Some cool drag racing machines, and other cool stuff at the 66 NHRA nationals

The Tameless Tiger

Stone Woods and Cookie, the black car

 Even the press car had terrific Hurst rims

The gasser passer and on the hauler truck, it says something under that, "worlds wurst wave?"

 

Don Prudhomme and the B&M Torkmaster

 

 Tommy Ivo

 Munsters Coach advetising a Kustom Kar show

 Eric Rickman -  the Hot Rod company photographer, and the boss's wife

 The Smothers Brothers and Beach Boys top fueler

 Quite a aero job on the front of this stang

 Hemi Wagon is the way to haul parts for the Surfers drag team

photos from http://www.flickr.com/photos/57343654@N03/sets/?&page=3

George's Corvette Shop Parts Truck... George Reese specialist in fiberglass repair, and pushing his dragster

 from the 66 or 67 or 68 NHRA nats

photos from http://www.flickr.com/photos/57343654@N03/sets/?&page=3

effing cool toothy grin on this rail

found in this months Traditional Rod and Kustom Illustrated, one of the best magazines. Found in a lot of magazine racks.

More cool stuff from 5window.tumblr.com

all from http://5window.tumblr.com but beware that it's changed a bit from being primarily race cars and hot rods, there are lots of nude women, lingerie, etc etc. Yup, that's awesome, but don't let your boss sneak up on you to see what you are surfing the web looking at

What is old school? Pinups and drag racing... nice! oldschoolking33.tumblr

Junkyard Dodge, great name

Found on http://oldschoolking33.tumblr.com

great photos on Hellformotors tumblr

You don't need me to tell you it's the Galpin Ford sponsored "Back Up Pick Up" unusual wheelstander, but you can't read that this is Lions in 1971
Briggs Cunningham at Le Mans 1950. Who is Briggs? race car driver and museum owner, and a sports car legend as he was one of the first in the 1950's to go all the way to try and win the European races as an American, like Reventon did after him, and Shelby after Reventon http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/03/le-monster-of-briggs-cunningham.html
From the movie "The Quest" http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/05/this-is-something-you-really-ought-to.html



http://hellformotors.tumblr.com for many more interesting and variety of wide range photos of race cars

The Dragmaster Special

see it in a 1958 Hot Rod magazine movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bqCm7YO2GOI