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**Ryan** · 02-17-2011, 10:58 AM

Another day, another video from Terry Cook... This one came to me silent and features racing action from the 1955 Great Bend, 1956 Kansas City, and 1957 Oklahoma City events. While watching, I was struck by how similar each event feels to our own H.A...

To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here.

shmoozo · 02-17-2011, 11:08 AM

What an amazing contrast there is between the cars that ran in '55, '56 and '57 and those that ran just 10 years later, especially the dragsters.

pcterm2 · 02-17-2011, 11:14 AM

things were sure a lot simpler back then,thanks for the video,it sure brings back a lot of good memories.thanks again

Tom davison · 02-17-2011, 11:45 AM

Terry Cook is lately known mostly for his custom car involvement, but in the 60's he was a columnist for the legendary weekly publication, Drag News and in the 70's was editor of Hot Rod.

**roseville carl** · 02-17-2011, 12:08 PM

Great Ryan, reminds me of Half Moon Bay in the late 50's and Eagle field today.......................

**Jeff Norwell** · 02-17-2011, 12:19 PM

Perfect..yea.....Modern drag racing blows..... hard.

3rd Gen Hot Rodder · 02-17-2011, 12:57 PM

Great Video. I was struck by how much the crowds had grown from 1955 to 1957.

Surfrider · 02-17-2011, 01:14 PM

Nostalgia (Bowling Green, CHRR) drag racing is still cool.

Modern Big Show NHRA, is nice and loud but the rest of their show...definitely losing its appeal.

Maybe if they ran nitro in EVERYTHING! Pro Stock, all the Comp classes, bring back Pro Stock trucks running nitro....make the rivers run with NITRO!!!!

www.highspeedmotorsports.com

fleetbob50 · 02-17-2011, 01:17 PM

My late older brother went to the Nats in 56 and I still have his program from the event.
I was never able to pin down wether he ran his '32 Vicky there or just drove it up and back

sololobo · 02-17-2011, 01:17 PM

Outstanding stuff! I see a few cars I think I recognize, Art Arfons jet dragster, possible Scorpion dragster, Gene Kidder of Omaha's red/white rpu. My hero George Roseland raced at the first Nats in Great Bend with a 40 coupe, and is still at it today with his teams 41 Stude coupe which will soon be on the salt flats breaking a goal of 200 mph. Thanx for the great memories. ~sololobo~

22dodge · 02-17-2011, 02:16 PM

Very cool video, love seeing the '50's stuff run.
Some recognizable cars in the mix too (good music choice also) .
Thanks for sharing that.
Ken

**HEMI32** · 02-17-2011, 03:00 PM

terrydactile & Ryan -

Cool video ... Thanks for sharing!

Any video from the '58 OKC Nats?

shmoozo · 02-17-2011, 03:09 PM

It took me a little while to locate more info on it, but one of the more interesting cars in the video is Lloyd Scott's creation known as the Bustle Bomb.

It first turns up at about the video's 44 second mark. It was a truly weird creation that had a 348ci Oldsmobile engine in the conventional location, but also a 391ci Cadillac engine dangling out beyond the rear axle. The result was the odd looking thing seen in the image above.

You can see some more images and read more about it HERE.

It's also been discussed in messages here from time to time (of course) and a search on "Bustle Bomb" will turn up a bunch of discussions where it was at least mentioned.

autobilly · 02-17-2011, 03:28 PM

Well filmed, if a little blown out in many places. Really captures the "relaxed and doin' it for fun" feeling of the times. Thanks Terry and Ryan.

flamingokid · 02-17-2011, 04:06 PM

That's someting I've always strived for:Simplicity and fun...if it ain't got both,it don't got me.

Rich Venza · 02-17-2011, 04:08 PM

The Bean Bandits yellow dragster at 1:57 during the Great Bend portion.

BrerHair · 02-17-2011, 04:50 PM

And in color, too! Love the old footage, great post.

