Me at the Drags (as a kid)

Heres a photo I found of me circa 1970

Anyone else have photos of themselves as kids at shows or races?
Post em if ya got em!

 

Man thats cool, my folks never took me to anything that exciting.

 

your dad owned a sling shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now that is kool

 

Irwindale!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

That's waaaay cool,Sandy!!!!!

 

Too cool! My childhood ****ed and was boring, nothing exciting.

 

Irwindale it is (was) it was the old location where the brewery is now...thats rad that you recognized it!

 

Very cool pic!!!

 

That bridge way in the background is where Irwindale Ave. goes over the Santa Fe RR tracks...you never forget the happy stuff

 

Remember the old go kart track on the other side of Irwindale Blvd ?

 

These are pic's of me with my Dad and his dragster 1971-72. Still remember that day like it was yesterday. The dragster in the pits is a ford six cylinder with boss 302 heads cut and welded to fit the six. It was named Good Vibrations and owned by by Ron Barrow and Andy Boy fron N.J. My dad helped with the car as a young man.

 

This one???

 

I dont remember the go cart track...looks like a full on race track
Cool!!

 

Sure, here I am, 10 years old, at the '71 AHRA Winternationals at Beeline with a Pontiac powered dragster. Since it had a Pontiac in it, I asked my dad to take a pic of me with it.
This was taken (obviously) on the pit side near the finish line.

 

Here is one of few that I have from the many Sundays that I spent at the Thunder Valley Dragways, near Marion, South Dakota, as a kid.

My dad, Gary Hoesing, raced his Kawasaki drag bike up there for quite a few years. He still has it, too! That is my mom in the photo, also.

This was 1985, I believe. I would have been 6 years old. Thanks to Tim (MCINK) for scanning his old negatives. Viva La HAMB!





Malcolm