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

This Gent has some nice pics of Niagara ( Great shut down Dragstrip) and of the Niagara Reunion ( held at Dunn Tire -Lancaster Raceway).

The 7th Pic down has a link to a Video to enjoy also.

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...channel=s&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=N

Also With respect to the Turbine cars ,if you look through the Niagara Reunion Pics at the Track Photographer site for Dunn Tire Raceway. There was a few of the Couger Turbonique Car that a guy had found in the field near Bowling Green.

Also here....

http://blog.cardomain.com/2007/08/14/turbonique/

 

I'm just now reading Garlits' autobiography and he talks about when people started changing to Goodyears. Pretty interesting book, but kinda dry.

 

what the story on this car ?

 

Back up a few pages and there is some more info.

Roo

 

FUCKING CRAZY IS THE STORY!!! is that 3 motors in the back seat?!?!?!! i wanna go for a ride

 

OK, I guess I'm remembering the second time, when the "Eddie Hill" rule was put into effect. Eddie and his wife , Ersie?, were always class acts at the strip.

 

Just posted in Jeff Burke's Dragracingonline web site....
MAC Tools is pulling out as Doug Kalitta's major sponsor.
Also, Ken Black will park Hillary Will's Fueler.
Also, Melany Troxel's ride will be parked.
Looks like the DHL Funny Car will be the only Kalitta car on tour in '09.

It's gunna be a sad year for Nitro fans.............

 

I read the Johnsons lost GM as their Pro stock sponsor too.

 

Davis and Ingraham's former purple Fiat, instantlly converted to a funny car by adding just a body. Later dubbed Colt 45

 

Rich,
most of that is pre Christmas news along with the Caterpillar deal going away for Powers/Fuller--another one parked.

 

Is there a side photo of that Charger?....wicked.

 

is that a blown an injected motor under that body?

 

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That car looks very extreme for the era.

 

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How do i get my pictures more to the left i'm not very good with computers.

 

Amen. He was a difficult person to work with at times, but his stories were great. Definitely an innovator and one not tied to sponsor demands. RIP Al.

I like this shot of him checking out the SWC Mustang...

 

Anyone from KC should recognize Loose Park...

 

Man that car is cool. Whatever became of it?

 

He told me that it was just "a little hard to handle".......

 

We sure wish we could find it. The Vander Woude family has been hunting for it for several years.

It was one of three bodies made by Mr. Norm (or at least sold by Mr. Norm) based on the Charger III show car (one of the bodies was found earlier this year and there's a thread here on the HAMB about it). It was rebodied with a Maverick body in late '70, then the body was placed for sale in ND. We traced it all over KC and then we lost the trail in a small town outside of KC where it was back in the early-mid '80s. We've heard rumors that it's been hanging in shops from the Ozarks to St. Louis to Texas to......

If anyone has a credible lead please let us know!

 

Next-to-the-last of the orginal Flying Dutchman funny cars.