Drag, Custom, Hot Rodding in General. Who Is "No Longer With Us"?

Ayala bros.

 

Guys from the Vipers that I miss a lot:
Mike "The Hippie" Mitchell
"Colonel" John Hogan
Mike Demarest

 

Dean Moon

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Jocko

 

Mike Mitchell

 

Junior stocker racer and engine builder Tony Pizzi.

 

Eric Rickman

 

don't forget Paul Newman, was a heck of a car guy besides being an actor, race car driver and team owner. couldn't have picked a better voice for Doc Hudson eithier, fitting having him play an old race cars voice, right before he died.

 

45 years ago tomorrow we lost John Wenderski , Feb 24 1964..

 

Drag Race Pioneer Builders & Players:
Scotty Fenn
Earl Evans
Barnie Navaro
Don Furgeson, Sr
Frank Huzar
Keith Black
Bobby Meeks
Pat Bilbow
Phil Weiand
Ed Donovan
Dave Zueschel
George Hurst
Pete Robinson
Charlie Hill
"Honest" Charlie Card

 

My best friend Clayton Harris, and another friend Richard Holcomb. We had some big times together!! JC

 

Iam sorry it was feb 23 1964 we lost john..

 

Bill Condit
Lil John Butera
"Snipps" Richard Conklin
Gene Moneyham
Fred Larsen

 

And Arin Cee taking us on a visit to Temple McFlathead's place for a hot deal on some old "Slightly Used" Navaro heads.
God Bless you, Pete Millar.

 

More Recently...Went to Dee Wescotts Funeral Service just over two weeks ago.A great inspiration and example to alot of Hot Rodders both here and everywhere....He certainly helped me stay in this business......

 

Guys who worked at Blair's Speed Shop:

Ron Benham
Danny Sheffield
Okie Adams
Steve Bovan
Danny Roberts
Bill Hanyon

Blair's opened in late 1945, so there are many more.

 

Fred Offenhauser
Ollie Morris
Harry Weber

 

Dick 'Krafty' Kraft left us just last month

 

The Bug. Many consider this to be the first rail. Boy these guys had nads!

 

Don't forget, many of the post war guys had survived some of the roughest combat assignments imaginable.
Putting the pedal to the metal was nothing to them.

 

Pat foster...........

 

did we mention McQueen?

 

The best drag race announcer of all time: Steve Evans.

 

Early Pro Stock legends Billy "The Kid" Stepp, Reid Whisnant

 

Chet Herbert

 

I agree.

 

One of my best friend Terry “Fuzzy” Carter, he was crew chief for Eddie Hill

 

Well I heard last nite,that one of minnesota,s own drag race,all around car guy body man and one of my heros Bill Geffre went to sleep,one great guy god speed my friend

 

Did somebody say Jack Muldowney?

 

Harry Duncan