This week's Auto Imagery "Photo of the Week"

[Rajunz]

Does anyone have a clue about what's going on here with Les Shockley? Is there even a helmet under all that mess?

NHRA.com Photo of the Week presented by Auto Imagery

 

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Maybe he was trying to dress like the drag racing gorilla from Bikini Beach.

 

[Toejam]

For a second there, I thought Chuck Phelps was driving that car!

 

[Mike]

Les wore that hair/helmet for years while racing at OCIR. Rumor has it that he wore it in the jet car just once. Something about burning hair(LOL)

 

[Bullet]

Racing in Drag?

 

[HEMI6point1]

I was going to post before I saw this. Love the car but the lack of a helmet and a real roll cage made me go

 

[Bullet]

I was going to post before I saw this. Love the car but the lack of a helmet and a real roll cage made me go

It's a helmet with hair on it from what I can gather.

 

[Mike]

Keep in mind that in the 70's that car was state of the art and the helmet rules were a lot different than today.

 

[clwill]

... and you don't know if they actually made a pass like that or just did it for the show...

 

[johnny]

... and you don't know if they actually made a pass like that or just did it for the show...

He raced like that, and in those days, no one gave it a second thought. Second look, maybe...

There was a certain Econo Dragster racin' Mater, that had a revolutionary duct tape battery mount during this same era. I'm sure it saved weight.

After Irwindale closed, I can remember crossing over to OCIR and seeing/racing against Les, Goodwin, English and a few other Maters.

"Stay behind the yellow line!"

 

[Mr. Jean]

Yup, remember that well.