Time Travel....OCIR 1970

[Mr. Jean]

Thought you might enjoy these.
Orange County International Raceway, Circa 1970. album | Drew Hierwarter | Fotki.com

 

[pomona99]

Thank you for the link. Great pics from my favorite track and favorite era of drag racing. Interesting shots of Don Hampton's side-by-side twin Corvette. That must have been a beast!

 

[RAPID]

Nice going Mr. Jean!! Cool photos!

Rapid

 

[DragFan2]

Thought you might enjoy these.
Orange County International Raceway, Circa 1970. album | Drew Hierwarter | Fotki.com

Jean,

Those were classic pics from the heyday of OCIR. Boy did Don Schumacher look young (and skinny) back then. There was a guy standing near him that looked almost like a real young Don Prudhomme, although I'm thinking it might have been Rich Siroonian whoe drove for Big John Mazmanian. Probably was justa fan, though!

 

[None]

Thought you might enjoy these.
Orange County International Raceway, Circa 1970. album | Drew Hierwarter | Fotki.com

Especially photo #62. Nothing like So Cal in those days.

 

[merc49]

And captions too! Thanks Jean.

 

[Mooseman]

What company made those rear wheels
Photo: The Frieght Train | Orange County International Raceway, Circa 1970. album | Drew Hierwarter | Fotki.com

 

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What company made those rear wheels
Photo: The Frieght Train | Orange County International Raceway, Circa 1970. album | Drew Hierwarter | Fotki.com

I believe those were made by Halibrand. Their made from magnesium and sometimes coated with a gold colored coating to prevent corrosion.

Here is a LINK that talks about them.....

 

[Hutch]

Awesome photos Jean, l wish drag racing was like that now!!!

 

[Professor Dave]

Thanks Jean, especially for including a queer car (non v-8 powered) plus the street and modified roadsters. Next time I go and visit my brother in irvine, I'll have to stop by where OCIR used to be and have a moment of silence in its memory.

 

[Mr. Jean]

Thanks everyone, glad you liked it. I can't take credit for the shots though. That goes to Drew, as I just provided the link to his stuff. When I come across this stuff, I like to share.

 

[Silly Savage]

Those were sweeeeeeeeet......

 

[Daryl Naber]

Time Travel ocir 1970

Those photos sure seem like yesterday, I bought the car in photo #31 from Don a short time after this picture was taken. It was my first dragster and was one of the greatest top gas cars of its time until the rear motor cars came out. I sold it to a guy named Jerry Bettenridge in Elko ,Nev. less motor in 1977 . I've always wondered what became of it. I heard it may be stored in a garage near Reno.

 

[Darryl]

Could anyone today even IMAGINE!!! That was JUST a WCS points race if the program at the end went with the pictures. Sigh...now it's all gone...the track, the series and most of all...the fun!