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Nothing Else Matters

AA/FD From Dallas it's the "Rat Patrol" with the late Larry Ladue in the seat

BB/FC Who says a BB/FC can't do a fire burnout. Zig & Deitz alky flopper, with (I think) Frank
Harris in the seat

AA/FC "King Fish" Larry Arnold in the seat

AA/FC It's the 1970s and it's 240 Gordie Bonin

AA/FD The late great Danny Ongais

AA/FD & AA/FC Photo shoot, King & Marshall

AA/FD The absolutely gorgeous "Gotelli Speed Shop" fuel dragster hanging out in a parking
lot somewhere, many many moons ago

AA/FD No ID on this great wheels up, tire smoking pass

AA/FD It's the "Ramchagers" at Bakersfield

AA/FC From Washington State, it's the "Green Elephant" nitro burning funny car

 

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A little of this a little of that


Featuring those wacky racers in AA/FD, AA/FC and AA/FA


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Nitro 1979, kinda cheap back then. Well maybe not that cheap

 

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Great shot of a wheel standing Gas Ronda.

 

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Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)

AA/FC Rodney Flournoy first flopper. X-Jerry Ruth car

AA/FC It's the "Shady Glenn" Jim Adolph in the seat

AA/FC 1981 at Boise. Mike Miller in the seat "Olympia Beer" Mustang body flopper

AA/FC It's the 1970s. Jerry Ruth, 64 Funny Cars, Seattle

AA/FD-AA/FC in the lanes at Pomona

AA/FD No ID, I don't think the AA/FD got out of the bleach box?

AA/FD No ID on this fantastic smokey pass at Lions

AA/FC Ron Leaf owner with Frank Mancuso in the seat

AA/FC Stan Bowman "Ohio State Patrol" fuel funny car

AA/FD Bruce Wheeler "Wheeler Dealer" from the East Coast out West in SoCal. OCIR

 

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You fritter and waste the hours in an off-hand way

AA/FC Dick Harrell in the seat. Camaro body nitro funny

AA/FD Anderson Bros. & Bernstein, with a young Kenny Bernstein on fire in the lights

AA/FD Back in the day, AA/FD got thirsty

AA/FD No ID, but for sure having a bad day

AA/FC Jerry Jefferson "Land Rush" Plymouth Arrow body nitro flopper

AA/FC Tom Hoover in the seat of his pretty "Showtime" fuel funny car at Seattle

AA/FC Dale Creasy and his Ford Mustang body funny car

AA/FD Gerry Glenn getting the tires hot and sticky

AA/FC From the State of New York, it's Jim Wemett "Wombat Racing" funny car

Does this old video have better sound than NHRA TV?

 

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I Still Dream You

AA/FC Remember back in the day when you got your favorite drag rag in the mail or at the
grocery store and it had a bitchin center spread you could hang on your bedroom wall?

AA/FC "Jungle Jim" has the laundry out, after another pass down the 1320

AA/FC It's Al Bergler's "Motown Shaker" Ford Mustang body flopper

AA/FD SoCal's Don Ewald, photo shoot

AA/FD No ID, but for sure, just coming into the lights. Check out his hand going for the
parachute lever

AA/FD A nitro dragster and a pretty girl, what else do you need? Is that a Playboy Bunny on
her shirt?

AA/FC Jim Dunn. Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends at Irwindale

AA/FC Magazine ad for Beach City Chevrolet

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

AA/FD No ID. Having a bad day

 

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Wish You Were Here

AA/FC No ID. A couple of Monza body nitro funny cars from "Across the pond"

AA/FC Back to the USA, another Monza body flopper, this time Ron Colson in the seat

AA/FD Gary Beck taking on Garlits at Seattle

AA/FD Great photo of Herm Petersen at speed, at Indy

AA/FD Gerry "The Hunter" Glenn in the seat

AA/FC Gary Burgin airing it out at Lions, it didn't end well (see below)

AA/FC Future track operator, Charlie Allen in the seat

AA/FC Here is another fantastic magazine center spread. This one from Popular Hot Rodding

 

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Time Passages

AA/FD From SoCal it's Randy Allison in the seat

AA/FC Here you go kid's, some early funny car action. Featuring "Dyno" Don Nicholson

AA/FD When push starting your AA/FD goes wrong

Just a little bit more of the yellow stuff, so I can go really quick and fast or go out in a
blaze of glory

AA/FD Run to the fence kid's, we have AA/FD up next

AA/FC Floppers in the lanes at Pomona

AA/FC Gas Ronda having a really bad day. I believe this was the career-ending fire

AA/FC Remember when drag rags would do X-Ray Photography. This one from the greatest
drag racing magazine ever, Drag Racing USA. Gary Burgin in the seat. April 1972 issue

AA/FD From Kansas it's the "K.C. Bomber" with the late Dale Wilch in the seat

AA/FD "Hot Tuna" the late John "Tarzan" Austin sitting behind the butterfly steering wheel

 

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Time Passages


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AA/FD From SoCal it's Randy Allison in the seat
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AA/FC Here you go kid's, some early funny car action. Featuring "Dyno" Don Nicholson
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AA/FD When push starting your AA/FD goes wrong
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Just a little bit more of the yellow stuff, so I can go really quick and fast or go out in a
blaze of glory
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AA/FD Run to the fence kid's, we have AA/FD up next
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AA/FC Floppers in the lanes at Pomona
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AA/FC Gas Ronda having a really bad day. I believe this was the career-ending fire
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AA/FC Remember when drag rags would do X-Ray Photography. This one from the greatest
drag racing magazine ever, Drag Racing USA. Gary Burgin in the seat
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AA/FD From Kansas it's the "K.C. Bomber" with the late Dale Wilch in the seat
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AA/FD "Hot Tuna" the late John "Tarzan" Austin sitting behind the butterfly steering wheel

good old Made in USA Nitro

 

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And Now You're Gone

AA/FC Mickey Thompson with Henry Harrison in the seat

AA/FD Rick Ramsey near lane, taking on Pete Robinson

AA/FD No ID, what a fantastic photo at Lions

AA/FD It's Chris Karamesines at York US30 Dragway

AA/FD "The Goo$e" getting the slicks hot and sticky

AA/FC From SoCal it's Andy Clary in his Ford Maverick body nitro flopper

AA/FC Don Cook's 1970 Chevy Corvette Stingray, not sure who is in the seat?

AA/FD Just another great magazine center spread, Tom McEwen in the seat

AA/FC Ron Potter in the seat "Golden Nugget" plastic fantastic

AA/FC The late great Jack Chrisman in his nitro funny car