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I was given this poster yesterday by one of the drivers whose car is on the list shown.
He also got Snake and Mongoose to autograph it for him.
Check out the admission and pit pass prices. As you say, those were the days.
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Trippin' out in the "Plastic Fantastic Forest"

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AA/FC "The Ace" in the seat
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AA/FC It's Saturday night at Lions with the "Mongoo$e" up
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AA/FC "The Jungle" at night
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AA/FC Jim doing a bitchin smokey burnout

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AA/FC Once again, one of my all time favorite nitro floppers. Gordy Swearingen in the seat
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AA/FC And yet another favorite for this 13 year old kid in 1972. The late Danny Ongais
in the seat
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AA/FC Oh um, just another fantastic burnout from the "Chi-Town Hustler"
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AA/FC Bob Banning Dodge doing it's best to cover the strip in Akron fallout. Tom Sneden in
the seat
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AA/FC Beware of "The Invader" bitch
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AA/FC Charlie Therwanger in the seat "Hombre" Vega body nitro flopper
 
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No BS or name calling on this thread


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AA/FC It's 1975 some guy named John Force in the seat. This is the year I would see John for
the first time ever (I was 16 years old) at Seattle 64 Funny Cars
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AA/FC Just a great under the lights shot, Al Hanna in the seat
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AA/FC Tom Prock in the seat. I think his son and two grandson's are doing alright in
the sport of drag racing. I think?
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AA/FC "White Bear Dodge" The late Tom Hoover in the seat
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AA/FD No ID could be Kenny Sanford?
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AA/FD Bill Dunlap in the seat.
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AA/FD No ID love the Christmas Tree, miss that tree
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AA/FD No ID but for sure it's 1964 and having problems up front
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AA/FD From the Great Northwest it's Jerry "The King" Ruth
 
The Story in Your Eyes


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AA/FC Bud Kirby in the seat
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AA/FC "Flash Gordon" Mineo in the seat, got this poster back in 1972 or 1973
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AA/FC "The Snake" in black
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AA/FD & AA/FC keeling & Clayton photo shoot
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AA/FD George Hutchinson "The Stone Age Man"
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AA/FC Fantastic night action. Mr. Sush Matsubara in the seat
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AA/FD Gary Beck at Seattle
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AA/FD The Goo$e in the seat
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AA/FD Photo shoot, Drag Racing USA magazine. The late Tony Nancy
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AA/FD "TV Tommy" getting sideways on the burnout
 
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Under the Lights

No captions needed, pretty much self-explanatory, that's if you been around drag racing
for the last 50 plus years. Me, my first drag race of year (2024) May 18th at Pacific Raceway.
I will have been going to the drags for 56 years (8 years old 1968)


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Under the Lights

No captions needed, pretty much self-explanatory, that's if you been around drag racing
for the last 50 plus years. Me, my first drag race of year (2024) May 18th at Pacific Raceway.
I will have been going to the drags for 56 years (8 years old 1968)


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Heros of my youth CKC from San Antonio Tx
 
Twice Removed from Yesterday


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AA/FC From Pennsylvania it's Bruce Larson
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AA/FC Dick Bourgeois in the seat
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AA/FC "Flash Gordon" Mineo Pontiac Firebird body flopper
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AA/FC Gene Conway in the bleach box
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AA/FC Photo shoot "Strip Blazer" Malcolm Durham from Washington, D.C.
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AA/FD From Bremerton, Washington it's Herm Petersen in the "Beach Imports" fuel digger
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AA/FD The Snake, with the wedge body off the car. Check out the headers glowing red
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AA/FC, AA/FC, AA/FD Proto shoot, Gene Snow, Jake Johnston and Chip Woodall
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AA/FD The Mongoo$e come in at you
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AA/FD From SoCal it's "Mr. Ed" Willis owner, not sure who is in the seat?
 
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What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits


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AA/FC "Color Me Gone" Roger Lindamood
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AA/FD Good Lookin fuel digger, Rick Ramsey in the seat
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AA/FD Carl Olson vs Frank Bradley many moons ago
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AA/FD The "El Lobo" doing it's thing at Lions
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AA/FD Gettin' it on at Carlsbad
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AA/FD "The Greek"
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AA/FC Gettin all fours off the ground
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AA/FC A young Kenny Bernstein in the seat
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AA/FD From Washington State, the late Hank Johnson
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AA/FD The late Walt Stevens in the bleach box
 
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They Only Come Out at Night


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AA/FC It's1976 and Prudhomme in his 2nd of 4 years of reign of terror on the funny car class
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AA/FC "240" Gordie Bonin in the seat
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AA/FA Here is one for the short wheelbase fan's (me too) Burkholder Bros.
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AA/FC From the pages of Elapsed Times magazine. The best drag rag since Drag Racing USA
We got the Goo$e and Bob Pickett bringing them forward at OCIR
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AA/FD Fantastic night photo shoot
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AA/FD It's 1967 and Jerry Ruth at night, at Lions
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AA/FC Run to the fence kids, it's the "Chi-Town Hustler" at night
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AA/FD "Kansas John" Wiebe coming out of the bleach box
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AA/FC "Professor" Kelly Chadwick teaching night school
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AA/FC "Durachrome Bug" Night time is the right time for nitro!
 
