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

Sanford, Maine long ago...

 

In motion - slowly... Meltdown Drags 2017

 

Charlie Hiller from Mattapoiset, MA. Car is still around, now with blown Chrysler power.

 

Wayne Koeppe's blown (Scott) Flathead digger circa 1953. Posted a 127.96 at the Santa Ana Drags 296 ci.

 

That was pretty damn fast in those days.

 

Dave Zeuschel tuning Darryl Greenamayer's Smiroff car...this dragster was immaculate in every way.

Leland Kolb


Frank "Ike" Iacano on the trailer, Santa Ana...


Willis Ragsdale, from Pasadena, TX...he put a lot of quarter-miles under this roadster, still has it.


Tony Nancy races an unknown modified roadster at Pride of the Pacific drag strip, San Luis Obispo. Photo may be by Karen White, from the Sherm Porter collection...lots of great central California drag racing pictures.


Dick Harryman stands over the blown Olds in the Brown, Frank, and Harryman Joe Itow-chassied dragster, in the driveway of his house...this car was one of the first, if not the first, to break 150 on gas...later set the gas record of 157mph at San Fernando. Tom Beatty blower drive.


John Mulligan in the lights....

 

Walt Stevens recalls that his car broke the rear end while Dunlap's blew out the back of the intake. Walt's car was harder to push and the rear end locked up 4 times during the trip down track and had to be rocked loose each time. In his words "At a 1000 ft the light went out". Both end up in the hospital with body temps around 107. Cold showers and alcohol baths were the treatment. Dunlap made the next round.

 

Steve Woods having a little trouble... seems the rear end in the Willys decided to re-locate itself at about 100 mph. That would have been interesting to get stopped

 

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Dave,
this is the former Beebe and Mulligan Fighting Irish car (the first one) and I doubt that is Kolb driving as he was way too tall for the car and his helmet was well above the roll bar when he did drive it.

Roo

 

Damn!!! This things got some serious torque out of the hole........

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"Who was that masked man"?

 

I don't know but that starter with the snazzy slippers doesn't look like Buster Couch.

 

DDDenny -

Called Loafers.
How old are you..?

Mike

 

Cuffed Levis, white socks, and penny loafers. He was perfectly in tune with 50's style!!

Exhibit A:

 

Like I said; "snazzy loafers"!

 

LOL He's old enough to use the word SNAZZY!

 

I blew up the picture and saw NO pennies in them. Must have spent all his money on that awesome ride. That comment also made me think about how old we are getting and the rods that are coming up (or not) now. Were going the way of the dinosaur.

Pat

 

Tom Dawes, Dick Gazan, Owen McKenney

I think of them often and miss them terribly...

 

http://rmrracing.com/rocky-mountain-raceways-announces-historic-final-racing-season/

Slightly off topic, but this seems an appropriate place to announce the loss of another track to escalating real estate prices.

Bad decisions make good stories.

 

New one to me - "Wild Bill" Shrewsberry's "other" wheelstander. The Mustard Cutter was driven by Ford standout and Bill's brother in law, Mike Schmitt