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

Man, this is some great nostalgia drag racing photos - I'm in the process of my GASSER project with Blown 392 hemi for power! Should hit the street/strip later this year!

 

Outstanding website, the pics bring back many pleasant memories of days gone by. Fortunately, I am able to continue "the good old days" every time I let the trans brake button go & launch my baby,
a 67 Buick GS.

Andy Brody
Owner / Driver
1 Wicked 67' GS

 

The Woody was Cool!!!

 

more........

 

That woody gives me a woody.....

 

Barbara Hamilton 1966
NHRA NATIONALS
Indianapolis, Indiana

Barb was the first woman to receive an NHRA license to drive a supercharged race car. This is a great photo of her car...but maybe not her favorite! She stopped racing in 1972 but never sold the car. She still has it today. It still looks exactly like this.....totally original, unrestored.

 

Lucky her that car is sweet!!!!

 

And it was a fuel burner to boot!

 

from www.draglist.com
250 All-Time Quickest Fuel Altereds

#225 Jeff Courtie in (1968)
Chrysler powered 1948 Olds Woody
10.050 et
150.00 mph

Anybody know what beame of the woody?
The motor probably went in his next car?

1970 Jeff moved up to a funny car he built.

Hemmings photo

 

Found some Shirley pics. The magazine said the racing shot is Shirley getting beaten by Dennis Baca with a 5.84 in 1978.

 

Some oddities I found in my collection, check out how the strapping young man hides his cigarettes in between his ample peck muscles....

 

Wild Bill Shrewsberry & Jack Ehrmatraut



Ric Jones in Jim Read's Mustang Funny Car Vs Jim Read in his Top Fueler


Ed Stipanovich in his Pro Stock 1969 Holden Monaro

The three pics are from my home track,
Adelaide International Raceway in 1974.

Its now a ghost track
I have to fly interstate to see any Drag Racing

 

Hope this link works. There are some great shots here.
Nostaligic Photos from the 1970's

 

Nothing like the old days...Death with a purpose!

 

Has this batch of 70's cars been on this thread? Quite a lineup of the big boys back then.....take a look:

http://davemilcarek.com/old.htm

 

Some pics from Dragway 42 in the mid 70's

 

1964 NHRA NATIONALS
Indianapolis, Indiana

Keith Martin in the Willys pickup and Gene Altizer in the Anglia

 

the little comp fiat is now owned by mike hilton out of cincinnati... he's on here from time to time.... cool shots..

 

Some more for today...

 

more....

 

Cool!

 

Great shot of Borris Murray! Man I loved to watch him boil the hyde at San Gabe on the Murray & McEvoy twin.

 

I saw Bill Taylor's Kingfish race at Lakeland Drag Strip in Memphis from 1965 to 1968. Started out with a short wheelbase in the first year. Larry Reyes was the original driver.






http://www.lakelandraceway.com/profiles/profiles_larry_reyes.htm

 

That Lakeland shot is cool.

 

Part of reason I posted that pic was cuz Mike Hilton had posted a pic of it earlier. I knew it was that same car just different name.
I don't know Mike, but at Columbus in 89 we where parked next to Jim & Allison Lee when his dad Bobby was driving. I was working on a AA/A in pro comp at the time, And our driver knew them. So thats how I know of him.
Later, In the mid 80's I started working with Clayton Harris and he knew old man Hilton, John I believe. He use to come over to the trailer when ever we raced Columbus and Indy. He was a good old boy as I recall.

 

One of my favorite 55 and a good Super Gas car too.