Event Coverage **HAMB Drags 2011 Photos and a Big Thanks to Ryno!**

It was another GREAT year at the HAMB Drags!

Four of us from Omaha headed towards Joplin on Friday morning. I drove my Uncle John's Model A Roadster and Jen rode with me most of the way. Jason (jho) and his dad drove their '63-1/2 Galaxie.

Not far out of Omaha we already had problems. Thankfully it was just a broken fan belt on the Galaxie and they had a spare with them.





We continued on towards Joplin and I get the feeling I may be boring to travel with?




Helmet for safety.







Was cool to see something drag-related on the way down
(my dad drag raced a Kawasaki when I was a kid)





Made it without any problems.
One photo from the hotel parking lot on Friday night.
This Roadster reminds me of Jim Shelton's, but I don't think it was his and that was the only time we saw it over the weekend.
Regardless, very nice/cool Roadster!





(more to come)
Malcolm

 

Photos at the track on Saturday:


I've always liked this Roadster. I think the HAMB Alliance tag said the owner is 'CAL'










Don Moyer's car -- was nice to meet ya!

 

Jive

 

Well built Model A coupe running a 235 Chevy six. Cool!




















Running a Boss 429!

 

This Chevy Coupe was running a turbo six. VERY nice car and it ran HARD! Definitely one of my favorites at the Drags. I think it was making passes in the 10s, but has gone faster.

 

That Chevy 6 powered A was tits!!! I needed a drool rag when I seen it!

 

you have the same taste in cars as me! These are all some of my favorites

 

Some of these were not in other threads, nice!

 

Great series of shots! Really gives me the feeling of what it was like to be there. FUN!! Thanks.

 

Jason went out to make a second pass in his Galaxie and ended up breaking an axle. With all of the modifications to the car, he knew the stock 28 spline axles were the weak points. It has a built 390, Tremec 5-speed, new/good driveshaft and u-joints, and a posi, among other things.

They had just cleaned the track and sprayed more traction compound before his fateful run.

Jason, his dad, and TJ (junk boys) quickly tore into it to see what damage was done. Ryno offered to go get his trailer, haul the car to his place, and let them/us use his shop to work on the car.




I went with him to get the trailer and the car was quickly loaded up and taken back to Ryno's.




Got back to Ryno's, unloaded, cleared a couple cars out of his shop, and put the Galaxie up on the lift.

 

Great to see ya again Nick, great pictures this one is my favorite ...at least for now, I owned a 26 coupe so I am a bit of a soft heart for this one.
Red

 

Carnage.

Notice the piece of wire tied to the axle. Jason made a 'lasso' out of the wire, pushed it over the piece left in the axle housing (with a long screw driver/pry bar)
, and pulled the axle out with it -- crazy!!









Knowing the axles were the weak points in the rear end, Jason brought an extra pair of axles... thankfully!

The car was fixed in less than an hour and back on the road!

Done.

 

Thanks again, Ryno, for helping out so much and letting us use your shop!!



A few more photos at the track:

 

Wish I had more photos to post, but that's all for now.
It was great to see so many people and catch up a little.
BIG thanks to everyone that had a hand in making the 2011 HAMB Drags happen.
It was GREAT!!!



Malcolm

 

Ok....just looked it up, Asbury is 585miles from Earth, Texas. Not too bad, if I'm not too busy next year I'm for sure going to head up that way. That's way cool of Ryno to help you guys out.

 

Wow-Very Cool-Thanks

 

Great pics Nick. Can't believe I didn't see you this weekend, but I am pretty near sighted. Looks like you had a good time.

 

Awesome pics Nick! It was great seeing you guys. Thanks again for bringing my chainsaw back!

 

This belongs to a buddy of mine out of Bixby, Oklahoma. He and another friend drove up for Friday evening and were back in Tulsa at 1:30 AM.
That had to be a nice night drive back.
CRAB

 

Is this in-progress T coupe..



The very same T pictured below?



If so, nice to finally see the finished product. Great looking T!

Thanks for sharing the pictures!


iPhone - TJJ App

 

I was wondering the very same thing^^^^^

Great pics Malcom, thanks for sharing.

 

Awesome pics thanks for sharing!!! looks like you had a blast

 

Thanks Nick!
Love the shot of John driving down the highway with the helmet on.
The tan Chevy coupe is built and raced by the Stirneman Bros. from Missouri - killer car!
Congrats to John for getting the quick fix - thanks to Ryno: RULER!!!
Scotty

 

great pics nick..thanks

 

No guys it is not. But definatly a big similarity. The one on the top is Dan Stoner's from SanFransico www.autoculture.org and was built by Tim Conder www.condercustom.com that car is almost done now.

The orange T was built by me and Bill Bierman of Creative Customs in St. Louis. Same guy with the "Suciede King" Studebaker and the orange "taxi" or "Barron Von Bierman" Henery J.

 

Thanks for the pics Nick! And, it was great talking with you. I hope your work slows down some so you can get back to work on the roadster. Maybe we will see you in it in Austin next spring.

 

Excellent pictures. You need to teach me how shoot pics like that!

 

excellent pics. What a weekend..