Thread: Old time racing
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09-05-2010 11:56 AM #1
It was very organized, for the time. Drag racing has been a learning curve.......as cars blew up and wrecked they learned what rules needed to be put in place to make them safer and safer. But it will never be totally safe because of the nature of the beast.
Here are a few videos for you of what it was like.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuHxs6uG6iY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTc64HWQswk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwtdBmzj3kA
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09-05-2010 12:24 PM #2
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09-05-2010 01:17 PM #3
Well Bill, I sure hope he likes the videos!
Don
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09-05-2010 10:42 PM #4
This is my neighbor two doors down Roy Cortipassi, he and his brother Ed built the Glass Slipper in 1956Toys
`37 Ford Coupe
`64 Chevy Fleet side
`69 RS/SS
`68 Dodge Dart
Kids in the back seat may cause accidents, accidents in the back seat may cause kids, so no back seat, no accidents...!
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09-05-2010 10:51 PM #5
He's your neighbor?? Very cool. I bet you have had some very interesting conversations with him...........the stories he must be able to tell.I was just reading about the glass slipper the other night and the fact they ran it at Bonneville as well as the drags, and that it also went to the Oakland Roadster Show. Quite a history to that one.
Don
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09-06-2010 06:46 AM #6
Probably not too many videos of that era, kazmee.
Here's a thread on the subject started by Canadianal a few years back that may interest you:
http://www.clubhotrod.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23497
In our area (North Central Texas) several local clubs got together and formed what we called "The North Texas Timing Association". Meets were organized by the association and races were held at Caddo Mills,Texas, at an abandoned WW2 military training facility. Miles of excellent concrete!.
In other areas organizations may have operated differently, but it worked for us.
Jim
In our neighborhood, 2 blocks down the hill was a gas station that (to me) all the cool car guys hung out there. 32 coupes, 33 & 34 Fords as well, a sweet 56 Ford Beach wagon that was setup gasser...
How did you get hooked on cars?