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Leroy "The
Israeli Rocket" Goldstein ready to push out in the "Der
Weinerschnitzel II" car of Jim Nichol at OCIR in 1968...
Leroy drove one car, Jim the other.
Goldstein
climbing into the "Der Weinerschnitzel II" sans firesuit.
Tom McEwen in the Yeakle
Plymouth Spec. out on Wayne King in Ed Donovans car at Lions
in 1966.
George and Ruth “Ma &
Pa Hoover” top fueler at Union Grove in 1971. Jerry Boldenow
driving. This is the same fueler that Tom Hoover drove in 1969
with the SOHC engine. Ma and Pa Hoover reportedly didn't like
the funny cars, and when Tom went flopper racing, they soldiered
on with this dragster on their own,
From 1962 this shot is gold.
The Greek (blue jeans) and Don Maynard (black shirt) working
on the ChiZler that followed the "204 Car". We all
know of the talents and untimely death of Maynard, but rarely
(if ever) have I seen such clear, true color photos of the man
who might have been king.
A B&W shot by Steve
Reyes shot from 1969 that's been colorized. Opinions?
Sam Davis blazing the tires in
Bill Martins's 400 Jr, not so Jr. In 1968 Marting replaced his
trademark SBC with a 392 hemi.
Mongoo$e, blades wide
open in his Mattel Hot Wheels "ugly cage" car at OCIR
in 1971.
Gene (Mooneyham) &
Al (Sharp) A/F 55 caar at Lions in 1962.
Jim and Alison Lee in
the pits at Englishtown during the 1970 NHRA Summernationals.
Gary Ritter on the return
road at Englishtown during the 1970 NHRA Summernationals.
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