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

I'd love to take credit but I can't! I lifted that quote straight off the web! Don't recall where it originally was from.
MANY of my posts are direct quotes from others work, some are mine.
I don't mean to take credit for other peoples writing and knowledge,

 

I'd guess pits. Grass and dirt pits were common i the 60's. Gravel could be deluxe!

 

I almost went back and changed the caption, but was going to say that Brisette was driving, forgot that Kelly Brown and Bill Alexander also drove it...thanks!

 

Roger is quite a guy and his work in recreating cars is amazing. I haven't been to Bako for three years now, I REALLY miss it. So many good people and great cars and GREAT RACING!
This is what it's all about.

 

Speaking of Jim Brissette....

 

Rick Stewart vs Don Prudhomme

 

Ivo vs GBP

 

Gary Ormsby in the vagabond

 

Rick Stewart "The Iceman" VS Wayne King aka The Peregrine at The Frog Pond aka San Fernando 1964

 

Roth playing for the camera with the Yellow Fang

 

Eddie Hill

 

GBP

 

Sorokin at Pomona

 

James Warren

 

Ron Manke in the Cerny-Manke-Lins at Indy in 1969.

 

Crossley-Williams-Swann with Wayne King in the seat.

 

No ID at Fremont circa 1965.

 

Jim Nicholl-Der Weinerschnitzel

 

From WDIFL
The car is the "Texas Shark Car", owned by Don Neal and raced by the Dallas Texas "Whiz Kids", at the NHRA division 4 regional race at Victoria, Texas, in 1966, at which they won Top Fuel that day. They were the Division 4 NHRA champions in Top Fuel in 1966, and the number 2 car in the nation behind Beebe and Mulligan of Div 7. They had the most NHRA points of all the Fuel dragsters in the country at the end of 1966. Their total points were the second best in the country. The driver was the "Texas Jimmy Nix". Not to be confused with the "Oklahoma Jimmy Nix". You should have seen those two guys when they got together to drink beer and shoot pool. They could not believe that there were two guys with the same name that both drove Top Fuel Dragsters. Lots of "FUN".

This car was a Kent Fuller chassis, one of several that Kent constructed for other groups as well as this car. To the best of my knowledge there were 3 or 4 Shark cars built, all racing during the 1964-1967 time period.

 

Frank Rupert in the Eagle Electric fueler at Pomona in 1966.

 

Zane Shubert in the hard charging Shubert in the Shubert & Herbert small block Chevy fueler at Lions in 1965.

 

The Guzler - hope this isn't a repeat, unique zoomies.

 

It's almost impossible to find anything that isn't a repeat at this point!
Your post is post 51,562! That's a LOT of pictures!
Don't sweat it! But it only has ONE MOTOR! ???

 

Jerry Baltes??

 

It might be Baltes, the front wing looks similar, don't know!
Jerry Baltes

 

Jerry Baltes raced this flathead-powered ’32 Ford coupe at the first NHRA U.S. Nationals in Great Bend, Kansas in 1955.

 

Drag racing pioneer built this gas dragster for Jerry Baltes using pipe from the swing set of Baltes' daughter.