Features This is the Demonstration Dragster

This is awesome!! Working on one of these myself - love the way these dragsters looked and ran - wish I could see his push bar better in that one picture - wonder if he had a wheel under it?

 

Blanchard was one of the earliest drag racers and helped write the rules for the NHRA.

 

Badass little dragster! Clean and simple and I love the steel rear wheels.

 

tudor , when are we gonna see this at Reynolds......

 

Hopefully! It's taking me a while. Working on shifter and stuff now. Details details details

 

Did you buy that dragster from Massachusetts ?

 

Thanks for the article on Chuck Blanchard, we lost him a couple of years ago. My upholstery guy Jim Enger, learned his trade working for Chuck. I only met him once, as he was pretty much out of racing when I started.

 

Yep. Bought the rolling frame from Mr. Studley

 

Excellent article, and great to see Chuck Blanchard get kudos. I never met him, but the name I often heard when I started hanging out with the crowd in the pits at Woodburn. He was a legend around here.

 

I'm pretty sure that is the chassis that's hanging from the rafters at AMOCAT in Puyallup, Wa.

It was the inspiration for the dragster that Marshall at Thun Field is working on.

 

Hey Marty. Jack Slawik here. I remember Chuck although I was a late comer to Oregon. !966. How's brother Jerry?

 

I thought it looked familiar. Good to see the project moving forward...

 

Can this frame be bought anywhere or are there plans for this kind of frame anywhere? I would be interested in running a SBC in something like this.-Thanks Bobby

 

Love a good rail job

 

This is the one we are working on

 

This had been "hanging" around for decades.... it ended up going to a new owner out west