Vintage drags w/Corvettes

[Jean C.]

Click here: Old Drag Racing Photos (I Mean Older Then Dirt)

Good photos from an unknown drag strip. Anyone recognize any of the Corvettes or the strip?
Best regards,

[Bob J.]

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Click here: Old Drag Racing Photos (I Mean Older Then Dirt)

Good photos from an unknown drag strip. Anyone recognize any of the Corvettes or the strip?
Best regards,

Looks like Miss Roanoke handling the trophies

[John F.]

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Great pictures! You gotta love the flagman/starter. That is Richard "The King" Petty in the Barracuda.

John

[Joel A.]

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Ahhhhh....da good ol days! Flagman having as much fun as anyone...
Thanks for sharing the link.

[William L.]

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Great pictures. Thanks for posting them.

[Mike M.]

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thanks charlie.mike

[Todd L.]

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Those are great, thanks for sharing!

[Paul J.]

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Great pictures! You gotta love the flagman/starter. That is Richard "The King" Petty in the Barracuda.

John

You mean this "King"?

[Paul J.]

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Looks like Miss Roanoke handling the trophies

Bob,

That's the old Roanoke Drag Strip. I was a kid when I was there last. Do you remember where it was?

Some of those people looked familiar. Below is Bob Bateman awarding the trophy to Dick Sweker in 1958. I've forgotten who those guys are, so don't ask.

Paul

[Paul J.]

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Stock car quiz:

Who are these people?

What is in the last photo?

(hint: not everyone in each photo is famous, except for the last picture)

[Jean C.]

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Paul,
Why would anyone want that many gallon bottles of distilled water?
Best regards,

[Jim S.]

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Great photos! I just wish that I had a camera in my youth. I attended lots of races in the 60s at Detroit Dragway, the Indy Nationals, Central Michigan Dragway, etc but no photos.

Detroit Dragway in the 60s was just like attending the Nationals with respect to Stock and Super Stock racing. All the big dealers and teams around Detroit, (Bob Ford, Packer Pontiac, Royal Pontiac, Hodges Dodges with the Ramchargers, University Plymouth, Hamiton Motors the Golden Commandos) would bring their race cars to Detroit Dragway almost every weekend. Isn't that funny, I can't remember the name(s) of any Chevrolet dealers.

Jim

[Paul J.]

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Paul,
Why would anyone want that many gallon bottles of distilled water?
Best regards,

Good one!

Down in your neck of the woods isn't it supposed to be an El Dorado convertible with the trunk full of ice and Lone Star long neckers?

Paul

[Michael M.]

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Great job Charlie. It does'nt seem that long ago but I can remember when dragsters had the engines in front of the driver. The NHRA did a great job in the evolution of drag racing. The pictures you posted is where it all started.

[Tom P.]

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And where are all these old classic dragsters today?????