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In the early 2000s, Earl told me that he thought KS was a little bit asleep at the wheel, but he was happy to take the win! I think it is one of...
1962 Winternationals Heads up Street Eliminator finals Earl Wade in Mike Lenke's black 62 A/SP Corvette puts a hole shot on KS Pittman in the...
Posting a couple of photos of the Lenke Wade 1962 Corvette that won Street Eliminator at the 1962 Winternationals at the request of Jim Dillon....
Doc Taylor was pretty well known around Pasadena. He had a bunch of go fast parts. It's great that Dan is happy with the Grassman Corvette! It...
Jim, I have a couple of Doc Taylor's 57 at the 62 Winternationals. Bert
Jim, Sorry for the late reply (only a year!). The color of the Grassman Corvette is indeed Sateen Silver. When I sold the car to Dan I included...
Jim, I have not found any results for the stock classes run at the Detroit Nationals in 1960 either . I believe this fact has been commented on...
Dean, Nice touch identifying all the people in the photo. It is interesting that there were no trophy girls used at the 62 Winternats. Here is a...
Jim, Haven't been on this thread for quite some time! I haven't been around, so it is amazing to see that it is still going! The photo that was...
Very good article George. Thanks. I actually loved the idea of the factories dreaming up these cars and then producing them. It seemed like...
The Corvette that won Street Eliminator was owned by Mike Lenke and driven by Earl Wade. It was a black car with a fuel injected 360 hp 327....
From what I was told by Brendan Grassman many years ago, the car belonged to Reggie Nelson, otherwise known as "Root Beer", because that was the...
Yes, Dave was from El Monte, lived on Hallwood. He did some drag racing in a Corvette, a '58 if I remember correctly. He also worked as a...
Regarding Don's 62 aluminum Impala, back in the '80s my machinist used to be part owner of a 63 Z-11. He and his partner purchased all of Don's...
Yep, I remember it. Called Ward's Towing. I also remember the E Jag, supposed to be wrecked by some georgeous babe who lost her legs in the...
WOW!, I used to deliver parts to Fremont & Purdon when I worked for Beedee Auto Parts in Pasadena in 1969!! They were a "quality" shop. Thanks
Chuck, Part of that journey is recorded in video. Last night I was rewatching the '63 Indy Nationals on a Dragfilms DVD, and lo and behold was...
Do you know who ran the 2 '62 aluminum nose'd Impalas from Don Steves?
Thanks for the Irwindale news Colesy! Brings back memories. I used to work at Chadwick's Chevron on the corner of Myrtle and Foothill in...
Joel, Way back on post 991 you posted a picture of Mike McCluskey's 61 409 at Inyokern that you got out of the 12/1/1961 National Dragster. My...
Yep, it's me David. I hang out here alot because my Kirkham shares the garage with a Nicholson & Wade prepared B/SP '61 Corvette that was a class...
Anyone know who bought the Mazmanian Corvette and where it's headed?
David, I just re-read your subject title. Perhaps a poor choice with the dreaded "B" word. Your book is full of useful information that would...
thanks, was on the Speed and Icons main page rather than the RM main page.
sorry, don't see a "live feed" button on my screen. Can you elaborate, or are you a registered bidder? Thanks
I have an 62 NHRA rule book. It states A/FX - 0 to 8.99 lbs/cu in B/FX - 9.00 to 12.99 lbs/cu in C/FX - 13.00 or more lbs/cu in The FX class...
The second photo is from the '63 Winternationals. Note the flagman. The 57 Chevy H/SA #709 is Ron Rogers from Redondo Beach, CA. He is listed as...
Earl beat KS Pittman with the Corvette, don't know about Cookie. I think he did catch Pittman sleeping. Hot Rod has a picture of my car going up...
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