968 at Bremerton.



Good article

Here:

https://archive.kitsapsun.com/Servi...bremerton-raceway-ep-420615683-357996351.html

 

I think a lot of the appeal for me is that the Dragmaster cars always looked like a "form follows function" sort of contraption.

 

An interesting body for sure and that the engine is so far forward. I had seen Gary Beck run several times but do not recall this specific car.

 

Looks like nothing more than a dragster that could also run in the Modified Roadster cl*** by slipping the Model T body on it. The short wheelbase suggests an early ‘60’s, maybe even late ‘50’s dragster and the engine out that far means it probably had a transmission and ran second and high gears.

 

I wish i could see the cl*** they were running. Photo looks early enough that this would an early *** b/rb. 350, 361 cu/in prolly. Sure as hell aint no 426/ 440...

 

I agree, was pretty common, the thing was, the 1968 date that I read, that thing is late to the party for 1968, the little searching I did said BB/GAS, listed as the Gaines Markley/Gary Beck car.