Sunday will never be the same... (6 Viewers)

[Gone Dead Train]

I’m already looking forward to the next post. These pics from back in the day are so cool and I love the comments you add. Keep it up!! I’m addicted.

Good morning young lady. Thank you and I caught you looking at 4:30am this morning, you are addicted. Text me later.

 

[She's a Faker]

From the Beginning


View attachment 6333
Denny Milani in the beautiful but illfated, Ted Gotelli AA/FD at Lions 1965.
Sadly Denny would be killed in this car at Half Moon Bay, CA August 22, 1965. Denny was only 24


View attachment 6334
The Greek 1970


View attachment 6335
1967 Pacific Raceway The Assassin AA/FD with the late Gaines Markley in the seat.


View attachment 6336
Jerry Ruth hand out 1971


View attachment 6337
Dwight Salisbury in the Smothers Bros. Beach Boys AA/FD 1969


View attachment 6338
My all time favorite car 1975 AA/FC The "Ace" in the seat


View attachment 6340


View attachment 6341
VW Bug on Nitro. It was ill handling at best.


View attachment 6342
Could be the late Mike Sniveley in the seat.


View attachment 6343
The late great Pat Foster at OCIR

I'm a sucker for front engine dragsters. SO COOL

 

[She's a Faker]

Can't forget the AA/FC and the boat fans. Have a good Sunday night!



View attachment 6354
The late Patty Foster at Lions this car was bad ASS! 71 or 72


View attachment 6355
OCIR- I think 1968


View attachment 6356
Rick Ramsey in the Keeling & Clayton AA/FC Mustang at Pomona. Man they had nice looking cars, and real paint too!


View attachment 6357
Cle Elum, Wasington own Mike Miller OCIR 1975. Saw Mike race flopper's from 1969 to early 80's at Seattle
I don't care what people say, I miss the old day's.



View attachment 6358


View attachment 6359


View attachment 6361View attachment 6360


View attachment 6362


View attachment 6363

I don't recall ever getting to see the Mike Miller car at SIR, but regardless - beautiful funny car.

 

[Gone Dead Train]

I don't recall ever getting to see the Mike Miller car at SIR, but regardless - beautiful funny car.

Suzanne, you might remember and saw his last funny car before he retired. He
ran this Mustang body flopper in 1981, 1982 and maybe more, I can't remember.

 

[She's a Faker]

View attachment 18272
Suzanne, you might remember and saw his last funny car before he retired. He
ran this Mustang body flopper in 1981, 1982 and maybe more, I can't remember.

Yep! I remember that car. This picture brings back fond memories. I want to go back . . .

 

[She's a Faker]

THE END...REALLY...THE END
My son will be picking up his computer gear this morning 11-23-2020
I would like to thank my sponsor's
One Punch Beer...Zig Zag Rolling Papers and Oh crap I can't remember the other's
View attachment 6627
John Collins from SoCal. AA/FC 1978
View attachment 6628
Montana's Bill Spevacek AA/FC at Seattle
View attachment 6630
Jim Green "The Green Elephant" AA/FC 1977

View attachment 6631
Danny Ongais in the seat of Mickey Thompson's 1969 Mustang AA/FC Bad Ass car!
View attachment 6632
The late Dickie Harrell AA/FC
View attachment 6633
AA/FD The late Pual Longenecker blowing one up
View attachment 6634
Marvin "Who" Graham...Nitro burning digger
View attachment 6636
The late Jim Plummer AA/FD
View attachment 6637
Tom Toler AA/FD at Irwindale, Ca 1970. This picture was taken out of one
of many Drag Racing Photo Great magzines I have. What a fantastic
drag racing pictorial magazine from the late 60s into 70s and even a
one off in the 80s and 90s. Go back to page 1 of this thread to see the
dead motor laying on the track. Tom was not hurt. just his feelings.
View attachment 6638
This is the sunset on this thread!!! My part anyway. THE END

So glad it was not really the end. . .

 

[glofria]

Washing out the years


View attachment 18141
AA/FC Born in Grove, Oklahoma and later moved to SoCal as a kid, it's Jess "Mr. Pontiac" Tyree in the seat

Jess Tyree was one in a million. I once had the pleasure of spending one on one with him as we waited out a rain delay during a March Meet event. He amongst many things we talked about was his first funny car and the secret no one ever picked up on. You see cars were heavy back then and tough to figure out how to lighten them up. Jess confessed that they built the chassis out of aluminum tubing and painted it so well, no one thought otherwise.

It's hard to believe it's been more than ten years since his passing but his store lives on thanks to the NHRA.

Remembering Jess Tyree

The history of the Funny Car class that we’re celebrating this year suffered a significant loss earlier this week with the passing of Jess Tyree, one of the drivers who was in on the ground floor of the class in 1966. Tyree died Monday of cancer. He was 80.

www.nhra.com

 

[Gone Dead Train]

Suddenly last Summer

AA/FC Here is one for the early 1980s funny car fans (me too). The late John Collins in the seat of his good looking Pioneer Stereo
sponsored Datsun 280ZX

 

[She's a Faker]

Here are some NorthWest AA/FC, from the early 80s that I saw run at Seattle. A number of times in the early 80s
Sadly we have lost some of these drivers. RIP
"Nasty" Dave Benjamin, still races today AA/Fuel Altered
View attachment 6414

Jim Moore
View attachment 6415

Mike Miller, His last ride.
View attachment 6416

Mike Cyr
View attachment 6417

Marty Maltais. Marty raced Pro Stock in the late 70s
View attachment 6418

"Nitro Nick" Harmon
View attachment 6419

Bill Spevacek
View attachment 6420

Paul Luppy. Saw this car burn to the ground at Seattle
View attachment 6421
"240" Gordy Bonin
View attachment 6422
"Gentleman" Hank Johnson
View attachment 6423G

These are more my era. Keep taking me back. It's so fun to come on here and reminisce. I have photo albums of my days at the drags packed away, but it's great to get to come in here and my fix.

 

[She's a Faker]

View attachment 6795
The late Mike Snivley in the Hawaiian AA/FD 1967
View attachment 6796
No ID, But it's Irwindale,CA
View attachment 6799
No ID Cool shot AA/FD OCIR 1970
View attachment 6800
Jim Dunn's "Rainbow car" near lane vs Kelly bown 1968
View attachment 6801
From Oregon it's Cordy Jensen "Bev's Steak House" AA/FD 1967 at Puyallup,WA
View attachment 6802
From The Great Northwest. Green Dragon AA/FD 1966 Puyallup,WA
View attachment 6803
The late Mike Sorokin in the seat "The Grecian" AA/FD 1967 Irwindale,CA
View attachment 6805
The late Raymond Beadle in Prentiss Cunningham AA/FD at the
NHRA World Finals. Amarillo,TX 1971
View attachment 6806
No ID It looks like Fremont in the lights. Check out the front wheels
View attachment 6807
Not a bad AA/FD entry list. Do you agree?

It'd be great to get fields like that again . . .