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

Jere Alhadeff photo of the L.A. Dart of Bill Shrewsberry.
This photo was taken on a public street with a Chrysler Corporation bigshot riding shotgun who was unaware that Bill was going to stand the Dart on its bumper!

 

you can just hear the profanity coming out of the guys mouth.... cool pic...thanks brandon

 

Just don't hit it in the ass!!!

 

As Gary Nichols alluded to, I am into large scale model trains as a secondary hobby. Wild Bill is too. He used to show up at some of the train shows, and club meetings. When he learned I was an old drag racer, we shared a lot of stories, which, if you ever met Bill, you'd know he was a master at telling. He never shared this one, but knowing Bill, I bet he enjoyed the hell out of scaring the shit out of the Chrysler big shot. Great pic, and story. thanks for sharing.

 

Dean, I asked Jere about his photo just a few months ago at the March Meet. I thought it might have been taken at LIONS, but then Jere set me straight and told me the story. It was at some speed shop or some kind of grand opening or something similiar to that where the bigshots were also invited. Jere said that the Chrysler honcho, who was NOT a drag race guy, asked Shrewsberry, "So, what exactly was this LA Dart built to do?". Thats when Bill asked the guy if he wanted to go "for a ride"...

 

Hahaha, excellent story. What a caracter. How about a DR story thread?

 

Bill might file that one under "thought you'd never ask"!! The towers in the background have the look of the ones along the San Gabriel river. Could be where the power lines come down into Long Beach. Would be interesting to know where exactly it was, but we may never know............................

 

Next time you see Bill ask him about the time he came down under and went to the beach before a race. From memory it was early January and he had come out of a northern winter. He got absolutely toasted and we turned up at the track later in the day and he was almost crying when he put his firesuit on. Very painful.

 

San Fernando could be wild...



If you went off the track you could easily end up in the wash...



but always good racing...

 

The "Invader" Corvette with an overheating problem...

 

When Wild Bill came to New Zealand I remember that after he made his pass he came down the return road and stood it up again on the return road just a few feet from all the spectators leaning on the fence. I have a 8mm movie of it somewhere.

 

My Dad's Taunus from the mid 60's

 

any other corvette overheating problem pics...? seemed like it was pretty much standard happenings with those.... everything i've read on the vette funnys , they were like bad news.... brandon

 

lol,that gas tank id from a roto tiller

 

I don't know about other wheelstanders, but Bill had his set up with turning brakes , like a sand rail. One night at Irwindale he went down the track on the bumper, turned it around in the shut off area, got it back up and blasted back to the starting line. He got maybe 20 feet from the line, and hit the left brake while keeping it about half throttle. That thing spun on the bumper about 2 1/2 revolutions! The crowd went wild, but the officials didn't appreciate it much.

 

Well, lets see. Seems like a strong chassis, got a super powerful jet engine, a drivers seat... hmmm, once I get the steering hooked up, I guess were ready to go racing! I'll go ahead and spend a few more hours on this drag car.
Ya know, ya never can be too safe!!! By the way, ya wanna be my driver when we go racing this weekend?



Mike Goyda scrapbook

 

Holy Shit !!! and that cat looks proud as hell of his contraption!! Speed Rated tires and all>>>>.And I dig the shit out of the arm-rests!

 

Thats at the Rasin City Drags in Fresno Ca.

 

Cool shot too bad you can not hear the NOISE.
I was driving the second car in.
First car is from Sacromento. Wolf and ??? Pete Ogden car
Second car Tony Waters with The Peregrine at the controls of the Woody car.
Third car in Kenny Safford in Ted Gotellis Woody car
Last car is Berry Bros with John "The Black Knight " at the wheel.
I raced in 3 of these match races. Fun deal. I most remember the NOISE !!!!!

HYRAZENE BOY

 

Welcome Sir.

 

From a DVD I saw for sale:

A/Fuel Action For Tony Waters highlights the 2004 Goodguys VRA 2004 A/Fuel action at its best, including record runs and top-end photography of high speed dragsters trying to slow down - something dragsters don't like to do after a 200-mph pass.

We give special notice to Tony Waters and his team. Tony is a legend in the sport. He was Top Eliminator runner-up at the first March Meet at Famoso back in 1959, in his blown roadster. It's great to see the old timers still giving the youngsters a run for their money.

A top-end altercation takes place where two cars come together at the same turnoff. One of the cars is Tony's. Like most old timers of the sport, they pick up the pieces and put them back together again for another season. However most of the youngsters have this same spirit and will come back next season to give the old man hell.

Is that you?

 

Man I love this thread!!!!!

 

Steve Reyes photo of a quick stopping jet...

 

. Do you have any pics you could post of these races? i love this stuff. did you win the race?

 

Hello Hydrazine Boy-

Do you remember my dad, Denny Bloching, ran a number of cars outta Northern California (Walnut Creek, Fresno, Pleasanton). They were all under the "Proud American" name. Jr. Fuel and A/ Fuel Altered?

Best,
David Bloching

 

Bob Riggle in the "Hemi Under Glass" at the Lords mansion twisting driveway at Goodwood in England a few years ago doing wheelstands at every straight section...



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Too bad he didn't have Wild Bill's turning brakes. He'd have really given the Limeys a show!!

 

Do you remember my dad, Denny Bloching, ran a number of cars outta Northern California (Walnut Creek, Fresno, Pleasanton). They were all under the "Proud American" name. Jr. Fuel and A/ Fuel Altered?

Davey, I might asked this before, but I forgot, but did your dad ever venture south for those events at Irwindale, Lions, etc. wherein the injected A/FA's had their own 8 car open circuit? I attended a few of those events 69-70. Also there a funny car dubbed Proud American by a guy named Ed Carter. Was your dad affiliated with that car as well?

 

This is the coolest fucking dragracing picture I've ever seen......
Almost looks like they're racing on water.