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

Billy Scott

 

Snake out on his own in 1966 in the B & M Torkmaster car. The car was owned by B & M and Dave Zeuschel built the engines.This is the first paint job, by late summer it was candy red with silver accents. And contrary to popular legend he did run it all season with the Torkmaster drive line which was developed by the Spar brothers and Don Alderson.

Roo

 

I believe as the story goes they had 3 brake calipers on each side trying to hold it on the line, cause it did not have much hi-stall in it and he had to leave early

Then after getting back into a clutch car he red lighted till he got his leaving game back in order

 

Kinda looks like hes holding the brake in this shot.

 

Man look at the size of that fuel line.

 

Ah, the fog and smog at the Beach

 

I will have to ask him about that the next time that I talk to him.

Roo

 

Did this car use all 3 speeds?
We talked and dreamed for years about a torque convertor hi-gear car.

 

The TorqueMaster did not have 3 speeds , just one gear like a clutch car but had the convertor instead of a clutch

You would have to push the car faster so the convertor would lock up, and then start to turn the engine over so the driver would check for oil pressure hit the gas petal to prime the injectors and then the on switch then out of gear in a short period of time

There was a lever on the left side of the clutch can and you could heel & toe it to get it in & out of gear, so once the engine started you would kick it out of gear and hit the brakes hard and make the turn around - get lined up and kick it back in gear and pull up to the line ready to go

So it was in gear when you were on the starting line and you hit the throttle and away it went but at lower rpm's till the tires got to smoking hard

 

I had never seen this explained before.
Still have to wonder if it might not be more successful with modern technology.
Thanx; Tom S. in Tn.

 

Hi Tom

It was a good idea but with out a hi - stall convertor it was not as fast leaving the line as a clutch car was

By the time it took to get the engine & tires up to rpm, the clutch car was long gone

 

Jerry Gwynn on the tire.....

 

Vance Hunt's "twin engine" top fuel car. Under AHRA, that would put them in a different class to run for Top Eliminator. Make one run for the class win (reducing the amount of runs required), and they would then run off against the single engine top fuel class winner. That loophole lasted for about one event. Regards, Chase