History Drag cars in motion.......picture thread.

Coonrod was cackling one of his dragsters (maybe this one) a few years ago at Medford, hung a valve, and BLEWWW! the blower off the car (BIGG BOOOMER). Pieces of the case flew everywhere, one almost got Steve, who was over by the trailer. Looking at it after, the chain drive held the front and top half of the blower and it just flopped (at a high rate of speed) forward, but never came off the crank sprocket. Probably saved it from being worse. I have looked at chain drives with a completely different perspective since then. Jack's barrel valve hand was injured, but luckily not too much else, other than a gash in the trailer.

 

Fraze,
Jack built a copy of one pictured above, I heard about the blower explosion, that was a close one !!!!!! I followed that team for years, watching the names, drivers and cars change. Jim Albrich was the member that was always prominent. Earl Floyd, Bob Haines and a young driver named Ed McCulloch, made the car the one to watch around here.

 

Out of Eugene, Oregon, the Bev's Steak House car was another of my favorites. RCE chassis, along with a beautiful full body built by a sheet metal shop in Springfield. Cordy Jenson and Bob McCabe were the owners, Cordy (in the center)was the driver and Bob is on his right.

 

Garlits at Indy


Isky wasted no time in trumpeting Garlits record run...


Not sure where or when or who? And what is that cone-shaped thing in the background?


Howdy Williams from Nebraska, at Sioux Falls...homemade blower kit


Brisette & Alexander, Lions


This picture of Chuck Flores at Bakersfield has probably been posted before...but worth a second look...this is the old Ratican, Gaide, and Stafford shark car after they sold it to Chuck


Kalitta


Cross & Sons, Howard Cross drove...think they were from Bakersfield


Blown Olds powered MR -- ID welcome

 

Great pictures CTAV8 you should post them on the Dover site. Have you ever been up to Lebanon Valley for the Capital Area Shows I think I've seen your car if its grey.

Pat

 

Always liked this car.

 

A MORE TAMER EARLIER VERSION. MAR. 14, 1965. FREMONT

 

STONE WOODS & COOK vs NORM COWDRY'S HEALY. MAR.14, 1965. FREMONT

 

The "cone shaped thing" is a slash burner. Lumber mills used them to burn saw dust, bark, and scrap lumber.

 

Had not seen Norm's Healey in white before. Thanks for those pics.

Also had not seen the Healey with the wheels up either.

 

In this picture it sure shows a lot of chrome. Was it as fast as it was good looking?

 

No Pat, never been up there. My "A" is black but I think I may have seen the car your talking about at Rhinebeck.

 

ET Auto. Ed Taylor driven by Merek Chertkow. mod. roadster (Pomona) after we lengthen it.

 

that should have been on post 41870 --- blown olds.

 

Thanks, Merek, I wondered it that was the car you drove, didn't recognize the lengthened version

 

Heidelberg Speed Shop, don't remember this blown version...(there was no Heidelberg SS, a joke)...don't know who they are racing, maybe Fontana?


Merek Cherktow? at Pomona...


No ID for either...Fontana was a great place, thought the lighting wasn't all that great, especially on the top end, and sometimes sand from the nearby grape fields would blow across the track making it pretty slippery...but they treated you right...I think that Don Rackemann once ran it, and later Mickey Thompson did. Completely gone now, under houses.

 

Caption is "Fred Farndon," not sure where...we all had to start somewhere...Fred would go on to race some pretty competitive fuel dragsters


Later Fred Farndon


This is the earlier Y-block car above


Fred again, in a Fiat CC...(at least the caption says Fred)


Same Fiat as above, Buick powered


Fred at Bakersfield



...and at Lions


More Fred, don't know where


Two trains, Peters & Frank against Ken's Muffler (wasn't the Ken's Muffler car affiliated with Warren & Coburn?


Unknown altered at Fremont