History Early drag racing photos

Texans loved their long headers and 12" midget front wheels.

 

EDIT: found it Tweety Bird

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...returns-after-50-years-kerville-drags.985495/

@Tweety's Resurrection

is this Tweety Bird back in the day?

 

These were a wonderful set of pictures, thanks for taking the time to post them.

 

This was the Oklahoma City nat's in '58.

 

Bob Taylor maybe in the soon to be named " Red Hoss " - the ex-Scorpion 1 car - still running that cute hat over the carbs ?

 

Could this be an early Eddie Hill ?

 

Looks like it to me !

 

Don Ruter Bantam, Chassis Research frame, at Half Moon Bay. The late Rudy Perez took the photo

 

99 Racing Team

 

Mailliard and Crowe, Dave Crowe drove, ran over 136 in '55-'56.

 

Don Clarkson's Willys coupe, powered by a blown Chryser...but the blower was in the trunk, driven by a war surplus auxiliary motor, whose muffler hangs out below the car, Ran 130s, but problems led to a more conventional blower setup.

 

Bud Barnett in the Scotty's Muffler Ardun car at Riverside.

 

Dode Martin in the original Dragmaster at the Nationals, running a Latham axial flow blower.

 

Owen Bowling from San Gabriel, Afron's Green Monster in the background.

 

Bean Bandits rear engine modified roadster, trophy time.

 

Jack Schempf, from Queens Creek, Arizona, blown Lincoln. He first tried the twin McCulloch blowers, but later went to a 6-71 and Hilborns.

 

Leland Kolb's "Whiz Bang" modified roadster, Leland is the tall guy pulling on the rollbar. He later went top fuel racing with considerable success.

 

Chrisman & Cannon at the Nationals, '58. They ran gas that year, lost in the semis. A year later they won the '59 Smoker's meet on nitro, against Tony Waters' roadster.

 

Cyr and Hopper TE-440 at the '58 Nationals. They bought their unblown old dragster to the meet to sell it, hoping to win top eliminator with this newer car, But when they lost in the semis, they unloaded the old car and won top eliminator with it.

 

Jay Cheatham, from Sunnyvale, CA, injected Olds car at the '58 Nationals, next to the twin Chevy Howard Cam Special then driven by Glenn Ward. Jay added a Potvin blower kit to this car and competed in top gas at the '59 Smoker's meet. Tragically, he died when the car hit a marker at the top end.

 

I'm not sure on this one, but it might be Carl Gratz from Reno, here running a Cadillac, later an Olds.

 

Arizona's Buddy Sampson in the car he ran with Larry Steinegger, the big guy by the roll bar. Buddy would win the meet next year in the Sampson, Dillon, and Mudersbach Money Olds dragster.