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

analog dog:

Yes & they will be comming up in a couple of days.

Plum

 

10-4 on the Chris Lang. A good friend traveled with him when he was drag racing. The car was red white and blue when it won ISCA, then he painted it black and gold later. Chris had an upholstry shop not far from here. He was building late model Camaros and Firebirds into an Avanti makeover about 8-10 years ago.

 

How about a couple of shots of his Vette.......... Pictures are small ,you have to double click.

 

I loved that Vette.............I had built a couple of those models.

 

I am still looking for more lost photo's of John's car anybody have some thank's

 

How many of you remeber Chris Lang's 55 Chevy wagon that ran B/MP called Bag Pipes? Now thats the car I liked.

Plum

 

W motors and Ford wedges on fuel.Good stuff.

 

While Plum gets a package together here's a photo or two of Jerry at Mission Raceway in 1968. I think I was there. I remember those records being set. (I was only eleven at the time, a magical time it was.)

 

A couple more photos from Wheelspin (Ontario based newspaper). John Dutton from Vancouver Island was a good contributor to the mag. Gary Coe's Gunfighter, Bob Kokotailo's Kokomotion. Plus, from Edmonton, an early Gary Beck dragster.

 

I thought I had more of Jerry Ruth. Maybe I haven't come across them yet.

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Thats one KILLER pic

 

I can't rember the guys name in the Fiat coupe, who knows?

Thanks,

Plum

 

Nitro Neil Bisciglia from Kenosha. Drove the wheels off that car!

 

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Thats it Nitro Neil.

Thanks,

Plum

 

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Yup...Nitro Neil, but it's not a Fiat. As I recall he cut down a Chevy or Mopar sedan body.

 

36 plymouth sound right....? broke the front axle at indy gg's back in 98/99 ish? fixed it with a jack handle and went racing the next day

 

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Plum,

I have always LOVED this car!

 

Who is # 5 & how do you spell Gary's last name?

Thanks.

Plum

 

We raced AA/FD in 1996 when Niel was running, I thought he told me he used a fiberglass legends body on that thing. I remember working late one night and stopping by his pit, he use to bring a old living room couch and sit it in the pit. That old couch felt pretty good after a half dozen beers. JC

 

Last ones for tonight.

New class tomorrow.

Plum

 

photo by Ron "Ace" Johnson
Thunder Valley Dragways
Marion, SD

 

Holy moly ! That is one rare shot there,MCINK . I have photos of all of Randy's funny cars,but I've NEVER seen this paint.Any idea when this was taken ? Thanks a bunch. Dennis Doubleday

 

I didn't shoot these photos, they were offered up to me to post on another
website WWW.CLASSRACER.COM, on a thread about the dragstrip I work
at. I believe it was 1969 or 1970, especially based on the cars in the background.

Here's the link to the other thread I started about Thunder Valley Dragways.
Many of the photos have been posted on both sites, but many other people have ventured in, as well.

http://classracer.com/classforum/showthread.php?t=16855

i will ask "Ace" the next time I see him what the time frame is...

 

Thanks for the kool pictures of Ruth...you got any of Becks Camaro,or more of his FED?I remember when Gary was a brick layer...I used to hang with his younger brother.

 

A. Dog. I don't think I have any of Beck's Camaro.

Heres some P/S.

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