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

Found some more old pictures from Bakersfield (Famoso), track opened in the mid-50s as "Minter Field," indicating its earlier status as an Army Air Corps training field:


Here is another shot of the gold dragster I posted earlier, no ID...even a chrome rear end housing


Jarvis Earl's Buick powered dragster. Jarvis was from La Canada, where he was a neighbor of Don Montgomery, first ran a straight-8 dragster with a body like the gold car above, then built this slingshot...Tom Dyer, who later drove the Ansen & Pink dragster, is driving here.


Ed Losinski, in the "Purple Car," near lane, racing Jim "Jazzy" Nelson in Nelson's side-by-side flathead powered car. Notice that the orange orchards across Famoso Road have yet to be planted. (Jack Chrisman later bought Ed Losinski's car, made it into a slingshot, and ran a gas blown Chrysler in it).


and, speaking of Jazzy Nelson, here is his old Fiat competition coupe at Bakersfield after he sold it...once held the world drag racing ET record with a fuel flathead.


Here is a better look at Ed Losinski's dragter seen above...here he is running Harry Duncan's Chrysler...Duncan, who invested in some really nice drag cars, owned a construction company, "Duncan-Built Homes," as seen on the door of the Ford pickup, also painted "Duncan Purple." Harry also partnered with Art Chrisman, among others.

Bakersfield from the air....you can see how huge the place was (and still is)


Later Bakersfield, Jerry Ruth vs. Bob Hightower, 1967.

 

Drake Viscone at Dover drag strip, one of many Viscone cars sponsored by Carmel Ford. Drake was last working for Roush Racing in NC, I bought a trailer from him about 5 yrs. ago

Pat

 

I'm going with "Buy Why Bodywell megaphone" headers

And - a picture of course (can't have too many conversations in a picture thread...

Gotta love the starter - Don't see that too often these days

 

Hey Dave that pic was taken at Mokan dragway about 3 miles from my house in about 1962-3 home of the hamb drags that's Dave Hightower in that pic

 

Looks like Joe Tanner holding the starters box in his hand.
Long time starter at Dover Drag Strip and member of the F.T.A. racers group.
Nice photo of Drakes car.
Jimbo

 

Here's another shot from the staging lanes at Cordova - in our area early Ford gassers kind of rare as to the Chevy's and Willys.

 

Cordova again - pretty nice cooler.

 

Jungles car in primer? That's how it was captioned.

 

I remember this Model A well. Ray Zang of my hometown, Clifton, NJ. Ray went on to run numerous cars over the years

 

Yes, putting it on Larry (Butch) Leal. I'm looking for more shots of the Potter's '61 Ford if anyone has them.

 

Looks like the old Pocono Drag Lodge, Wilkes-Barre, PA

 

Cecil County Dragway, Rising Sun, MD

 

Very early ChiZler.

 

Great shot....the meet in '55 had several blown Chryslers and fuel Arduns, but the winner that day was Aubrey Hilton in a fuel flathead, which would later get the blown Chrysler in Hashim's car (nearest camera), which ran than as Hashim, Hylton, and Crossley.

 

I dunno, but I bet it was LOUD!