Coolest off track and historic drag racing photos ever (1 Viewer)
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Speed1288
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Alot of awesomeness in that photoI don't know who took this photo but it is awesome.
stitcherbob
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Quick Bob! Cover that intake with your jacket!
Jimbo
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Many photo's I have never seen before.
Jungle Jim and Pam !!!!!!!!!!!
Jimbo
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Jungle Jim and Pam !!!!!!!!!!!
Jimbo
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ScojoDak
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Quick Bob! Cover that intake with your jacket!
*lol* I was thinkin the same thing when I saw the pic
stitcherbob
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stitcherbob
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Dad's (Charlie) car and yes, I am far left.
Rajunz
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Hope you're doing well Mel.
Here's another picture of one of his dad Charlie Smith's "Plain Vanilla" cars that I took when I was a kid in Houma, Louisiana. It was a '71 Nitro Cuda. Pretty cool, that's Mel in the center.
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Doing well Lance.Hope you're doing well Mel.
Here's another picture of one of his dad Charlie Smith's "Plain Vanilla" cars that I took when I was a kid in Houma, Louisiana. It was a '71 Nitro Cuda. Pretty cool, that's Mel in the center.
Keith Williams (matching red pants lol) and I were crew.....plus weekend "recruit ". Those were fun days!
A long time back someone made a comment that the Warren & Coburn "Garage Photo" should be a poster. Well, it is and it's for sale at the NHRA Wally Parks Museum. Just so you know, I not only don't make a penny on those posters, I long ago told NHRA that they should take any profits made from the sale of that poster and use them for the Museum's upkeep and to expand the collection.
Jon Asher
Jon Asher
I thought I'd show you some of the people who've done an exceptional job of covering drag racing's history -- some of them from the very beginning.
This was taken at the Gatornationals in 2006. From the left, Andy Willsheer, an English photographer who has probably had more American drag racing images published overseas than anyone else. The Big Guy, Hall of Famer Steve Reyes. Jeff Tinsley, former staff shooter for SS&DI and later a staff photographer for the Smithsonian Institute. He was the official Smithsonian shooter when Garlits's car was brought in. Richard Brady, a long time NHRA shooter who began freelancing at places like Rockford Dragway, Union Grove and U.S. 30 back in the Sixties. He's now doing nostalgia articles for Drag Racing Action Magazine. Dave Kommel, one of drag racing's most experienced shooters (for AutoImagery, primarily). Uh, me! Bob Harmeyer, who primarily shot advertising photography for the likes of Goodyear, Budweiser and others. And finally, the late Les Welch, another great shooter with a four decade history in the sport.
Left to right, Carol Johnson, whose first published photo appeared in Car Craft in 1974. Since then she's shot national advertising photos for the likes of Dodge and Budweiser, while her editorial photos appeared in Car Craft, Sports Illustrated for Kids, Drag Racing Action and CompetitionPlus. com. Jim McCraw, former editor of Super Stock & Drag Illustrated, former editor of Hot Rod Magazine, current contributor to publications like (gulp!) the New York Times. Hall of Famer Dave Wallace, who was writing for Drag News and other publications before most of you were born! And finally, the late, great Hall of Fame Founders Award winner John Raffa. Raffa is another SS&DI graduate who went on to become editor and then publisher of Car Craft Magazine. He also served an important stint at National Dragster where his age and experience enabled him to broach topics to NHRA Founder Wally Parks that others couldn't or wouldn't. It was Raffa who convinced Wally (in 1985) that the cars were no longer the stars, it was the drivers that NHRA needed to elevate to superstar status.
Jon Asher
This was taken at the Gatornationals in 2006. From the left, Andy Willsheer, an English photographer who has probably had more American drag racing images published overseas than anyone else. The Big Guy, Hall of Famer Steve Reyes. Jeff Tinsley, former staff shooter for SS&DI and later a staff photographer for the Smithsonian Institute. He was the official Smithsonian shooter when Garlits's car was brought in. Richard Brady, a long time NHRA shooter who began freelancing at places like Rockford Dragway, Union Grove and U.S. 30 back in the Sixties. He's now doing nostalgia articles for Drag Racing Action Magazine. Dave Kommel, one of drag racing's most experienced shooters (for AutoImagery, primarily). Uh, me! Bob Harmeyer, who primarily shot advertising photography for the likes of Goodyear, Budweiser and others. And finally, the late Les Welch, another great shooter with a four decade history in the sport.
Left to right, Carol Johnson, whose first published photo appeared in Car Craft in 1974. Since then she's shot national advertising photos for the likes of Dodge and Budweiser, while her editorial photos appeared in Car Craft, Sports Illustrated for Kids, Drag Racing Action and CompetitionPlus. com. Jim McCraw, former editor of Super Stock & Drag Illustrated, former editor of Hot Rod Magazine, current contributor to publications like (gulp!) the New York Times. Hall of Famer Dave Wallace, who was writing for Drag News and other publications before most of you were born! And finally, the late, great Hall of Fame Founders Award winner John Raffa. Raffa is another SS&DI graduate who went on to become editor and then publisher of Car Craft Magazine. He also served an important stint at National Dragster where his age and experience enabled him to broach topics to NHRA Founder Wally Parks that others couldn't or wouldn't. It was Raffa who convinced Wally (in 1985) that the cars were no longer the stars, it was the drivers that NHRA needed to elevate to superstar status.
Jon Asher
