History Fremont Dragstrip Today Oct 2009! Pics!

Fremont, Calif..........1964

 

Fremont, Calif.............1964

I should have dated my photos better. Obviously earlier in the year and a less radical

"Melrose Missile V"

 

Fremont, Calif............1965

The last "Melrose Missile". This one was an AFXer right out of the box. I believe that as the AFXers were rapidly becoming more radical, this was the car that they cut the top off of to make the Melrose Missile roadster. I moved out of the area around that time but later heard that the dealership felt the race cars were deviating too much from what they were trying to sell for the street so they dropped their team sponsorships after 1965.

 

Fremont, Calif................1965

An original Max-wedge wagon. A poster on another thread has e-mailed me that he is pretty sure that this car was originally owned by Ron Mandella who won the A/S class with it at the '64 NHRA US Nationals.

 

Very Cool! Thanks for adding these pics I appreciate it.I also run the Fremont Dragstrip page on facebook.I hope you dont mind that I post these pics on there as well.

 

Don't mind at all.

 

Just scored Fremont dragstrip footage on Ebay! http://www.ebay.com/itm/300600238972?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

 

Steve was good but lest you all forget our own H.A.M.B. member Jon "The Voice of Drag Racing" Lundberg who now resides in southern Arizona is a living legend

 

I want to borrow them after you watch them. That some good hours of tv there.

 

Marcus -

Very cool find!

I assume you already have a source in the Bay Area that can convert that 3/4" video tape to digital? ... I would think that digitizing that much footage could get a bit pricey!

 

Ive looked into it.I had my families home 8MM Movies converted onto DVD and that wasnt cheap.The seller of these films is also the guy who filmed it all and said he will sell me a working Tape machine for $35 to view the tapes.theres also a friend here in Castro Valley who has been working to put together a Fremont Dragstrip documentary.I contacted him and he is very excited as well to view these tapes.From talking to the seller on the phone today, mostly 70's and 80's footage.Intervies with Garlits, etc..so this could be worth transferring to DVD or releasing as a series.Purchase of the tapes also gave me full rights to the material as well.

 

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One example of Fremont i will never forget:

http://youtu.be/AlToFDc6OlA

 

Yep!

 

Cool videos. I remember seeing some of those race cars live at both Fremont and HMB.

 

A Little while ago I inherited some 300 hours of footage from Fremont Dragstrip from a local TV Cable show from the 1980's called Nitro Hour. Heres some footage for you.This for the most part is never seen before footage

 

Cool. I remember some of those too. My family bought a few cars from Mancini Motors.

Chee-town????

 

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That 80s footage is crazy Marcus! What a find!

 

Famous Fremont Drag Strip Starter Chet Carter who Im told is still alive in his 90's and going strong.<object width="400" height="300" ><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/317930661597610" /><embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/317930661597610" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="300"></embed></object>

 

The last time I was there Roy Brizio and crew plus Vic Hubbard were there too. Pleasant memories of some top notch racers and engine builders. Oh for those old times again!
Normbc9

 

Chet Carter, the starter at Fremont for many years has passed away at the age of 95.

 

Can anyone tell me the year?

 

1965, I even checked the Calendar for 1965 and March 13 and 14th were a Saturday and Sunday that year.BTW I run the Fremont Drag Strip Page on Facebook and replied on there as well.

 

The first drag race I ever went to was at Fremont in 1963. I saw a 7 second fuel car race a jet dragster. They chained a junker to the jet and melted it just for kicks! I thought, "hey these drag race guys got it going on!" I was in school at Hayward junior high. My mom had a stock 49 or so Austin coupe. Some guys kept after my dad to buy this car to make a gas class racer. When we left Hayward my dad did sell it to them. On the day they picked it up they came with their tow rig and trailer. One of the older guys in the block told me they were well known racers, but I do not recall who they were. I was back at Fremont in 1984 and saw a regional
race there that was pretty good. I took a friend from Louisiana with me,
and it was his first drag race also. He was not overly impressed until
"The Snake" made a hard pass in his funny car. His jaw dropped and
he was then very much impressed, just like I was all those years ago.

 

Awesome Story.thanks for sharing!

 

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