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

like i said the guy that i recieved these from was just a kid that went to the drags for something to do....he thought they were useless peices of paper!!!!! and i have prolly close to a hundred pics soo as i get them scanned in ill post em!!!!!

 

Dave,Thanks, great story as usual. Well I think your statue of limitations has run out with Fred as you guys are still very good friends. Looking forward to seeing you and the rest of the S & S gang next season.

 

WCD enquired about Read's Junior Fueller, It is no more, crashed and scrapped as far as I know.

 

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Too bad. I was impressed with his big win in 1970 clinching the national championships. My neighbor at the time was a local jr fuel racer.

 

Wow, a "9.29" dial in for the little Austin P/U. Where was the photo taken? Looks a lot like the ex C&O Austin of Gene Ciambella (read Conway)

 

That shot was taken at West Hampton - late sixties - that little p/u was scary fast!
I don't remember the owners name but he was from the Elmont area.

 

great pictures dog!!! keep em coming!
lots of cool cars in the background...'61 biscayne, '68 ss camaro with the chrome reverse rims...

 

Great pictures

 

Well then it wasnt the C&O pick up as it remaind in So-Cal

 

Fred Bear
1964 Cecil County Dragway, Rising Sun, Md.

 

The Donovan-Welch-May Prefect (with an Ai Fiberglass Anglia 1-piece) was no slouch either. They won more than their share and were often the Mid-Eastern Drag News TOP DOG in the gas classes.

 

my favorite shot of Dyno Dons 65 Comet after a year of becoming "very seasoned"...haha

 

Now that is how a Falcon should be.

 

Outcasts Racing Team
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Dennis the Menace '55 Chevy - out of Inwood, NY
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1962
Aquasco Speedway, Aquasco, Maryland
(L) Dave Hales (R) Fred Bear

 

1964
Malcolm Durham in the rosin
Aquasco Speedway, Aquasco, Maryland

 

Note how they drove the truck up onto the berm to make the ramps shallower.

 

Gasser enthusiasts take note of the low back/nose up stance, stock a-arm suspensions and massive pie-crusts! Notice also how high the fender cuts go. (Cars are accelerating so the nose-high look is exaggerated a little.)

This photo would make an awesome garage poster. I'm thinking at least four feet wide.

 

Holy Sheet, look at the steering column on this car!!!

 

OlSkooolRodzzzzzzzzz would be proud.

 

As he says with a Muttly laugh.

 

We built a 640 cu. in. engine for a local racer to install in his Vega that had a flex coupling ( braided stainless) in the steering shaft. He took the car up to Ed Quay for some chassis work and Ed told him "Don't bother taking it off the trailer, I'm not working on that thing!"

 

weren't those stock on some GM cars?