All of the magazine articles on this page were written
and illustrated with photographs by Lawrie Gatehouse.

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1

Picture feature published in Autocar in 1975.

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2

Picture feature on the American Grand Nationals published in Autosport in December 1974.

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3

Front cover of the February 1975 edition of Autosport showing Don Schumacher's Stardust funny car.

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4

Report on the debut of the Blue Max funny car at the 1977 September International at Santa Pod.

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5

Feature article on Pat Foster's Chicago Patrol funny car published in Custom Car in 1976.

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6

Illustrated report on the 1977 NHRA World Finals published in Custom Car.

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7

Feature article on Don Prudhomme's all-conquering 1972/73 season funny car published in Custom Car in the November 1976 issue.

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8

Illustrated report on the 1975 NHRA Springnationals published in Custom Car.

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9

Supertrip - or can I get there by candlelight - illustrated report published in Drag Racer magazine on a trip to the US organised by the NDRC.

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10

Illustrated report published in Drag Racer magazine on a visit to Sid Waterman Racing Engines including an interview with Sid Waterman.

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11

Houndogs are Top Dogs! - feature article on the Houndog racing team published in Drag Racer magazine.

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12

A photograph published in Drag Racer magazine of Dennis Priddle and Liz Burn burning out at Snetterton prior to their high speed collision at the top end.

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13

Ladies in Drag published in the November 1978 edition of Hot Rod & Custom magazine.

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14

Report on the 1975 US Nationals held at Indianapolis on the race for the first seven second motorcycle pass.

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15

Three's Company - article on Russ Collins' legendary triple Honda-engined bike published in Motorcycle News.

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16

The front cover of the December 1974 edition of Drag Racer magazine showing Mickey Thompson and Don Prudhomme at the top end 'chutes out.

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17

Illustrated feature article on Pat Foster's Chicago Patrol funny car published in the October 1975 edition of Drag Racer magazine.

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18

Illustrated report published in the July 1975 edition of Drag Racer magazine covering the 1975 Springnationals held at Colombus, Ohio.

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19

Pictures of Dale Emery and the newly-imported Chadderton & Okazaki funny car published in the September 1975 edition of Drag Racer magazine.

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20

Illustrated report covering the IHRA Springnationals held at Bristol

International Dragway ('Thunder Valley'), Tennessee published in the September 1975 edition of Drag Racer magazine.

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21

Illustrated report covering the 1975 US Nationals held at Indianapolis published in the October 1975 edition of Drag Racer magazine.

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22

Illustrated report on a visit to Ed Pink Racing Engines published in the November 1975 edition of Drag Racer magazine.

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23

Illustrated article on Sammy Miller's Spirit of '76 rocket-powered funny car published in the November 1975 edition of Drag Racer magazine.

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24

Photo report of the 1975 NDRC Grandnationals held at Blackbushe Aerodrome published in the November 1975 edition of Drag Racer magazine.

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25

Front cover of the December 1975 edition of Drag Racer magazine showing Phil Elson's Sneaky Gloworm funny car.

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26

Funny car crash at the 1975 US Nationals held at Indianapolis published in the January 1976 edition of Drag Racer magazine.

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27

The Don Garlits story published in the January 1976 edition of Drag Racer magazine.

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28

Illustrated feature article on the Jade Grenade Top Fuel Dragster published in the February 1976 edition of Drag Racer magazine.

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29

Colour centre spread featuring fuel funny cars published in the September 1978 edition of Hot Rod & Custom magazine.

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30

Colour pictures of Raymond Beadle and the Blue Max funny car published in the October 1978 edition of Hot Rod & Custom magazine.

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31

Illustrated report on Don Garlits' success at the 1974 Supernationals held at Ontario Motor Speedway published in Motor magazine in November 1974.

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32

Illustrated article on the legendary Slam'n Sammy Miller published in the 9 December 1974 edition of Motor Magazine.

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33

Ladies of the Strip published in the 17 April 1976 edition of Motor magazine.

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34

Illustrated five page article on the construction of the Houndog 8 funny car published in the 18 February 1978 edition of Motor magazine.

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35

Brief illustrated report on Sammy Miller's record-breaking 4.42/307 pass published in the 21 July 1979 edition of Motor magazine.

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36

Illustrated four page article on 'Big Daddy' Don Garlits published in the 24 January 1976 edition of Motor magazine.

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37

Front cover of the 31 July 1976 edition of Motor magazine showing Rex Greenslade after he drove Liam Churchill's Euro Sting funny car at Snetterton.

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38

Front cover of the January 1975 edition of National Drag Racer magazine showing Jerry Ruth burning out in his Top Fuel Dragster.

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39

Brief illustrated article on Peter Barnet's Vauxhall VX490-bodied funny car.

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The following articles are written in Swedish but English-speaking readers might still like to look at the pictures.

Följande artiklar av Lawrie Gatehouse är publicerade i Svenska tidningar.

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Drag Racing i Syd-Afrika (översatt av Bo Bertilsson) publicerat i Colorod magazine.

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41

Byggandet av Houndog 8 Fuel Fanny Car (översatt av Bo Bertilsson) publiserat i Colorod magazine.

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42

Byggandet av Houndog 8 Fuel Fanny Car (översatt av Bo Bertilsson) publiserat i Dragstrip magazine.

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43

Reportage från NHRA/Winston Springnationals av Bo Bertilsson, foto Lawrie Gatehouse.

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Tack till Anders Olsson för hjälp med översättningen till Svenska.

 

 

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Lawrie Gatehouse was inducted into the
British Drag Racing Hall of Fame in 2017
click here to read his citation