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

Thank you for clearing that up for me

 

Benny Osborn. US 131.

 

Dick Woods Fremont CA D/MP Dick held the NHRA national record went on to win Street Elim Pomona 1967 in 1969 joined the Ford Drag Team with Ed Terry. When the Drag Strip closed a few years later he moved his shop to Oroville CA . He told me about the 67 win an said a lot of the runs he shut off the last run was against Bill Coons SOHC 57 Bird from Ohio.

 

Picture of my Dad . Dick Stahl's Rainbow dragster

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Frye Bros. Buicks.

 

"Pop" McKiean's '40 Chevy. Really nice car. I lived just a few blocks from them in Pasadena.

 

Now that is just cool as hell....
Were you ever able to come up with that Allison carb you were looking for a while back?

 

RIP Jess Tyree. Thanks for all the laughs and great memories.

 

Val LaPorte's "All American," was once the Orange County Metal Processing car driven by Norm Weekly and others...LaPorte bought it, and later put it into a water-filled ditch in Florida after he couldn't get it stopped.

 

Carlsbad?

 

This fueler is a Pontiac. Anyone have any details on this car?

 

My son is at the Lonestar Roundup and he found this beauty The Fighting Irish dragster. He told my son that he use to race with my Dad sometimes in Bakersfield

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Pete, so you knew Pops too...really nice car, injected BB chevy.Art Carr hydro....his son drove...I raced them in Don Wilson's gas roadster, beat them at San Fernando, they beat me at Irwindale when I blew the bottom out of the engine.....whole family were great people....