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

It's Pomona

 

Ding Ding Ding! Winner!!

 

Is that Pittsburgh Dragway?

 

Bobby Allen of Glidden @ Allen.

 

It's Pittsburgh International Dragway (PID). From old days closed sometime in late '70s IIRC.

 

Damn!...

 

Do you still have this picture Partsrivet? It's not showing up in the forum. If so, could you please email to [email protected]. Regards, Sarah.

 

Ernie Hall's first dragster. Ernie was a top notch gas racer in Oregon.
This was Ed "The Ace" McCulloch's first dragster ride!

 

Norris was Leonard Abbott's brother, tragically was killed at Paradise Mesa in this car when the trans blew and set the car on fire. Leonard would found Lenco Transmissions...


Unknown modified roadster at Oswego, IL


A chopped T coupe and a modified roadster --- may also be Oswego, IL, not sure...photo courtesy of Lanny Christman.


Thrifty Auto-sponsored 88" fuel dragster at Bakersfield...took top time at the '61 meet with a 185 run...helped by two nitrous oxide bottles...


Road Kings club car at San Fernando...Rod Peppmuller at the wheel, in front of Rod's Olds push car.


Chuck Griffith's PVTA car, which made the cover of Hot Rod Magazine...Pomona, early '50s...you can see the tower of one of the many pump houses that kept the orange groves watered...


Tom Prufer at Fremont, '64....Jack Hagemann body

 

I love this dragster!!!!!.....

 

Tom Hoover's Woody car from sometime after mid 1967 when he switched to the Cammer Ford motor (and removed the "fishbowl" tail piece).

Roo

 

Nice launch off the line....