Francisco Plumbero · 02-17-2011, 05:03 PM

The thing that ruined drag was racing was green and smells a bit like swass, yup, money. If money got a toe in the HAMB drags it would do the same thing, thank god it's held at bay. About the only big event that did not get ruined is B- Ville. This is a great video, and I always enjoy the music, you should have been a Music choreographer, Gershwin has got nothin' on you. Thanks

FuelRoadster · 02-17-2011, 05:31 PM

That video was great!
And shmoozo,thanks for the link to the additional info on the Bustle Bomb.My grampa(Toby Cagle) worked alongside Noel Timney in machining/fabricating the dog style clutch set up on that thing.
Also mentioned in the link was the use of disc brakes on that car.My grampa also designed & built the brakes for it.
Thanks again for the video & yes the music fit right in.

66cayne · 02-17-2011, 05:32 PM

Yeah, many of the dragsters look like modified circle track cars. Some resemble cars I have built for pine wood derby..

02-17-2011, 10:58 AM	#1
Ryan Administrator Join Date: Jan 1995 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 13,620	National Championship Drag Racing Another day, another video from Terry Cook... This one came to me silent and features racing action from the 1955 Great Bend, 1956 Kansas City, and 1957 Oklahoma City events. While watching, I was struck by how similar each event feels to our own H.A... To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here.

02-17-2011, 11:08 AM	#2
shmoozo Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Media, PA Posts: 619	Re: National Championship Drag Racing What an amazing contrast there is between the cars that ran in '55, '56 and '57 and those that ran just 10 years later, especially the dragsters.

02-17-2011, 11:14 AM	#3
pcterm2 Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: dallas texas Posts: 551	Re: National Championship Drag Racing things were sure a lot simpler back then,thanks for the video,it sure brings back a lot of good memories.thanks again __________________ FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION

02-17-2011, 11:45 AM	#4
Tom davison Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phoenix AZ Posts: 2,061	Re: National Championship Drag Racing Terry Cook is lately known mostly for his custom car involvement, but in the 60's he was a columnist for the legendary weekly publication, Drag News and in the 70's was editor of Hot Rod.

02-17-2011, 12:08 PM	#5
roseville carl Alliance Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: roseville calif Posts: 2,642	Re: National Championship Drag Racing Great Ryan, reminds me of Half Moon Bay in the late 50's and Eagle field today....................... __________________ "Keep Em Between the Whites"........ *and yes Virginia the world is Flat!!*

02-17-2011, 12:19 PM	#6
Jeff Norwell Art Editor Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Palookaville Posts: 11,745	Re: National Championship Drag Racing Perfect..yea.....Modern drag racing blows..... hard. __________________ "I like HOT RODS." "Now, go drive your Volvo...safely..." http://www.jeffnorwell.com http://drawnandquarrtered.blogspot.com

02-17-2011, 12:57 PM	#7
3rd Gen Hot Rodder Grenade Inspector Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Indiana Posts: 382	Re: National Championship Drag Racing Great Video. I was struck by how much the crowds had grown from 1955 to 1957. __________________ My old cars are great. But my real treasure is in Heaven http://www.cacklefest.com/Bronson.shtml

02-17-2011, 01:14 PM	#8
Surfrider Grenade Inspector Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: At the Beach in Maryland Posts: 215	Re: National Championship Drag Racing Nostalgia (Bowling Green, CHRR) drag racing is still cool. Modern Big Show NHRA, is nice and loud but the rest of their show...definitely losing its appeal. Maybe if they ran nitro in EVERYTHING! Pro Stock, all the Comp classes, bring back Pro Stock trucks running nitro....make the rivers run with NITRO!!!! www.highspeedmotorsports.com

02-17-2011, 01:17 PM	#9
fleetbob50 Grenade Inspector Join Date: May 2006 Location: Waco,Texas Posts: 312	Re: National Championship Drag Racing My late older brother went to the Nats in 56 and I still have his program from the event. I was never able to pin down wether he ran his '32 Vicky there or just drove it up and back