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Memories in bits and pieces


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AA/FC Twig Zeigler backing up, after a smokey one at Pomona
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AA/FD Clayton Harris in the seat
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AA/FC "Brand-X" flopper of Sien & Lankford
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AA/FC Tommy Ivo having a bad night
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AA/FD The Goo$e and Carl Olson at Bakersfield
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AA/FD Fred Mooneyham in the seat of his dad Gene, fuel dragster
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AA/FC "Quickie Too" of Bill Levitt
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AA/FD Hippo & Poindexter AA/FD not sure who is in the seat
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AA/FD No ID, wheels up and the rear tires smoking and heading for the lights. Bitchin
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AA/FC Stone-Woods & Cooke, could be the late "Mighty" Mike Van Sant in the seat?
 
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Do You Remember?


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AA/FC It's the "Atlas Oil Tool Special" Ford Maverick body, Pat Foster in the seat

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AA/FD "Ramchargers" heading for the lights at Detroit
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AA/FD On the rollers at Lions. I think it's Larry Faust in the seat?
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AA/FC Dave Bowmans "Calif Stud" rear engine Vega body flopper
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AA/FC Mike Mitchell in the seat "The Hippie"
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AA/FD No ID, great shot, could be the late Leland Kolb in the seat?
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AA/FC From Washington State, it's Mike Miller
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AA/FD From 1972 it's my all time favorite rear engine digger. Don Moody in the seat
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AA/FD The "Snake" photo shoot. Hot Rod magazine, Nov 1962
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AA/FD I will close this post out with one of my all-time favorite
fuel racer's, Dick LaHaie
 
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And I've given up hope
on the afternoon soaps
and a bottle of cold brew



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AA/FC From the East Coast, it's black funny car pilot Lee Jones in the seat
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AA/FC The "Trojan Horse" with Larry Fullerton in the seat
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AA/FC The "Shoe" in the seat and the chute out
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AA/FC Ok, I'm going to try to remember this deal. I never saw the car run. I believe the year is
1979 and think the flopper only ran a handful of times with the Playboy Magazine livery on it.
And I think Jim Adolph is in the seat.
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AA/FC For sure it's 1973 and for sure it's Jim Adolph in the seat, trying to turn himself into a crispy critter
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AA/FD It's 1965 and relaxing by the pool
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AA/FD No ID on this great smokey pass down the 1320
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AA/FD Run to the fence kids. We got two of the best fuel diggers of the late 1960s heading for
traps at Beeline Dragway
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AA/FD No ID it could be the "A & W Root Beer Special"
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AA/FD Gerry "The Hunter" Glenn in the seat
 
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Ain't no cure for the "Summertime Blues" well, maybe nitro.


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AA/FC From the Eastern Seaboard, it's the Cassidy Bros. Les & John with Les in the seat
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AA/FD I think it's Dave Uyehara in the seat. Hey, I'm new to the sport, give me a break
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AA/FD The Snake in the seat
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AA/FD Tommy Ivo in the seat
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AA/FD Yes I know, this picture has been around for years, but it's worth another
look. Larry Bowers unloading the bellhousing, clutch, flywheel etc.
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AA/FC Tom and a lady friend
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AA/FC Just another Mongoo$e vs Snake drag race at the Dale
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AA/FC The good old days!
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AA/FD Jim Nicoll in the seat
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AA/FC "Big Mike" Burkhart wheels up
 
Turn Back the Pages


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AA/FC "Miss STP" Paula Murphy
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AA/FC It's Dickie Williams Trans Am body flopper, with Clayton Pool in the seat
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AA/FC Photo shoot. The late Phil Castronovo & Tom Prock
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AA/FD Connie at Beeline Dragway
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AA/FD No ID, for sure it's OCIR, great picture. Dig those header flames
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AA/FD "K&G Speed Associates" fuel digger with Ron Rivero in the seat
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AA/FD From the Sunflower State, it's John Wiebe
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AA/FC Ill fated from day one, enough said
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AA/FC The Blue Max through the years, not all, but some
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AA/FC My favorite Jim Dunn flopper. Built this model way back in 1972
 
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South California Purples and other colors


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AA/FC Omar "The Tentmaker" Carrothers in the seat
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AA/FD Jim Dunn in the seat
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AA/FD From north of the border, it's Terry Capp
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AA/FC One of my all time favorite floppers, when I was 13 years old. Pat Foster in the seat
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AA/FC From the pages of Popular Hot Rodding Magazine, it's Mike Mitchell
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AA/FC From the Northwest. Mike Cyr in the the seat. Skipper's Fish & Chips fuel flopper, ate
there many times in the 70s and 80s. Not bad at all.
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AA/GD Do we have any Top Gas fans looking? One of the best "Freight Train"
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AA/FD No ID. Great picture. For sure it's Lions, 1964?
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AA/FD No ID. Sending the blower rotors into orbit
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AA/FD When push start goes wrong
 
What a drag it is getting old


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AA/FD Under the lights at Irwindale, it's Tony Nancy

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AA/FC Photo shoot. The late Willie Borsch
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AA/FD Jim "Superman" Nicoll in the seat
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AA/FD The late Les Allen
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AA/FC The Pisano Bros. Chevy Corvair body nitro flopper. This beauty would take on the OCIR
guardrail and lose
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AA/FD Photo shoot. Tommy Ivo
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AA/FC Gene Snow at Carlsbad
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AA/FC Just another photo shoot, this time it's Shirley
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BB/FC Not a nitro burner, but one bad ass alky flopper and pretty too! Brad Anderson in the seat
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AA/FD From the pages of Drag Racing magazine. August 1966
 
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