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(Talkin' 'Bout my Generation)
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AA/FC Gene Snow in the seat. The year is 1971

AA/FC Fantastic night shot, the late Willie Borsch in the seat

AA/FC "Magnum Force" with Arnie Swensen in the seat

AA/FC Let's get it on!

AA/FC Great in the lights shot. With the laundry just coming out. It's Leroy Goldstein

 

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September 6th is 'National Blower Explosion Day'

Fred Mooneyham checking out his not so good blower

TV Tom after a pass at the 1967 Nationals.

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The "Ace" at the hit. The year is 1976

The late Steve Carbone doing some house cleaning "Atlas Oil Tool Special"

"The Joker" of Kalivoda & Hamlin. Who's laughing now?

Gary Burgin chucking the blower.

The late John Mulligan having a bad blower day.

No ID Bang, nitro, oil = fire and a bad day.

 

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September 6th is 'National Blower Explosion Day'
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Fred Mooneyham checking out his not so good blower
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TV Tom after a pass at the 1967 Nationals.
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No ID on this dead blower.
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The late Dan Horan clean's off the top of the motor, at the hit.
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The late Steve Carbone doing some house cleaning "Atlas Oil Tool Special"
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"The Joker" of Kalivoda & Hamlin. Who's laughing now?
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Gary Burgin chucking the blower.
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The late John Mulligan having a bad blower day.
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The End!

1974 World finals qualifying pass, both axels broke when shifting into high gear. Later found out that they were heat treated incorrectly, that was the 7th pass on those new axels.
Almost quit after that explosion.

 

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Part two...Celebrating 'National Blower Explosion Day'

It's Dan Horan, in the lights at Tulsa.

No ID this baby is dead

Lew Arrington in the seat, is topless after a big blower bang. The year is1970

It's 1964 and Art Malone decides to bang the blower on the starting line
at the Winternationals.

No ID but for sure it's Carlsbad. Starting line, blower ka-boom.

Gary Ritter hanging the blower off the side of the motor.

It's the 1977 Winternationals, Steve Harris in the seat and the blower rotor on the ground. Bitchin

Gary Matranga at the Dale 1971, murdering his blower.

Ray Stutz blower has seen better days!

Bill Leavitt in the seat of his "Quickie Too" AA/FC having a bad blower day!

 

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Remember when Funny Cars did long smokey burnouts?

 

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Remember when Funny Cars did long smokey burnouts?
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NHRA Winternationals Pomona 1972

 

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A New Day Yesterday

AA/FD. Tom Toler in the seat. Dick Stahl's fuel dragster

AA/FD. Walt Rhodes at sunset, at the 1972 PDA race. OCIR

AA/FD. Just another fire burnout. From Washington State Herm Peterson

AA/FD. Leland Kolb in the seat and the laundry out

AA/FD. Bob Beaulieu in the seat "Eastern Raider" of Al Hanna

AA/FD. The "Goo$e" in the seat

AA/FD. Fantastic in the lights shot. "Kansas John" Wiebe near lane and Don Enriquez

AA/FD. One of my favorites from the early 70s. Dwight Salisbury

AA/FD. Jeff Good in the seat, nitro burning BBC, long skinny car

AA/FD. It's 1972 and "The Snake" and Bob Noice. Gettin' It On at Lions

 

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The "Rail Jobs" are coming to town this Saturday Night "Be There"

AA/FD Warren & Crowe

AA/FD Darryl Greenamyer

AA/FD Saturday Night

AA/FD "Assassin"

AA/FD The "Anti-Rain Dancer" is coming to town, to keep the wet stuff away. Canadian Indian Bob Beazer doing his dance.

AA/FD Ron Goodsell

AA/FD Warren-Coburn & Miller

AA/FD There will be plenty of action in the pits, to check out

AA/FD Have your Browning Camera ready for all the action this Saturday Night!

 

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Remember when you could go to the grocery store or drug store and buy a package of Fleer drag racing cards and
got a piece of stale bubble gum included (sometimes the gum would stain the cards). These cards are from my good
friend John, who has a nice collection of 55 cards. All pictures are from AHRA races.
Part 1

 

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Part 2 Fleer drag racing cards

 

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Remember when drag racing magazines (I miss drag racing magazines) would do photo shoots or a photo op.

Gary Beck doing a burnout in a parking lot somewhere? Fantastic photo op.

Here is a classic, the Bandel brothers had purchased the new AA/FD
from the "Surfers" it made the cover of Drag Racing Magazine with
Jim Morrison (The Doors) girlfriend, Pamela Courson.
See below. May 1967 cover shot.

The "Purple Gang" AA/FD at LAX. The year is 1967

Stephanie Rose posing with the AA/FC "Super Chief" Stephanie at onetime was
married to jet car driver Doug Rose. One of my all time favorite nitro floppers
when I was a kid, especially the 1971 version, the 1973 version pictured, Saw
both version's a couple of times at Seattle. Loved what Nelson Carter had written
on the front spoiler (Nelson was a Osage Indian, Okla.)
"Custer Had It Coming" Nelson passed 2/23/2023

Here is a couple of photo shoot and photo op of everyone's
favorite car thief and murder for hire, "Broadway Freddy" DeName.
Freddy doing a burnout on New York's Coney Island boardwalk.

Photo shoot with the "Mongoo$e" Tom McEwen at Lion CountrySafari in SoCal.

I've posted this photo before, but hey, I'm the one doing the posting. It's the AA/FD of Chuck Tanko
"They're real and they're spectacular"

 

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Last Time Around
Now I won't be back till later on
If I do come back at all
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AA/FC One of my all time favorite floppers

AA/FD My favorite rear engine top fuel dragster ever

AA/FD From days gone by. It's 1965 a classic leave.
Run to the fence kids, we got AA/FD up next!

AA/FC From Cle Elum, Wa it's Mike Miller in the seat and maybe, just maybe the
coolest name for a nitro flopper. "Boredom Zero"

AA/FD Thank you, Drag Racing Photo Greats magazines from the late 60s to the early 70s

AA/FD Just Bitchin, nothing else needs to be said!

AA/FC My all time favorite driver, and my all time favorite nitro burning flopper! I miss 1975

AA/FC I miss photo shoots

AA/FD One of my all time favorite photo, Jeep Hampshire in the seat

The greatest drag racing magazine publication ever Drag Racing USA and my favorite cover ever.
It's the December 1973 issue with Cogo Eads on fire in the lights at Tulsa 1973