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

Great find that is one hell of a story and nobody knows about it.

 

Some of us old farts do!

Roo

 

Silvey and May.

 

Pappy.

 

Joe Tucci

 

Drake Viscone

 

Love the name on this one.

 

The 60's was a wonderful time to be a teenager but I hated always having to beg sometime for a ride to the drag strip. If it had not been 52 miles away I would have rode my bike!
Jimbo

 

Now I see where that four foot long shifter fad comes from.

 

Minsky ' s Hi Riser was from San Francisco was a AHRA B/A Record holder driver and Mech was George Linton this photo was 66-67 Winter Nats I was there he had Jack covered to the 3/4 mark but the car shut off for some reason. As you can see by the Start the car always ran straight as an Arrow . George later went on to work at Crane Cams as head Dyno Man. 1973 I bought the car did a lot of work to it and ran brackets around Northern Calif 1975 it was sold and that was the end of it. On a local level I did real well with it.

 

Damn, I like That!

 

I ran 1968 Winter Nats with my 57 in E/G Butch also switch over that year To E/G . I won my first round against a 55 chevy called Panic Mouse . Next round up was Butch he pulled me in hi gear and it was over. The best thing is I am still hear and I get to tell this story 50 years later.

 

Stared hood in this shot. And the "T" winner sticker in the windshield

 

FOUR wide

 

The gravel plant in the background tells me that's San Gabe.

 

Hayden Proffitt at Indy in 1961 with one of Mickey Thompson's 421 SD Pontiacs. Interestingly, although the 4 speed trans had been available since 1960 in Pontiacs it did not hold up well behind the 421 SD motor and the M/T team used 3 speed boxes in the main.

Roo

 

"Big", early days with the late hemi (and the Crower hat)

Roo

 

Nor-Cal's Jim Herbert. Read about him here:
http://wediditforlove.com/Herbert.html

Roo

 

Hot Rod Magazine drags at Riverside--read about it here:
http://www.hotrod.com/articles/hot-rod-magazine-championship-drag-races/

Roo