NO. 106 ENTRY Mopey DRIVER Albert J. Brown, Jr. CITY Branchville, N.J. CAR '56 Chev. ENGINE '56 Chev.
NO. 113 ENTRY Scotty's Muffler Spl. DRIVER Bud Barnett CITY Bloomington, Calif. CAR '24 Ford ENGINE '48 Ford Ardun
NO. 220 ENTRY Ram Rods Auto Club DRIVER Alvin Holup CITY Dallas, Texas CAR '36 Bantam ENGINE '57 Chev.
NO. 261 ENTRY Cluster Buster DRIVER Don & Orville Mueller CITY Millstadt, Ill. CAR '34 Ford ENGINE '52 Chrysler
NO. 276 ENTRY The Iron Brogan DRIVER Robert Davolas, Jr. CITY Albuquerque, N.M. CAR '24 Dodge ENGINE '56 Chev.
NO. 350 ENTRY Mackey & Veselka DRIVER LeRoy Mackey CITY Corpus Christi, Texas CAR '32 Bantam ENGINE '56 Chrysler
NO. 407 ENTRY Sherman Golub DRIVER Sherman Golub CITY Wappenger's Falls, N.Y. CAR '57 Porsche ENGINE '57 Porsche
NO. 444 ENTRY Buck, Bohls, & Miller DRIVER T.W. Buck CITY Austin, Texas CAR '28 Ford ENGINE '57 Olds
I don't believe all of this footage was shot in OKC in 58 but it was cool to watch anyway (several times) looking in the background to see if there were any images of the guys I went with.
@Bullet Nose - I think it's safe to say it was taken on the Fairgrounds ... the footage of the Chrisman dragster at the 02:07 mark: ... was shot at the same place (note building) that my father shot the pic of "The Moose":
@Bullet Nose - Perhaps some of the footage was shot at the '57 OKC Nats and at other Midwest drag strips ... but I do believe that a majority of the footage was actually shot @ the '58 OKC Nats. There's a high probability that most of the footage in the second video was shot in '58 since the construction of Buckminster Fuller's famous "OKC Gold Dome" didn't even begin until 1958 (i.e., it wasn't there in 1957).
A local hero, Bobby is still around. I have a feeling the motor info is wrong, all the pics I have it has a flathead ( early) and then later an Olds. Never heard of it having a Chevy nor seen pics with one. I'll have to ask him next time I see him. FWIW The chopped F-1 was their Olds powered shop truck, Bobby drove it out to California to have Ed Roth paint it, you can barely make out Ed's scallops on it. Great thread!
And it looks like some of the same cars are parked .... 55 or 56 Ford with the continental kit for sure.
Outstanding post, great incite into the skills of Mr. Parks in the early days of NHRA development. Wish I could have been there but I was only 11 years old and living in Beaverton OR, long bicycle ride. Did make it to the inaugural US Bracket Nationals in Byron IL in 1975, 25 bucks entry 5 grand to win, 600 cars, like Woodstock, it rained but Ron Leek got it in. Quite the experience.
@metalman - Great to hear that "Bobby" is still around! This is the exact reason I spend the time to put a caption under most of the pics I post on the HAMB ... It would be great for Mr. Davolas to share some of his memories and/or pics from his '50s drag racing days! ... Ya gotta love the H.A.M.B.! As for the engine being listed as a '56 Chevy (vice a flattie or Olds), it's quite possibly just a typo in the '58 Event Program: Here's a "movie still" of their bitchin' shop truck:
@Bullet Nose - I noticed that too! ... which lends some credence to the theory that the 8mm movie may have been shot the same day that my father took the pic of Woody's Merc (i.e., on August 29th, 30th, 31st, or September 1st of 1958)
Bobby is preety privite, don't see him getting on here but you never know. I think maybe the Chevy is correct after all, started looking at my pics of the car and the headers are different then the Olds had. Wouldn't be unuseal for a guy to dump the antique Olds for a new Chevy. As it looked in my pics dated 1957. Found this pic on the drag roadster thread, I think it is the "Iron Brogan" but an even later version with a new "cage" and turtle deck. Definataly a SBC in it. Headers/ body look right and Caldwell motors were local here.
Thought you might like to know. I was about 9 years old in Beach N.D. when I first saw your dad's 32 coupe. It was a beautiful spring day and I was walking home from school. I could hear it coming down the street and I stood and watched it. It was the greatest car I had ever seen. He waived to me on the way by and I watched it till it was out of sight. We found out where he lived and would ride by on our bikes just to look at it. I still remember how it looked and sounded that day, and I've been hooked on rods ever since. Whenever we get together at a reunion or something we always talk about our towns legendary cars and the coupe comes up. None of us ever knew what happened to it, so I was really excited to see it on the Beach site. Thanks for some great memories.
Awesome information! I was wondering if anyone knew anything about the P-34 Plymouth from Omaha, NE and or the Houston Rod & Custom Shop Special from Houston, TX? I have been trying to find more information on these cars and can't come up with much. Thanks.
This story really captures what this HAMB and car-craziness is all about. Words cannot do justice to how perfect this story is. Think we all have a similar story, it's just that the car that caught our eye usually wasn't so cool. HEMI32 . . . absolutely one of the coolest hotrods around . . . awesome provenance. Great thread.
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