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the small block ford is a very good engine, but the heads just did not flow enough air to compeet in drag racing. after the boss 302 head and...
i raced street cars at fontana in 1966 -67 after the army i raced at lions,erwindale and ocir. my memory of fontana was we got a lot of runs in....
saw this car sitting in the atlantic dodge showroom, never saw it at the track
i lost some intrest in pro stock when the lenco trand was brought in. i loved seeing the under dog win becouse the other guy missed a shift.:)
was their in 1966 a lot, one time we could not race becouse the ambulance was very late. The record player was so bad sometimes the national...
newhouse automotive was the first speed shop i ever went to. a guy named richard salsedo treated me great . he hAD A VERY FAST GTO IN 1966. RAN...
is this vett dave hutchinsons g gas car from 1975. we were in g gas at the winternats feeling pretty good at 10.61 dave makes a pass 10 .47 i...
sorry if i am rambling here, what i loved about drag racing before the 1980s was a lot of racers built their own cars and engines. ed greer made...
the C&W car was owned by ed greer[ smithfields] later partner, and driven by smirdle. C&W did all the machine work on the hemi for greer and...
others in div 7 were ed sigmon .also a real nice guy[fireman] ran a 331 hemi , his name i forget. i think geen adams helped him with the motor....
it was a 426, the first motor was a street hemi with iron heads. chrysler started giving him free parts, but no block. their was a lot of lead...
jim stevens ran his 29 t pu well into the 70s, funny one time he made a trick hood scoop and tech said he could not use it. his 29 was all metal...
my buddy and i went to SG drags prolly in 1962. i rember a mopar called daves chevron and somebody with a fast rambler. that is all i rember . but...
did danny broguar [ A gas imposible dream ] drive a herrera car at the winternationals and do a major crash that made all the mags at the time/ it...
never been to the dry lakes, but a drag racing bud from the old days was a member of the 200 mile club. van prothero. his 67 camero held a ,b ,c &...
WTF maybe i am sour grapes cuzz i could never afford those cars. but come on .way overpriced. it is more of a pissing contest for rich folks .like...
back in the day i thought a super bird was a JOKE. well the joke is on me. they are worth a lot of bucks
surfing song . miserlu. i am sure i miss spelt dat. forgot the band
i am 61 and all threw the 60s and 70s hung out at lyons, irwindale and ocir. i was at the last drag race at lyons. my brother in law [chuck...
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