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

Pomona...

 

So many teenage memories of this place…and one of the best to ever do it…

 

Try not to get on in one . . .

 

When drag racing was worth watching

 

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Notes say Ivo versus Tom Toler in the Sawyer-Vertrees entry...check out the blower arrangement.

 

Where was this?

 

Rod Riders at Paradise Mesa.


Art Malone at Kingdon, Geri Tarvin photo, one of many she sent me.


Another Geri photo. Fred Salisbury ran this Devin-bodied car in the modified sports car classes, with big FoMoCo OVH for power, called it the "Stemwinder."


Tommy Kamifuju at Lions, Eric Rickman photo.


Raker's Car Club Fiat at Lions, Bruce Woodcock driving.


Steve Muck roadster at Saugus, Steve Muck collection.


M&R on a run at Fremont...Bob Haines later rolled this car at Half Moon Bay after he couldn't stop it


Jr. Thompson ran a blown Chevy in this early Studebaker gasser.


Jazzy Nelson in Jocko's streamliner, Bakersfield...don't know whose photo this is.


Paul Sutherland on a run at Fremont against a dragster...Geri took this photo from the timing tower, thinks the other car might be the Shrank brothers.

 

Not certain, someone mentioned Hawaii Raceway Park...

 

Rick Stewart, Riverside.

 

Thank Geri for us for providing these photo's !

 

Herbert Cams...

 

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Here's the Hartwell & Stanley Austin Roadster in action.

 

Quincy Automotive

 

Gene Winfield, first Dragster.

 

Re: Gene Winfield dragster pic. The chassis and bodywork do not seem to go with the engine! Borrowed motor? Glad he survived his first dragster!!!

 

His fabrication skills have certainly improved since then. Celebrated 95 yesterday and still shaping metal and building customs. Pretty amazing.

 

Would somebody please explain to me how that man does it?

 

Would it be an oversimplefication to say that Gene has good genes?