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A Space In Time

AA/FD Former NHRA starter Rick Stewart in the seat 1966

AA/FD Gerry "The Hunter" Glenn in the seat Schultz & Glenn fuel digger

AA/FD Mike Kuhl's car with Billy Tidwell in the seat

AA/FD 1969 photo shoot at Lions

AA/FD 1967 Run to the fence kids, it's fuel dragster racing at it's best. Jim Herbert
far lane taking on Chuck Flores at Half Moon Bay, CA

A Space in Time...Margaret are you out there?
Shadow of a Doubt (A Complex Kid)...April 19, 1958

AA/FD 1965 The "A&W Root Beer Special" Bob Downey in the seat

AA/FD 1966 Check out the front wheels. Dwight Salisbury fighting to stay
off the centerline

If you like Prog Rock. Bands like King Crimson -Yes -Emerson,Lake&Palmer-Pink Floyd-The Alan Parsons Project...ect
This album is a must. From 1996 the album Signify from Porcupine Tree.
Song-Waiting (Phase One)

 

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A New Day Yesterday

AA/FD The Burgess & Steed "Mr. Boston" fuel digger kicking the blower
off there big block Chevy on the starting line. Then checking to make sure
driver Dick Roberts is in one piece.

AA/FD The Major & McCauley dragster with Ed McCulloch in the seat
Just guessing here, it looks like Deer Park, WA. 40 min drive north of
Spokane, WA

AA/FD No ID my guess it is 1964 or early 1965
still running weed burner headers

AA/FD Ron Goodsell in the seat

AA/FC The flopper owned by "Mr Ed" Willis with Dave Beebe in the seat

AA/FC Randy Walls heating the tires in his plastic fantactic funny

AA/FC The late Leroy Goldstein in the seat Candies & Hughes flopper

AA/FC The self proclaimed "King of the Northwest" Jerry Ruth

AA/FC I will close this pictorial out with a (almost bring me to tears) winners circle shot.
The four male adults in the photo are no longer with us.
L to R Gary Slusser, C.J. "Pappy" Hart, Joe Pisano and Such Matsubara

 

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Shapes Of Things

AA/FD January 1971 "Changing Of The Guard" Was it good or bad, it saved alot of lives! That is a good
thing! Gerry "The Hunter" Glenn taking on "Big Daddy" Don Garlits

AA/FD Dennis Baca in the seat at Fremont

AA/FD The late Dave Braskett getting the tires hot and sticky!

AA/FD Dan Richens in his "Iron Horse" taking on James Warren "Rain For Rent"

AA/FD 1972 Bar none my all time favorite rear engine digger! Don Moody in the seat. Saw the car
at Seattle a couple of times. And in this photo July 1972 Div 7 race at lions. I was there, my one and
only time at Lions. The car ran great. Shit I miss those days!

AA/FD One of the good guys of the sport. From the Pacific Northwest, the late Ernie Hall

AA/FD From Utah it's Garth Widdison. Always liked his crew cab pickups, they looked sharp!

AA/FD 1975 Years before he became a top notch tuner. Lee Beard sat behind the butterfly steering wheel
I don't think the car was built for him. Check out his helmet above the rollcage, and looks like he doesn't
fit in the car all that well. Yikes, think this deal would fly today?

AA/FD Remember when fuel dragsters didn't use a reverser. Here the crew for Denver Schutz gets
a work out

AA/FD Was it good or bad. Every picture tells a story.
Just coming into the lights, the fuel dragster of Dave Edstrom

 

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DRAG RACING USA MAGAZINE

To this day Drag Racing USA magazine was and still is the greatest drag rag ever!
It was just Drag Racing until they changed the name in June 1970 when Lopez
Publications purchased the magazine. Drag Racing magazine was fantastic too!
Here are just a few issues from my collection. (got at the drug store or in the mail)
I use these drag rags to post pictures on this thread and other rags from back in the day.
The last issue June 1975

June 1970 The first issue

August 1970

May 1971

October 1971

July 1972

April 1973

December 1973 Maybe just maybe my favorite cover. Cogo Eads on fire in the lights, at Tulsa. 1973 PRO race

August 1974

June 1975 (The last issue) Still remember that day like it was yesterday. It was late May of 1975, just got home
from High School (16 years old) driving my 1961 Ford Falcon 4 door, with 3 on the tree, lets see the kids today
drive a 3 speed on the tree. Went to the mailbox and there was the last issue. It was a sad day!
Still had Super Stock & Drag Illustrated and National Dragster, so all was not lost.

