History Drag cars in motion.......picture thread.

Mr."C" Gary Cochran...

 

John Wiebe...

 

Wow, some real beautiful shots of the final competitive years for FED top fuelers.

 

Thanks, Rick, great shots (rare shot of Butters & Girard, they were regulars at San Gabriel with a flathead 3-window deuce coupe in the late '50s, sponsored by Groh's Texaco, they lasted a while into the late FED days)

 

Irwindale on a Saturday night...

 

Kelly Brown...

 

No clue...

 

This is such a great thread.
Thanks to every one that takes the time to post here.

 

Hank Johnson...

 

Making a rare visit to the Pond!

 

Jeep Hampshire...

 

Bill Leavitt...

 

Looks like may the Marrs Bros. corvette.

 

What drag strip is this? Looks like its in Florida

 

Hey skywolf, whats up with your Blog? It hasnt been updated since last December.

 

Apathy ... I'll get back to it eventually.

 

Ok, not your usual drag car in motion, but it is in motion:

Hank Griffith's 42 Ford custom at Saugus, from a 1951 Hop Up. Hank was from Pasadena, bought the car in '46, took it to the Alaya Brothers and gave it the full treatment, including Cad rear fenders. Since Gil Alaya drag raced his customs, he apparently talked Hank into running at Saugus:

 

More from Oilstick, great site...captioned as "Jim Sumner," but I think it is "Slim Sumner" who started with this early Ford with a fuel Chrysler, then went on to the Fiat competition coupe with Burt and Mews...think that this picture was taken at San Luis Obispo:

 

Oilstick: Juggers Racing Team, think they were from Burlingame, CA, modified sports car, Joe Carboni

 

Larry Glau, modified roadster, also probably San Luis Obispo, 59 or 60

 

Jim Seaton

 

The "inch pincher"...these things sounded like angry bumble bees, but they went pretty well for little motors:

 

Glover, Poole, and Dunn (don't remember this one)



Looks like Jazzy Nelson's old coupe racing unknown flathead dragster



unknown hemi powered dragster


Fred Salisbury "Stemwinder" modified sports car, think he was from Northern California, set 1320 class record



unknown, but really cool!



Two unknown fuelers, this looks like Santa Maria



One of the fuelers above, Santa Maria




unknown roadster


in Pits



Looks sort of like Hustler I, but really not sure:



Again, this collection is a sample from
the Gasoline Museum of Jack Mendenhall, Buellton, CA
This is the Home of The Dry Lakes Racers Hall of Fame