|
|
|
Click on any image to get the bigger picture |
|
|
Santa Pod Raceway, 7 May 1972 |
|
|
|
|
I am not sure who it is riding the V-twin Vincent Pegasus in this superb action shot. |
|
|
|
Roy Phelps would have been at the controls of the Stingray wheelie car which, I am pleased to say, is still going strong. |
|
|
|
RAF North Luffenham, 21 May 1972 |
|
|
|
|
Three quite rare pictures of Dave Stone driving his 7 litre Chevrolet-powered Doo What altered.
|
|
|
|
|
Clive Skilton at the controls of his Revolution III Top Fuel Dragster. This was the first rear engined fueller to be constructed in the UK. |
|
|
|
This Ford Pop was entered by A Page and was powered by 4992cc of Chevrolet. |
|
|
|
|
Bob Messent and Roger Bishop's Jaguar-powered Stripteaser was one of the iconic cars of British drag racing. These pictures show the car in its original form with the all steel body shell.
|
|
|
|
Custom Car Springnationals, Santa Pod Raceway, 22 & 23 April 1973 |
|
|
|
|
Left : the Mr Six Top Fuel Dragster of Priddle, Riswick, Stanford and Gane at a very wet Santa Pod. Some things never change . . . |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A couple of posed pictures of Dennis with Mr Six which he may not thank me for publishing . . . |
|
|
|
|
The Commuter Top Fuel Dragster was unusual in that it used a 6392cc Ford V8 engine. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Primitive facilities at the Pod back in 1973. |
|
|
|
Ivan Fryer in Ivan the Terrible nearest the camera faces off against Bob Oram's Red E E-Type Jaguar. |
|
|
|
HMS Daedalus, Gosport, Hampshire, BDR & HRA 4th Internationals, |
|
|
|
|
Two shots of US Top Fuel pilot Norm Wilcox driving the newly imported Mr Revell slingshot. Check out the clutch dust in the right hand shot. |
|
|
|
|
Dennis Priddle in Mr Six nearest the camera racing Tony Nancy (another top US driver) in his state-of-the-art Revell-sponsored rear engined dragster. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
US serviceman Freeman Rogers nearest the camera at the wheel of his 7000cc Ford-powered Competition Altered takes on Swede Svante Eriksson in his street-legal Chrysler Hemi-powered Jeep. |
|
|
|
The late Danny Johnson all the way from the USA riding his single engined Harley Davidson-powered Top Fuel Motorcycle. |
|
|
|
|
Paula Murphy (also from the US) driving her Miss STP Chrysler-powered Funny Car. |
|
|
|
European Grand Prix, Santa Pod Raceway, 16 September 1973 |
|
|
|
|
The late Allan 'Bootsie' Herridge was driving the Stardust Funny Car at this meeting and Owen Hayward was at the controls of the STP Plymouth Duster. |
|
|
|
|
Dennis Priddle launching Mr Revell. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A super shot of Mike Hutcherson lifting Houndog's front wheels off the line. |
|
|
|
Melvyn Wooding driving Blue Rose II. |
|
|
All material on this site is copyright |
|
Click here to |
|
|
 |
|
(First posted on 6 February 2013) |
Navigate through the Alan |
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