 

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Syndicate of Sound

AA/FC Vic Morse in the seat of his "Mister T" vette body flopper

AA/FC Bobbi Liberman (Jungle Jim's wife before hooking up with Pam) and Richard Tharp

AA/FC Jungle Jim and Pam Hardy

AA/FC Photo shoot Roger Lindamood's "Color Me Gone" Chevy Monza body funny car

AA/FC Mark Higginbotham "Drag-on" Chevy Vega flopper

AA/FC "Miss STP" Paula Murphy getting ready for a blast down the 1320

AA/FC Paul Radici in the seat Radici & Wise Chevy Vega at Irwindale

AA/FC Jim Dunn doesn't like his drivers today doing long smokey burnouts, but
back in the day when Jim drove he sure did.

AA/FD The Persian Lamb (Google it) photo shoot "TV Tommy" Ivo's "Giraffe" fuel digger

Drag Racing Kids...The Muffs "Kids In America"

 

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"There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineeing; all the rest are merely games."

AA/FC 1977 AHRA World Finals Spokane, the late Raymond Beadle in the seat "Blue Max" nitro flopper

AA/FD "Halucination" Dick Rosberg in the seat

AA/FD Darryl Greenameyer is up in the "Smirnoff" nitro rail

AA/FD No ID Photo shoot San Fernando Dragway 1963

AA/FC One of my all time favorite fuel racers Dale Pulde in the seat, "Revelleader"
1973 Pontiac Grand Am body flopper of the late Mickey Thompson

AA/FD The car was owned by the late T.B. Smallwood with the late Les Allen in the seat

AA/FD Nice under the lights shot Jim "Superman" Nicol 1968 actually this
was before Jim was known as superman, if you don't no why, what
are you doing here.

AA/FC This is the old track Mission Raceway, Mission B.C. Canada. My sister and I went there a
couple of times in the early 70s. The track was literally in downtown Mission. If I remember right
the first time we went on a Sunday they could not run cars until noon because of church service
next door

AA/FD No ID chute out

AA/FD 1966 Just another classic leave from back in the day

 

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Faded photographs, covered now with lines and creases
Memories in bites and pieces

No ID... AA/FD

 

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Sometimes in Winter
Forgotten memories

Silence is Golden
But my Eyes Still See

AA/FC "Showtime" Tom Hoover in the seat. 1975 Pomona

AA/FC "Sundance" Russell Long behind the butterfly steering wheel. 1975 Pomona

AA/FC "Cha Cha" in the seat 1973 Pomona

Wonder if these guy's ever came around to love AA/FC 1969 Pomona

AA/FD Oh my it's Mike Sorokin and the "Surfers" 1966 Pomona

AA/FD Dwight Salisbury in the "Smothers Bros. Beach Boys Special" digger 1969 Pomona

AA/FD Ray Stutz in the seat "Hibbard & McCarthy" Chevy powered fuel digger 1975 Pomona

AA/FD Ain't it just the greatest thing to ever happen, and one more thing

AA/FD Jerry Ruth... Arlington Drag Strip. Arlington, WA 1965
AA/FD...AA/FC Sunday Will Never Be The Same
I Will Never Forget You. Gone Dead Train

Holdin' On To Yesterday

 

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Last Time Around

And now I give you Kathy, posting the pictures and writing the caption

AA/FD The Allen Family "Praying Mantis" the late Les Allen in the seat

AA/FD Bob Downey in the seat "A&W Root Beer Special"

AA/FD Dwight Salisbury heading for the lights "Armenian II" digger

AA/FD No ID, but nonetheless a cool shot. For sure it's Lions

AA/FD No ID, nice shot 1966 Carlsbad

AA/FC The late Phil Castronovo in the seat "Custom Body Mini Charger"

AA/FC "Cha Cha" at New England Dragway 1972

AA/FC The late great Pat Foster in the seat M/T Mustang body flopper

AA/FC The late Leroy Goldstein in the "Ramchargers" under the lights

AA/FD Just one for the boys

 

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Can't Stand Losing You

AA/FD Don Roberts in the seat

AA/FD No ID For sure it's Fontana

AA/FD No ID it's Fontana again

AA/FD Under the lights. Just bitchin

AA/FD Another No ID at Fontana

Not nitro but. One badass BB/FC back in 1976. The late Dale Armstrong in the seat

