1961 us nationals never before seen photos

ive been wonderin if that was the same car or not thank you for sharing the info

 

I remember that hill in the background of those pictures.Had to hold the tops of your coolers over you head to keep from being hit in the head by someone throwing beer bottles down on the crowd!!! They were upset because their guy lost a race and someone cheered!!! Boy those were the days.

 

August "Hands" Hartkopf of Austin Texas. First time Ive ever seen this photo. I know he was there cause one of the other Austin Racers I know mentioned being there.

 

...boy, that guy had a good eye, specially for a non-car guy. he got some really good shots of some great cars.
thanks for posting these...

 

awesome photos!

 

Who won B/SR in 61? I own a car that was there,but not sure who won the class. The car I own is the CONFUSION 34 roadster. What car did your friend have?

 

This Car

 

Thanks CAD,.That car is a very similar setup as the one I mentioned .A real beauty. Is it still around?

 

Yep!

Still has the lettering as seen in the Color Photo from around 1965.

Orginial owner and '61 National Winner still has the car.

 

'Sneaky Pete' Robinson - Top Eliminator


Jesse VanDeventer B/MR vs. Walt's Puffer Too A/R for Middle Eliminator


Dode Martin - Dragmaster Two Thing


Dennis Garrett - B/D 348 Chevy


'Black Jack' - Jack Teagardner '57 Lincoln 368 cu.in.


'Steel Eel ll' (#89) B/R 301 sbc - Nick Rini & Dave Bookbinder


Larry Teter 'Vicky'


Don Neal F/G 32 Ford vs. Jim Lightcap's C/SR GMC powered Model A


Walt Knoch - Walt's Puffer Too


Jr. Garrison's 283 sbc powered Willys - B/G winner & Street Eliminator


C/G - Larry Teter vs. Herbert Cams Special

 

I will pay good money for any printed pictures of Sneaky Pete Robinson and his #51 Southwind dragster...I'm also interested in his catalogs, magazine articles, etc...I've been so obsessed with his career that I have the Southwind dragster tattooed on my forearm...

 

the car in my avatar was ed's first real dragster that i was building a repro of (with his permission) but finally had to give up and sold the parts. 6 twos, mag (from MTs challenger) and all m/t internals from '59. was a dream for 30 years. maybe this car would be easier (labor, $) to build.

 

thanks fpr posting the pic,s!!simple times,simple cars. ahhh the good times

 

Great pics, thanks for sharing!

 

Thanks for posting those photos. Seeing those pictures of "Sneaky" Pete Robinson brought back memories of that race. One thing I remember about that race is the three hours or more that it took to get out of the parking lot at indy after the race was over.

I love the internet and Google. There are some wonderful links to stories about Sneaky Pete and his innovations. Thanks again for the reminder.

L_N_A

 

Nice Lyndwood rail, have to ckeck my file to find out whos is was.

 

I believe that car had a two page feature in Hot Rod when they had the green pages.

 

PM me your address and I'll get a copy of this made. Dover Drag Strip 1961-62, wonder if he ran against the Lyndwood I'm restoring?

 

If anyone has any other pics of Walts Puffer Too, I would love to see them.

 

Jesse VanDeventer B/MR vs. Walt's Puffer Too A/R at the starting line
this isn't one of the photos you posted , I found it on the internet

found it

 

yep....June 1963

Terry

 

The best thing about it all is that NHRA was still running real hot rods. Most of the cars pictured, including the FED's were probably built in somebodys garage, not a multi-million dollar facility. If only we had that today, when anybody could race.

 

Koz, You got that right !!!!! Tom (Tired Old Man)

 

Theses are Awesome... Thank You for sharing!!

Larry

 

that is just plain COOL !!!
thanks for posting..
I have some pit shots from that event as well..I'll have to dig them up..

Rick

 

Hadn't seen this post until yesterday. Was the 17 year old photog Ron Yuill? I knew him then, the pics look familiar to me.

John

 

Pretty cool pics. Thanks.
I had some video I'd copied from 8mm home movies of the 1957 World Series of Drag Racing. I'd borrowed the film from my boss at the time and copy shot a copy for him and me.
Unfortunately, I lent my copy to to a friend and his house got robbed.
They took the VCR (this was before DVDs) and the tape was in it.

 

Thanx for the memories!

 

I blew off Jessy on this run and went on to capture 'Middle Eliminator'



Wally Knoch