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GUD Filters' Big Go, Santa Pod Raceway, 28 May 1972 |
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How better to start Alan's sixth page than with this super shot of Freddie Whittle burning out in his immaculate Shutdown fuel altered. Shutdown was powered by 6300cc of blown Chrysler power. |
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Continuing the fuel altered theme here is Phil Elson at the controls of Sneaky T which also used a 6300cc supercharged Chrysler mill. |
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Visiting from Sweden was Sture Torngren driving his Wild Honey competition altered. |
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And this is the British Wild Honey belonging to the Ison brothers and featuring Jaguar straight six power and an Austin Ruby body. |
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This picture of Stagecoach is slightly blurred which is not surprising as a close look will reveal that two wheels are definitely off the ground and a third is scarcely making contact. |
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R Bilbury driving the dimunitive Pony Express altered powered by only 1098cc of Ford. |
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This is Gary Goggin and his 7 litre Super Vette running in the Modified Sports Production class. |
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This is a quite rare picture of Anders Lantz and Tony Jönsson's 5 window coupe before they got fuel injection and a snazzy new paint job. My thanks to my regular Scandinavian correspondent Anders Olsson for providing the information on this picture. |
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Ray Baskerville leaving the line on his blown twice 650cc Triumph-powered machine. Hardly surprising he lit the slick up with all that power. |
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I believe this is 'Stormin' Dennis Norman on Conquest his 1300cc blown double Triumph. |
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In total contrast, S Bentley's Centaurus IV double Triumph featured a very neat solution using a single blower mounted between the engines. |
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Mick Butler riding his blown 500cc Norton-powered Cyclops. |
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The unmistakeable Brian Chapman aboard his 500cc single cylinder Vincent-powered Mighty Mouse. This had to be the most unlikely engine for a drag bike but he persevered with it and eventually got it down in to the eight second zone. Prove positive that Brian was working magic long before Harry Potter was even dreamt of! |
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Twin cylinder Vincents usually displaced 1000cc which was an enormous capacity when they were first produced. Pegasus' engine had gained a further 300cc when these pictures were taken. |
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John Woolfe Racing Shop Opening at Staples Corner, 1 July 1972 |
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Another general view of the festivities. The fabulous John Woolfe Racing Mr Six Top Fuel Dragster can just be seen in front of the shop. |
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From left to right we have JWR head honcho Dave Riswick dispensing the bubbly, his business partner the late Arnold Burton, Pete Stanford, Radio 1 DJ (then) Kid Jenson and store manager Thom Marshall in the flowery shirt. The chap in the background with the shades is Mike Hill, editor of Custom Car magazine. |
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I can always count on AA readers to come to the rescue with information. This came from Mike Gleadow : |
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Hot Car Big Go, Santa Pod Raceway, 26 & 27 May 1973 |
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The 1972/73 period saw the greatest change in the design of Top Fuel Dragsters as slingshots were abandoned in favour of the rear engined design pioneered by the legendary Don 'Big Daddy' Garlits. |
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A great overhead shot of Allan Herridge burning out in the Firefly fueller. The chap on the right of shot seems to find it a bit noisy. |
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Another great shot taken by Alan from the tower. This time it is Dennis Pridde driving Mr Six. |
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John Woolfe Racing took delivery of the ex-Norm Wilcox driven slingshot in 1973 and actually campaigned two cars for a while. |
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Bob Messent and Roger Bishop's Jaguar-powered Stripteaser is certainly getting a little out of shape in this picture while Stu Bradbury looks on in the foreground. |
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This is J Robinson boiling the hides in his supercharged 3400cc Jag-powered Vendetta altered. |
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Dave Stone doing his level best to fog out the start line in his 7240cc Chevy-powered Tee Rat |
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Static burn outs were all the rage with the newly establish Pro Stock class. This is the late Tony Dickson giving a demonstration in his Chevy-powered Money Hungry. |
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Gary Goggin imported this Pro Stock Camaro which he named Clunk Click after a publicity campaign aimed at encouraging the use of seat belts. I don't know about seat belts, I should think his helpers could have done with gas masks! |
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Mick Butler's bike has grown a second engine and changed its name to Super Cyclops. |
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Petersen Publishing Internationals, Santa Pod Raceway, 8 July 1973 |
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The late Tony 'The Loner' Nancy burning out in his Revelliner Top Fuel Dragster. |
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Dennis Priddle putting some warmth in the slicks of Mr Six. The crowd seem to be enjoying the experience of being so close to a Top Fuel Dragster letting rip - well - some of them are anyway . . . |
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Don 'The Shoe' Shumacher stunned the Santa Pod crowd (including me!) with the sheer professionalism and performance of his Stardust Funny Car. |
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Roy Phelps driving the ever-popular (still!) wheelie Stingray. |
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And finally, Kevin Pilling in his Satan's Toy Pro Stock Camaro. |
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