Anyone like racing?

[Brians356]

They say she was a handfull....

She tells her story pretty well here, I think.
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[D Coots]

Cool story.

 

[jackieschmidt]

Jackie, a friend has one of 'Ohio' George Montgomery's '33 Willys A/GS cars in unrestored condition. -Al

Al, exactly how bad is “unrestored” condition

 

[jackieschmidt]

She tells her story pretty well here, I think.
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Heck, I saw her in person a couple of times when “Jungle Jim” would come to Houston International Raceway on the Match Race tour.

Truth was, she was kind of a “Butterface” in person.

 

[D Coots]

First to go 300 MPH in 1/8mile. August of 1964 Garlits hit record 200MPH in 1/4 mile.
..damn

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[Brians356]

River jet boat racing. Snake River, ID/WA. Don't try this with a prop! Notice planing angle is controlled aerodynamically with forward canard paddles.
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[Lee Whitsel]

I was at Norwalk, Ohio Drag strip to see the races in 69 or 70 not sure what year it was. The Snake and the Mongoose funny cars where there and they ran can't remember who won. But i do remember they broke to 200 MPH that night and the crowd went crazy throw cans and paper in the air. It was a wild night for sure. Now their over 330+ on a shorten track no less. My wife loves going to the drags and seeing the woman knocking of the men in Rails, Funny Cars, and Pro Stock.....

 

[durand mortenson]

Let's not forget Miss Hurst Golden Shifter
Two of my fondest memories from drag racing.

Used to see her at the larger NHRA events. Met her once at a speed equipment show and later at a hot rod event in Bakersfield Ca. Nice lady and easy to talk to.

Mort

 

[Brians356]

Met her once at a speed equipment show and later and later at a hot rod event in Bakersfield Ca. Nice lady and easy to talk to.

To be a good "booth Betty", you gotta be able to chat up the customers.
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[durand mortenson]

My Junk

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I think the early Chrysler performance engineers did some testing at a drag strip using a 49-50 Plymouth body.

Mort

 

[durand mortenson]

One of my older race cars: '67 Camaro SS/IA

My current race car: '68 Chevy II, NHRA Stock Eliminator G/SA class. 327-275 combination.

Nice photos Al. Have it in my head there was another "Tinker Toy" back when..Jenkins maybe? Will check it out.

Mort

Jenkins had some " Toy"cars but no "Tinker". This Is what time does to ya. Used to know all that stuff.

 

[Brians356]

The adjacent rod journals, or throws on a flat plain V-8 crank are 180 degrees apart rather than the conventional 90 degrees.

Another way to say it is that the rod journals' axis all lie in the same plane.
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[durand mortenson]

My wife found this in a box, a pic of me standing by my bike.

I think I was about 32 years old, about a year before I crashed. View attachment 1240752

Are you the guy with the beard? ( :

 

[jackieschmidt]

Are you the guy with the beard? ( :

No, I’m the guy standing with the Schmidt Machine TShirt.

The guy with the beard is a John Koehnle.

 

[spike-55]

Heck, I saw her in person a couple of times when “Jungle Jim” would come to Houston International Raceway on the Match Race tour.

Truth was, she was kind of a “Butterface” in person.

i worked for Speed Equipment World back in the day and they had headquarters in Farmers Branch. They sponsored Jungle Jim for a period of time and Jackie is correct - but wait did she have a face back then!!! They would have them do sponsor things at the corporate meetings and have the car there for everyone to take pictures.
stan

 

[durand mortenson]

No, I’m the guy standing with the Schmidt Machine TShirt.

The guy with the beard is a John Koehnle.

I had almost forgotten you adventures boat and bike racing. Had no Idea how fast that bike was. That was serious stuff. I always thought people who did that kind of thing where just a little different ,but you have my respect and I take back everything bad I ever said about you.( :

Mort

Was John an employee or a racing buddy?

 

[durand mortenson]

“W“ Motor Gasser!!
Dave, I’m not sure if you are old enough to remember the “Gasser Wars” of the ‘60’s, but that was a time to live. They held Match Races as well as their regular circuit. They were a big thing when they came to a local track.

Stone/ Woods/ Cook was my all time favorite, I got see them at the Houston International Raceway when I was in High School. They were still running the blown gas Oldsmobile, it was before they went to the Hemi.

Those were some great times in Drag Racing. The Gassers, by todays standards, really weren’t that quick and fast, but they sure were exciting.

After going to the Hemi I think they ran the Olds in B/GS for a spell.
When I was racing at Half Moon Bay they showed up for a match race with John Mazmanian.

 

[durand mortenson]

First to go 300 MPH in 1/8mile. August of 1964 Garlits hit record 200MPH in 1/4 mile.
..damn

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Dave , if you can remember those cars didn't hook up like they do now. It was smoke city and everyone loved it

Mort

 

[durand mortenson]

My D/G week end warrior machine.

 

[cmysix]

it was very unsafe at that time, Jim Clark died in that car, not long after this film was made. and it took the drivers as a whole to say, "that's it!" we are not driving these death traps any more. it was the days of lets save weight so at times they would use a 1/4-20 bolt instead of a 5/16-13, Jim Clark was all by himself at top speed in that green and yellow Lotus when it just drifted off the track and into the tree's at 180+