New England Dragway in Epping. Got photos?

I know I'm off the photo subject but i have a chance to buy 2 stock holder share's off a friend that inherited them from her dad. Does anyone have an idea of what a fair price would be for them?

 

For almost 50 years people have mixed me up with Dick Roberts. And I have always taken that as a compliment.

I hung around the Oriental Hot Rod Club garage in Reading, Mass and was a gopher for Dick when he was working on the Dragmaster car. He took me to the races when I was a kid and taught me how to think like a winner and showed me a lot of things that I have never forgotten.

We are not related but I think of Dick Roberts like family. Looking forward to seeing him at the big NHRA race at Epping in June.

Don Roberts

 

Very cool thread !!

 

jack -is this the car that went off the end at epping ?ther is a picture that show roger out of the car looking dazed and confused!!!!

 

From Super 8 Movie I shot in 70's

 

That works pretty well, do you have more footage to show? That is Charlie Seigars' dueley pick up behind the Freedom Machine. I rode to Indy in that truck in 1974.

 

I have most of the old super 8 film converted to digital and am currently editing it and hope to post some as a movie soon, these are frame grabs from the DVD, not as clear as the moving footage

 

Thanks for posting these pictures...Do you have any footage of injected dragsters running at that time?

 

32 funny Cars no way , maybe in Southern California but here in New England !! I would have to see it to beleive it.

 

going back to New England Dragway tomorrow for the first time since the early '70s for the NHRA Hot Rod Reunion. Look for it next to the old Sanford Drags tower.

 

..yes it's the original "Pussy Galore"

 

Been going there since 66, best show ever today!

 

I have been going since 72 and I have to agree with you.

 

BUMP; What the heck happened New England Dragway has a New England Hot Rod Reunion and this old post gets no respect. Some of the cars that were there last weekend can be seen in this post as they were back in the day. Here's a pic of a LS6 Chevelle

 

Wow what a great thread with so many great pictures, impossible to absorb it all at once but here's a couple of the highlights for sure. Thanks for posting this.

 

I saw your car there and it looks great. My friend and i had our pictures taken with it and i talked with you for a minute or two. Good luck with it.
Gasser Girl

 

Just found an old folder I had been given from the guy I bought my 62 Corvette from back in the eighties. These pictures were taken at NE Dragway, June 23, 1968. I’ll post more as I scan them to my computer( also have a ton of negatives from Sept 4th,1967 that I’ll take to have prints made so I can scan those too). Hopefully some of you guys will be able to fill in who’s car, driver etc. Some great old pictures.

 

More from the same day

Looks like my 49 Olds in the parking lot

 

Thanks Baron! I remember those days well, and the cars!

 

Sept 4th , 1967

 

Those are some great photos. Thanks for sharing

 

Great stuff Baron! Keep 'em coming!

 

Baron, Thanks for these great pictures, just what we needed to get this thread going again. In the first photo with the dragster...look along the tree line you can see the old Sanford timing trailer. This trailer was restored last year and is on display at the track across from the fuel shack.

 

Hey Church key ( Jack?) Great eyes spotting the trailer. For as long as I've been going to Connecticut and New England, I'll never know a quarter of the history or info you do about New England drag racing. You may remember me, I was the one pestering everyone about the video at the Hudson show last year ,the one at Conn. Dway showing the Beeline Willys and Bill Flynn vs. Tasca Ford, etc. Still haven't found the guy, lol! maybe this year,lol! Anyway Thanks for the info, and Thank You Baron, you're getting the blood going again to carry us through the winter!

 

Bomber, Look forward to seeing you at the Hudson show after the holidays.

 

Looking forward to see you too.

 

Great shots...thanks for sharing !!!