02-17-2011, 01:17 PM	#10
sololobo Old School HAMBer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: South Omaha, NE Posts: 6,638	Re: National Championship Drag Racing Outstanding stuff! I see a few cars I think I recognize, Art Arfons jet dragster, possible Scorpion dragster, Gene Kidder of Omaha's red/white rpu. My hero George Roseland raced at the first Nats in Great Bend with a 40 coupe, and is still at it today with his teams 41 Stude coupe which will soon be on the salt flats breaking a goal of 200 mph. Thanx for the great memories. ~sololobo~ Attached Thumbnails __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

02-17-2011, 02:16 PM	#11
22dodge Grenade Inspector Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nevada Posts: 251	Re: National Championship Drag Racing Very cool video, love seeing the '50's stuff run. Some recognizable cars in the mix too (good music choice also) . Thanks for sharing that. Ken

02-17-2011, 03:00 PM	#12
HEMI32 Alliance Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 3,789	Re: National Championship Drag Racing *terrydactile* & Ryan - Cool video ... Thanks for sharing! Any video from the '58 OKC Nats? __________________

02-17-2011, 03:09 PM	#13
shmoozo Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Media, PA Posts: 619	Re: National Championship Drag Racing It took me a little while to locate more info on it, but one of the more interesting cars in the video is Lloyd Scott's creation known as the Bustle Bomb. It first turns up at about the video's 44 second mark. It was a truly weird creation that had a 348ci Oldsmobile engine in the conventional location, but also a 391ci Cadillac engine dangling out beyond the rear axle. The result was the odd looking thing seen in the image above. You can see some more images and read more about it HERE. It's also been discussed in messages here from time to time (of course) and a search on "Bustle Bomb" will turn up a bunch of discussions where it was at least mentioned.

02-17-2011, 03:28 PM	#14
autobilly Old School HAMBer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Tweed, Australia Posts: 2,524	Re: National Championship Drag Racing Well filmed, if a little blown out in many places. Really captures the "relaxed and doin' it for fun" feeling of the times. Thanks Terry and Ryan. __________________ RETRO Spec. (tive) -Getting to where you're going by knowing where you've come from.

02-17-2011, 04:06 PM	#15
flamingokid Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Olathe,Kansas Posts: 1,052	Re: National Championship Drag Racing That's someting I've always strived for:Simplicity and fun...if it ain't got both,it don't got me.

02-17-2011, 04:08 PM	#16
Rich Venza Old School HAMBer Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Suwanee, GA...but grew up in North Jersey Posts: 4,191	Re: National Championship Drag Racing The Bean Bandits yellow dragster at 1:57 during the Great Bend portion. __________________ YES...Fiberglass is traditional!

02-17-2011, 04:50 PM	#17
BrerHair Old School HAMBer Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 2,634	Re: National Championship Drag Racing And in color, too! Love the old footage, great post. __________________ Small wheel turn by the fire and rod Big wheel turn by the grace of God '51 Chevy build thread

02-17-2011, 05:03 PM	#18
Francisco Plumbero Old School HAMBer Join Date: May 2010 Location: il. Posts: 2,539	Re: National Championship Drag Racing The thing that ruined drag was racing was green and smells a bit like swass, yup, money. If money got a toe in the HAMB drags it would do the same thing, thank god it's held at bay. About the only big event that did not get ruined is B- Ville. This is a great video, and I always enjoy the music, you should have been a Music choreographer, Gershwin has got nothin' on you. Thanks __________________ Sheeeucks son.....I got work boots old'r 'n you...matter o' fact, they're better lookin' too.

02-17-2011, 05:31 PM	#19
FuelRoadster Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Lakewood Calif(LongBeach) Posts: 984	Re: National Championship Drag Racing That video was great! And shmoozo,thanks for the link to the additional info on the Bustle Bomb.My grampa(Toby Cagle) worked alongside Noel Timney in machining/fabricating the dog style clutch set up on that thing. Also mentioned in the link was the use of disc brakes on that car.My grampa also designed & built the brakes for it. Thanks again for the video & yes the music fit right in. __________________ "That's a cute dune buggy"

02-17-2011, 05:32 PM	#20
66cayne Grenade Inspector Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Glen Mills, Pa. Posts: 115	Re: National Championship Drag Racing Yeah, many of the dragsters look like modified circle track cars. Some resemble cars I have built for pine wood derby..

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