1963 Smokers Fuel & Gas Championships

Album cover.

 

Great vid thanks for sharing.

 

THANKS! man those were great days for the digs!

 

Perfect timing with the March Meet coming up this weekend.

 

Yes, thanks for posting the video. I just watched in and enjoyed it much.
Not sure if you guys know or not but, that red IVO car was just recreated last year. If I am correct, it was the first car in the 7s.

Yes, LOVE Bakersfield too! I'll be there this weekend. Not bringing my Pontiac powered AA/Fuel Dragster this year though and the funny car isn't ready yet either and the '61 wagon is still apart too. I'll be in the show area with my red '72 GTO 455HO if anyone wants to say hi. I'll be wearing Pontiac Heaven shirts.

See you there,
Steve Barcak www.pontiacheaven.org

"Real Pontiacs only...no corporate nonsense!"

 

Wow! Did that bring back memories. I was a 20 year old kid in the Navy stationed at China Lake then. One of my buddies and I went to Bpatch for the weekend to see that race.

 

Wow . . . Thanks Ryan. Makes me think I need to dig out my photos from Amarillo Dragway Texas vs California Meet ('65 or '66) and post them. Ivo's Lime flake digger, Surfers, Ed Hill, and Bobby Langley. Great memories!! K

 

Excellent video! Keep em coming!

 

Thanks for that, Ryan.

 

That was sheer fun! Thanks Ryan!

 

Insane.

Does anyone have a flux capacitor? I'm also going to need De Lorean, and some plutonium to breach the 1.21 gigawatts I'm going to need for that time machine I wanna build. I've got to get back to the early 60's to see this stuff first hand!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Or, go to Famoso this weekend.

 

Incredible footage !

And I noticed the Allison in the background too in the first seconds,
Some machine !!!!
This movie ranks right up there with the "slomo tape" where you can actually see each cylinder fire, amazing

Hey Ryan, isn't it an idea to start selling on the HAMB some of the DVD's that are around, like that Hot Rod Story one ?

 

"Or, go to Famoso this weekend."

I am. Now and then are completely different. I would rather have then.

 

Yep, but it's not a bad second choice for most of us.

 

real cool stuff love it

 

Watch very carefully from 0:43 to 0:49- there's a key (the kind used for windup toys) sticking out the back of the car. Ahh, humor!

 

Did somebody say 1963?



It's on this fine relic of the horsepower wars, the cowl from Bernie Mather's injected SBC dragster!



Story here:

http://positiveapeindex.blogspot.com/2005/10/bernie-mather-we-love-you.html

 

Sweet Movie. Thanks for posting that up.

In fact, I think I will watch it again!

 

i was so born in the wrong era,thanks ryan

 

Just watched the film again, but this time with sound. AWESOME!

 

Great piece of history. Turn it up and rattle the windows.