AA/FC Rich Siroonian in the seat of his Uncle John's nitro flopper

AA/FC The late Danny Ongais in the seat

AA/FC Gary Matranga going ka-boom at Irwindale

AA/FC "Time Machine" Dodge Challenger body nitro flopper at OCIR

 

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I Know You're Out There Somewhere

AA/FC Jim Dunn rear engine Funny Car

AA/FC The Densham & Plueger Corvette flopper having a bad day at Lions

AA/FC Photo shoot Richard Tharp "Blue Max" Mustang
Run for your life young lady

BB/FC The late Bunny Burkett photo shoot

AA/FC Chevy Camaro body nitro funny, Charlie Wilson in the seat

AA/FD Engine manufacturer John Rodeck in the seat

AA/FD Candies & Hughes digger, Dave Settles in the seat

AA/FD Under the lights "Mongoo$e" 1972

AA/FD Ray Stutz in the seat

AA/FD Denny Fitt in the seat. I said the same thing Denny who?
Did Denny borrow the rear wing from the "Mongoo$e"?
Back in the 1960s and maybe to the mid 1970s (like the fuel dragster above) 3 or 4 guys could
pool there money together to run a fuel digger. But soon as they burned up or broke all there junk.
They disappered as fast as they appeared.

 

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Time Stand Still

AA/FD No ID. Remember sitting in these stands at Lions in 1972. You could almost reach out
and touch the fuel diggers as they left the starting line. What a rush for a 13 year old kid.

AA/FD The year is 1967 the "The Greek" heading for the lights at Bee Line

AA/FD 1967 The late Mike Sorokin in the seat "Hawaiian II" great header flame shot

AA/FD No ID 1966 Looks like Irwindale

AA/FD 1969 The self proclaimed "King of The Northwest" Jerry Ruth

AA/FD 1967 Larry "Shorty" Levington" in the seat

AA/FD 1967 Dave Condit in the seat

AA/FD 1969 Nice push road at Fremont. If you don't recognize the yellow digger, what are
you doing here?

AA/FD No ID 1966 Just a fantastic shot

AA/FD Sitting pretty with the "Der Wienerschnitzel" fuel digger of the late Jim Nicoll

 

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"Funny Car Summer" Days Gone By

Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my.

AA/FC Patty Foster in the seat, the Barry Setzer vega body flopper

AA/FC Gary Burgin in the seat

AA/FC "Miss STP" Paula Murphy in the seat

AA/FC "Ramchargers" vs. the "King Fish" Cuda

AA/FC "Fiberglass Forest"

AA/FC Roy Harris airing it out. Mustang body nitro burner

AA/FC The late Joe Winter in the seat "Swinger 1" Duster body funny car

AA/FC Johnny Wright in the "Time Machine II" Challenger body flopper

AA/FC From Oregon it's the late Kenny Goodell in the seat

AA/FC Photo shoot with the city of Chicago as a backdrop. With flames belching
from the headers it's the "Chi-Town Hustler" if you don't think that is cool, you
must be dead!

 

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"Funny Car Summer" Days Gone By

Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my.

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AA/FC Patty Foster in the seat, the Barry Setzer vega body flopper
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AA/FC Gary Burgin in the seat
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AA/FC "Miss STP" Paula Murphy in the seat
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AA/FC "Ramchargers" vs. the "King Fish" Cuda
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AA/FC "Fiberglass Forest"
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AA/FC Roy Harris airing it out. Mustang body nitro burner
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AA/FC The late Joe Winter in the seat "Swinger I" Duster body funny car
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AA/FC Johnny Wright in the "Time Machine II" Challenger body flopper
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AA/FC From Oregon it's the late Kenny Goodell in the seat
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AA/FC Photo shoot with the city of Chicago as a backdrop. With flames belching
from the headers it's the "Chi-Town Hustler" if you don't think that is cool, you
must be dead!

My first time in the seat.

 

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It's time again to get in the Wayback Machine "Mr. Peabody's Improbable History"

AA/FD 1968 Gary Read in the seat "The Groundshaker"

AA/FD 1967 Butch Maas "Stellings & Maas"

AA/FD 1970 Dick Garnett in the seat "Garnett & Rowe"

AA/FD 1967 No ID for sure it's Irwindale

AA/FD 1967 or 68 another No ID

AA/FD 1965 In the seat is Kenny Safford "B&M Torquemaster"

AA/FD 1964 "Wild Bill" Alexander in the seat "Brissette-Herbert-Alexander"

AA/FD 1964 The late Tom McEwen in the seat "Donovan & McEwen"

AA/FD 1967 From the great Northwest it's Rich Rogers "Wolters & Majors"

 

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New Frontier

AA/FD Don Moody in the seat. Cerny & Moody

AA/FD Ron Attebury in the seat

AA/FD "Iron Butterfly" in the lights.

