Old hotrod/dragracing pics bristol tn

Had these pics emailed to me & thought I would share. They are from Bristol TN dragstrip in the early days.
Enjoy

 

I am officialy blown away. These are the best.

 

These pictures are from Virginia and get posted regularly. Lots of great pics.
Here's the link: http://www.vaautoracing.org/

 

lovin em lovin em

 

Awesome photos. Anyone recognize any of the cars in the photos?

 

Fantastic pix man....thanx for puttin em up !!

Killer !!

Rat

 

Not Ruapuna ! a Nick ......haha (kiwi thing)

great pics .

 

Thanks for the pics. Ran there back inthe late '60s with a friend and his FED.

 

that's actually the old H&H dragstrip in Georgia. You can find it on the web.

 

The photos are from Roanoke Dragstrip in Virginia.

http://www.vaautoracing.org/intro.htm

If you want to view H&H click on:

http://www.doublehdragstrip.com/ghoststrip/

 

My Mistake

 

I live near Bristol. I talk to a lot of guys that raced way back when. It's cool to hear stories and listen to how they used to do things. One story was about a strip in sw Va on a mountain top. A guy had an Opel funny car and drove it off the mountain side. They said the throtle stuck

 

Yup, Bristol opened in 1965....

 

awesome pics!!!

 

Bristol was 1961. those pics are'nt from Bristol

 

thanks those are great

 

Great pics Nick, when did you sneak on here ? I should be hitting Rangiora Sat and in town for either fri or sat nights so hope to catch up for a cold one.

Paul