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

The great Paula Murphy!

 

Don Yates in the Yates and Smaldino 4-cylinder car at Saugus...Yates would later drive top fuel cars for John Garren, Jim Ward, and Dick Goss, and partnered with Ed Pink to run the "Mask," chopped '34 Ford fuel coupe.

 

Dunno at LIONS/Looks like 1969 to me.

 

It is the Thurmond Brothers, originally ran a steel deuce body...you had to watch this car run to appreciate it...they had a channel frame and a heavy body but were still competitive in fuel altered...from San Pedro.

 

Actually it was Goleman and this shot is from 1966. Gen was fatally injured when he crashed a later Creitz and Greer Woody dragster at Union Grove.

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???? Very early Tony Waters--before the roadster????

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snake



Sneaky Pete Robinson



Again

Super Cyclone



again

 

Boy Jacks Comet was all time cool to see & watch, just like the 554 coupe !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Joel Johannsen photo the ''Rat Trap'' at US 30 before reversers.

 

The Boss Eliminator Racing team



The Wailer



TV Tommy Ivo vs Tex Randall



Wheeler Dealer

 

Above is Wheeler Dealer 1--the former Old Master. Al Freidman was the original driver (and in fact drove it on the west coast while it was still in the original configuration) and Bub Reese also steered. Pete Eastwood restored it to the original Ed Pink configuration.

Below is Wheeler Dealer II, a late hemi powered 185" Roy (SPE) car with Hanna body and paint by Cerney. After a check out session at Lions this car made its race debut at the 1969 Hot Rod Magazine champs. Reese also drove this one for Bruce


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Frank Martinez in the Hay, Walsh, Martinez AA/FD

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Brad Curtin pic.

 

Zach Lee post on F.B.

 

Hi guys here is a new picture I found of my Dad in his own dragster . I'm going to the LONESTAR ROUNDUP today . I will share some pictures with you in the next couple days of some of the old cars . Have a great weekend

 

Standing Room Only

 

Here is my Dad Gary Essman in the blue shirt with the Black Magic car he only drove the Black Magic for a short time . This is the car they made after the purple Magic Muffler that my Dad was the main driver for after Jim Miles the owner raced it for a short time

 

This dragster was at the Texas Roundup last year . I missed the Roundup but my son was there . I hope to see it there today

 

This dragster was at the Texas roundup last year . I missed the roundup but my son was there and took a pic of it . I will be going to the roundup today if it's there today I will make sure to share a picture with you

 

What is this? Can't tell...looks too early for a Pinto, Vega.

 

revised: After that wreck at Detroit Dragway, they installed a new passenger door and Mike Buckel kept the damaged door on his garage wall.

 

Oh, I found out on Mr. Google. A Reliant.

 

Sure looks like a Pinto front end.

 

It is a Reliant Scimitar GTE. Not a Pinto part in sight but they were Ford powered (3 litre V6)



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Michelle,
the car that was at the LSRU belongs to Dave West and it is a clone built by the late Pat Foster. The original was destroyed int he crash that took John Mulligan's life.

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