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

Jody, Is this the one that was crashed by one of Phil's employees?


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This represents the new age of gassers wherein the NHRA finally conceeded that simply box reinforcing an antiquated chassis designed to house a 40 HP flat head four banger was not serving as a safe enough means to house and control an 800 HP motor.

 

My favorite So-Cal blown gasser-Ron Bizio. In 68, he owned the class, winning half the events held. It was one of the last competetive gassers adhereing to old world interpretation of what constitutes a gasser, albeit barely. Bizio was to venture to funnycar racing in 1970 or so, but the sponsorship deal faded and so did Bizio. He passed away a few years later. The Willys re-surfaced in 1970 with a blown BBC, painted root beer brown and dubbed "Mind Bender."