The Jalopy Journal
I remember Frank and Charlie well running at the Okla City Fairgrounds. Charlie also had a 58 Impala that he ran in stock some. I believe Frank...
Loved the pic of Willard's '65 big car. I was at a STK/SS race in Montgomery, Al in about '72 and surprised to see Willard there as i knew...
I remember Russ coming to Phenix City, Al for an NHRA divisional in about 1967 or so, he was traveling all over the country in an attempt to win...
Mary Ann Jackson nee Voss ran super gas until just a few years ago and her husband lost in the semis yesterday of super comp at the...
Mark, I remember this car well, I helped with the original build and drove it quite a bit before it was sold to John Tharpe, I don't remember all...
My take on the picture from the Fremont starting, it appears to be a LeMans type start for a powder puff race.
GM never made a 68 Chevelle 375 with an automatic transmission, this combo got added to the classification guide years later for some reason or...
Terry, after reading your post a few memories came back to me from the 1978 or so IHRA national event in Commerce. During the initial tech...
Looking back at some old threads and spotted this picture which brought back a lot of memories. This picture was taken at Phenix Dragway in...
The Buick was raced by Russ Matthews if I remember correctly, he ran all over the country when most racers stayed close to home. He came to the...
Bobby Warren was driving this car at the first points race they every had in Gainesville in '69. Back then the final was wide open, first man...
Sometime back I saw a picture of Dick Kincaid's bracket car and I'm pretty sure it was a four door belair sedan.
Does anyone have any more info on the "Top Cat" '57 Belair hardtop pictured earlier? I ran Bobby Warren in the final round at the '69 Gainesville...
The last picture with the spectators on the bank was taken at Phenix City, Alabama probably in the late sixties or early seventies. I remember...
Chuck, I too did my time in Missouri, I attended the 2nd grade in Neosho in about 1950 or so. My Dad had a job there for a few months. I was...
Chuck, Tom Sturm performed basically the same feat in '62 with a 62 Bel Air hardtop. He drove the car around the country chasing points and I...
I'm pretty sure I have seen the picture of the 57 210 2dr with whitewall tires and Kinston Drag Strip on the back before, I believe it was taken...
This is not the Mr. Zip car that I remember or was later painted. Wayne had a black 57 sedan delivery that I'm sure ran stock, it was very clean...
It was definitely running Super Stock when I saw it, it was in '72 I'm sure and that's the year NHRA did away with traditional stock and we all...
Chuck in about '72 Willard Wright was in Montgomery, Al running a '65 Biscayne big block SS car. I was there and we hit it off so Willard...
Don Thomas, Comanche won "B" stock @ 93.45, Robby Owsley, Duncan won "C" stock at 90.36, Tommy Kilpatrick, Comanche won "D" stock at 91.55.
Tim, I'm not able to scan at this time, I switched to windows 10 a few weeks ago and now it doesn't work, I keep waiting on a 10 year old to come...
Chuck, I've been a member for quite a while and look in every now and then. The question Tim asked caused me to reflect about the first time I...
I ran stock at Oklahoma City in the early sixties and Jr Stock came about there in '61 the way I remember it. In '60 the lowest class was "F", a...
Did anyone by any chance get the contact information on the very original '38 Ford Pickup in the car corral? Jimmy Parker
Tweed, I don't have any memories of Willard living in Atlanta but evidently he did. I remember the '65 as being silver in color. Jimmy
Tweed, I remember Willard's '65 well. In about '71 or '72 he showed up at Montgomery, Alabama for a S/SS race with this car. We hit it off and...
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