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

Famosa 66?

 

Garlits 1959

 

Fuller-Zeuschel-Prudhomme at the '62 March Meet; left to right: The guys standing behind the car are Kent Fuller, Ed Donovan, Tom McEwen, Don Prudhomme, and Tom McCourry.
Doug Peterson photo

 

Famosa '63, The Greek sets low ET at 7.99.

 

Dick Goss and Jeep Hampshire recorded the first 190 mph run at Famoso-191.08 at the '63 March Meet.
Doyle Hatfield photo

 

Any info on this one? I have not seen this Canopy car before.
I am assuming it is period correct, (and not a modern car) by the look of the pic.

 

Great stuff. Thanks for posting. Dick

 

Ron Johnson's Ivo clone actually. If the photo was of the original it would be either a Buick or a Caddy pushing.

Roo

 

Initially I thought that this might have been the SWC Dark Horse 2 Mustang but it had bolt on Cragar S/S front wheels (and the quarter windows in the C pillars). The rear wheel opening radius is not cut as high either so who was this?

Roo

 

Vintage drag racing photo's for sure !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jimbo

 

Yes, Nando Haas in the Rader Wheels car, one of three fuel dragsters that would get upside down at that meet...apparently there was a ridge or something on the track....(Paul Sutherland also got upside down in the Charter, forgot who the third car was, but it was a full bodied Woody car, because Woody, in disgust, threw the battered remains of the body over the fence, loaded the remains of the car and left for Long Beach)

 

With the lack of details in the background of this photo, it looks like somebody is trying to push-start a fueler on a stretch of highway. At least I'm assuming that this is a return road at a track somewhere...