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

The last ride for Baltes was the Guzzler Top Fuel car of Bud Roche and Don Mattison that he drove in 1967.

 

Jerry Baltes

 

Robert Lindwall's ill fated "RE-entry" rear engine car.

 

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Mike Snively in the Hawaiian


YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED I CHANGED MY AVATAR!
This is my father receiving the Air Medal at Spinnazola Italy in 1945.
15th US Army Air Force, 460th Bomb Group, the "Black Panthers"
Badass fliers!
He was a B-24 nose gunner, flew 30 missions in WW2.
I miss you and love you Dad.
The Panther after 25 missions!

 

This blew my mind, at a glace I thought it was two photos of Peter Robinson then I thought what is snake doing in Pete's car?? Both at Bakersfield Both Cammers






"Hawaiian"

 

Hello, I am seeking information on Don Biggers and his drag racing circa 1964. Thanks

 

Nye Franks Pulsator II - here is the cars history:
http://twotogo.homestead.com/TTGHistory.html

 

The early version of the Lou Baney/Brand Motors Don Long car that Prudhomme recently restored. Later it ran a full body and had the 8 nozzle plate under the "shower head" injector hat. Also driven by Kelly Brown and Tom McEwen.


Not the Hawaiian --all of the late Hemi cars that Roland ran were Longs and this is not one of Don's cars. The El Camino push truck should be a giveaway as to who this is.

Roo

 

Kenny Safford = El Camino ?

 

^^^^^^^ I thought that too Marty, but it is not Gotelli's car (the only 426 dragster the I can remember Safford driving) and the helmet is wrong as well.

Roo

 

Steve Reyes identifies the pic (and he took it) as the Hawaiian 2 on his recollection story of Bakersfield 1967. Most guy were still running 392's in 67. I'm stumped.
So who is it?
OK THIS IS DRIVING ME CRAZY!
I keep thinking it must be a Keith Black hemi, but cannot recall any in 67!
The Hilborn 4 holers were not used by very many teams then.
As for the El Camino, I keep thinking Gene Adams for some reason, but his cars didn't look like that.
Must be a local SoCal racer, it just doesn't compute! I was a teen in Oregon then, helmet means zip!
Like the guy in Magnum Force, "I gots to know!".

 

SALUTE! to your dad. The captions you add make your posts historical. Thanks

 

I'm not sure when Don and Johnny Loo hooked up...maybe Doc Spence here. This looks to be maybe '65 or '66...is that "circa" enough for you?

 

One of the coolest guys ever to race, Roland leong!

 

Dave and Tim Beebe and Lee Sixt.

 

Dick Stahl's Ford powered AA/FA (with a set of Mickey Thompson Hemi heads

 

Needs no caption!