Vintage shots from days gone by!

GOOD GRIEF! How cool and space age is this>
A Connie and a Caddy!

 

I don't know if I'd like to be on that drivers seat...... I'd probably shit myself

 

Here,s how the Aussies wrecked 'em .

 

With a bit of imagination you might just taste the dust between your teeth and actually hear those old sideplate sixes bouncing the valves.

 

Bucky Burk from Indpls around 1970.

 

Rudy..Who is in the midget???

 

George Benson

 

Photo by Marguerite Baker Johnson

 

Barbarians!

Sent from my hand held online shouting device.

 

Hello,

Nice photo at the 1960 Smokers March Meet held at Bakersfield. The depth of the photo shows just how far across the chain link fences were to the actual dragstrip. But, those chain link fences were the hot commodity when viewing the time trials or the eliminations. When I was filming at Bakersfield in 1960, I was able to wander all over the facility with my pit pass.

Bakersfield Famoso Dragstrip 1960
Even behind the starting line.

The Smokers event was one of the best drag meets we ever attended. All of the biggest names in drag racing were there from all over the USA. Of course, we were partial to the Lions Dragstrip locals.

Warren/Colburn at Bakersfield Famoso Dragstrip 1960

Jnaki

We were at Lions in early 1960 in between racing our SBC Willys in B/Gas. We had just completed the SBC with 6 Strombergs and were trying to get it competitive in this class. It was fun, but the competition was pretty tough in B/Gas.

While I was wandering around between rounds, I saw this most unusual dragster lining up in the pits staging lane. (A 671 hemi in back and an Stromberg/SBC in front.) No one else had that unusual combo at the time. We were interested because of the Strombergs on the SBC motor.



Warren/Colburn at Lions 1960 and the March Meet in Bakersfield 1960.