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Love this. A classic.
What a great shot! Can't remember if I've ever seen a pic of this car. If so, this one is definitely the best.
I think this is Floyd Bessinger. Here are a couple of shots from 1965 at the Double H Drag Strip in Blue Ridge, GA. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yes, in both pics. The Nance car started out as a short wheelbase AWB car, probably a real handful, and later had the front end stretched a la Sox...
Allen Bly, vs. Robert Nance at Paradise Drag Strip, Calhoun, Ga. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thanks for the Robert Nance pics (sorry, that maroon car just looks wrong). All the Ronnie Evans pictures were taken at the Double H Drag Strip in...
This thread has experienced a much-appreciated revival of late. It's great to see all the obscure super stockers and FXers. I really enjoy the...
I've been looking for a pic of that 63 Plymouth with the wire wheels for several years. I used to have a magazine with a pic of it, but like a...
The Don Hutton/Jim Pugh car was a tough one. Judging by the background of these pics, looks like a good race was shaping up. Here's the car racing...
This was taken in May 1965 at the Double H Drag Strip in Blue Ridge, Ga. I think the owner was Ed Ward, out of Kentucky (from memory, not so...
It's no trouble to spot Squirrel. In a fast rewind through the coverage, that red Chevy II pops right out. Saw all three runs today in just a few...
This isn't good news. https://wreg.com/news/local/is-this-the-end-memphis-raceways-fate-in-near-future/
Do you know where this was taken?
Where can I watch the film of this car? Looks really interesting.
You can see Herb and the '65 in action here [MEDIA] at the Double H Drag Strip in Blue Ridge, Ga., on May 9, 1965, the last day of the three-day...
Do you know what the new owner has in mind for School's Out? I'm eagerly awaiting progress reports on your A/FXer.
Sonny Wayland, from the FB page Arkansas Drag Racers and Drag Strips Past and Present. Nice car. Looks like some high-powered talent on hand for...
Keith Jackson's narration is icing on the cake.
I love this car. [ATTACH]
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Dick Hoffman, misidentified as a Ford. [ATTACH]
A couple more from Clarksville Dragway ads. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Saw a posting on another thread of an ad for a Thunderbolt-vs.-Thunderbolt match race at Clarksville (TN) Dragway, a track I went to in the 1970s....
Not really the "early days" and a bit past 1965. Unknown, Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip, Chattanooga, TN, circa 1970
Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere. I was going down an online rabbit hole last night and ran across this. He raced Hubert Platt's old...
My condolences. [ATTACH]
On this day 55 years ago, Double H Drag Strip, Blue Ridge GA, concluding race of three-day Southern World Series of Drag Racing. Color pic is...
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