AA/FD Walther & Carter with Jim Walther in the seat

AA/FD From NorCal it's Dennis Baca

AA/FD Larry Leetz

AA/FD Gary Ritter in the seat "Blood Sweat & Nitro"

AA/FD Sid Seeley in the Donnelly & Seeley fuel digger

AA/FD Just another "TV Tommy" fire burnout

AA/FD The late Tony Nancy in the seat

 

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Those Were The Days

AA/FC Back in 1971, I was 12 years old. From SoCal it's the "Sopwith Camel"
it is one of my all time favorite floppers from back in the day. Saw the car at
Seattle a couple of times that year. Gordy Swearingen in the seat.

AA/FC Barry Kelly in the hot seat "Machine Gun Kelly" Chevy Vega body funny car.

AA/FC Bob McFarland in the seat of his Dodge Demon body flopper. This was a career ending fire.

AA/FC Omar Carrothers "The Tentmaker" before and after (below)

AA/FC Ron Fassl in the seat " The Phoenix" Plymouth Cuda body nitro funny car.

AA/FC Tom Ferraro in the "Keeling & Clayton" Ford Pinto nitro flopper.

AA/FC It's 1977 and you got Bryan Raines in the seat "Warlock"

AA/FC Gene Snow's "Rambunctious" Dodge Challenger funny car.

AA/FC Ray Alley in his nitro burning Ford Mustang.

 

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Something Way Out Of Line

I just love A/Fuel, be it NHRA A/Fuel, Nostalgia A/Fuel or Jr/Fuel from back in the day.
I had lost this video a number of years ago, just found it again. It's from 16 years ago
at Bakersfield. Claude Lavoie from Alberta, Canada (Dig my friends and racers from Canada)
The video quality is iffy at best, but the sound is fantastic. Turn it up! Wait for the yellow stuff!

Bucky's Nostalgia Nitro Ball 2007 at Seattle. Lavoie run's a then new record of
6.14 @ 235.35 I about fell out of the grandstand. Pretty run!

Important message from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police "EH"

Jr/Fuel Frank Britt in the seat "Bier Brothers"

Jr/Fuel Roger Pellor "Pino & Pellor"

Jr/Fuel Barry Kaplan in the seat "Kaplan & Kreimendahl"

Jr/Fuel No ID

Jr/Fuel Les Allen in the "Wasp"

Jr/Fuel "McNabb-Bryson-Kruger" SBC on nitro, that's far out man!

 

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A few No ID and a couple of photo shoots

AA/FD & AA/Race Plane I didn't know what to call the plane? This photo shoot is from
1967 (Drag Racing Magazine) Daryl Greenamyer owned and in the seat of both the
fuel digger and plane. Was Smirnoff Vodka the first alcohol sponsor in drag racing or
was it the first hard liquor sponsor or both?

AA/FD Clive Skilton photo shoot

 

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From the pages of Drag Racing, Drag Racing USA and Super Stock & Drag Illustrated magazines

AA/FD Don "The Beachcomber" Johnson in the seat. Saw the car at Seattle 1969 or 1970 good looking.

AA/FD The late Mike Snively in the "Hawaiian II".

AA/FD Looks like Henry Harrison is out on Prudhomme, but look at the tree, the last amber is
still lit on Henry's side of the tree. I'm going with a red light.

AA/FD Jim Harnsberger in the seat, Ono Bros. nitro burning digger. Check out the injector blades.
We don't need no stinking throttle stop on the burn out. Looks like one of the Ono Bros. with the
VHT jug in hand. Classic

AA/FD Just another No ID fueler.

AA/FD It's 1967 at Fontana, with Nando Hasse up in the "Rader Wheels" nitro digger.

AA/FD The "Mr. Ed" dragster with Bobby Hightower in the seat.

AA/FD Dave Russell having a bad day. He was ok.

AA/FD Fantastic cowl art on the Frakes & Funk AA/FD.

AA/FD "Kansas John" Wiebe in the lights and the laundry is coming out.
Check it out, looks like the car is a handful. Dig those Canard Wings.