Hot Rods The Kansas Badman Ted DeTar

I would like to start a thread about One of my biggest hero's The Wichita Wrench Aka Ted DeTar, so if any one has any stories or pics they would like to share please post them !

 

No photos, but enjoyed watching him run! The car in my avatar is the early stages of a B/A I ran for a while. Ran on the same track and time as Ted here in Wichita, mid 60s. The good old days, back when funny cars were real cars!

 

Thanks it must have been a great time to be racing

 

It was so much different that I don't even enjoy the current racing. I was a big funny car and prostock fan for years, but the current rules and bodies just seem all wrong to me. Prostocks had to "look" like a production car and run on a single 4-barrel and funny cars had to be something that resembled a car. I'm a John Force fan, but the current cars with a jet canopy and bodies that look nothing like a car are a bit much. Why even bother to call them cars? Anyway, loved the 60s and drag racing with things like the fuel altereds!!!!

 

Love this one

 

pasedena and terry ---good times...

 

That car was very cool!

 

Dose anyone have any pics to share?

 

Oh I do

 

Any info on this car?

 

Working on a mopar

 

I thought this was a good shot

 

That is a really good picture of Bill McClure (builder and owner of Green Valley) and his wife. Most people don't know that before Green Valley, he built and owned the Double Eagle drag strip which was slightly NE of San Antonio, Texas. They were really good people. Although he never owned a race car himself, I don't think, he loved drag racing and drag racers.

 

Thanks for the post beep ,I did not know that there is a lot of information that people know and stories that need to be told .

 

Johnson Bros. & Nicholson AA/FA Green Valley 1969