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There were two trips to the USA organised by Queensway Travel in the 1970s and, fortunately for us, Peter went on both of them. This page is exclusively devoted to Top Fuel Dragsters on the 1972 trip, mainly taken at Ontario Motor Speedway, but with a few from Orange County International Raceway. |
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One of the few slingshots competing at OMS was the late Tony Nancy's 426" Dodge-powered Wynn's Sizzler which was the subject of a Revell 1/16th scale model kit. |
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Three studies of the late 'Diamond' Jim Annin's Chrysler-powered Delta Tire Special with Mike Snively at the controls.
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The Allison Brothers' Top Fuel entry was also Chrysler-powered and was driven by Randy Allison with his brother Gary as Crew Chief. They were based in Vista, California. The engine was a whopping 480" WRE. |
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This is Clayton Harris at the wheel of Jack McKay's New Dimension Homes fueller. Harris had previously campaigned Chevy-powered cars but switched to Chrysler. |
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A couple of great shots of 'Kansas' John Wiebe in his Donovan-powered car. This car had a massive (then) 478 cubic inch Donovan lump. |
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Two Chrysler-powered cars are next. |
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Larry Dixon is seen here driving The Real Don Steele Racers' entry from North Hollywood, California (Don Steele was a radio personality). |
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According to Peter's notes Ed Renck was shoeing Joe Foderaro's Dodge-powered car at this meeting. |
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Dan Rightsell from Schertz, Texas was another of the Dodge runners. |
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The California Cajun was owned by Gene and Fred Mooneyham from Bellflower, California and was driven by Fred. Power was provided by a Chrysler Hemi. |
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This is Jim Walther at the controls of the Walther & Carter fueller from Painsville, Ohio. This car had a Don Garlits chassis and used a 417 cubic inch Donovan Hemi to get from A to B (quickly). Jim was the 1972 World Top Fuel Champion. |
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Dan Richins leaving the line in his 460 cubic inch Donovan-powered Iron Horse. Dan, who also owned the car, came from Salt Lake City in Utah and ran a best of 6.26 seconds at this meeting. This was just as well because 6.26 was the bump spot! |
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This is Pat Dakin getting a little heat into the slicks of G L Rupp's Donovan-motored fueller. Both Dakin and Rupp were from Dayton, Ohio. The car was powered by a 417" Donovan Hemi. |
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Although born and raised in the US Gary Beck moved to Alberta, Canada when he married. He is pictured here driving the Reliable Engine Services entry which was powered by a 426 cubic inch Keith Black Hemi. Gary ran best marks of 6.11 seconds and 238.09 mph at this meeting. |
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Vic Brown drove the Creitz & Dill Donovan-powered fueller to runner-up position at this meeting. He defeated Mike Snively's 5 second charge with a slower 6.03/231.36 clocking in the eliminations. I like the streamlined rear view mirror so that he can keep an eye on the left hand slick during burnouts. |
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Dwight Salisbury from Van Nuys, California launching his Salisbury's Stake car. Dwight was yet another Donovan convert. |
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Bryan Teal is not a name I am familiar with but all I do know is that he came from New Deal, Oklahoma and here he is driving the Buck's Engine Co's entry. |
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This is Jack Martin burning out. |
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Don Ewald driving the Community Property-sponsored fueller. The engine was a 392" Chrysler Hemi with a chassis by RCS. More interesting aerodynamic aids on this car with canard wings and a raised front wing for good measure. |
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Dennis Baca hailed from Concord, California and is seen here driving his Carpetbagger fueller which was powered by a 426 inch Chrysler Hemi. The car was unusual in that it had direct drive transmission, most teams were running two speed transmissions. |
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Hooray! Another slingshot! |
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Jerry Ruth was called the 'King of the North West' for reasons which you can probably guess. He is seen here burning out in his Pay'n'Pak-sponsored fueller which featured a Don Long chassis and 426" Chrysler Hemi. |
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This is Chip Woodall at the helm of the Jackie Peebles and Dickie Williams entry. |
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This Chrysler-powered car was owned by Nick Cirino and Andy Loppiccolo and was driven by Gary Southern. The car made a 6.03 second 210.28 mph pass which was disallowed by NHRA officials for some reason. When offered an opportunity to back up the run within two percent (6.15) or have the disputed run disallowed, Southern chose not to try to duplicate the feat. |
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Nearest the camera is Leland Kolb from Cypress, California driving his 426" Chrysler-Hemi-powered fueller which featured a Woody Gilmore chassis. The car has an extremely low wing which is all but obscured in the tyre smoke and has a camera mounted on a fairly substantial tripod arrangement above the engine. I wonder where that footage finished up? |
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This is Jim Herbert from Sacramento, California at the controls of the 417 cubic inch Donovan-powered Raynor & Herbert fueller. |
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Paul Longenecker from Arcanum, Ohio owned and drove this 426 cubic inch Chrysler Hemi-powered car. |
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Another slingshot - this time it is the National Speed Shop Special owned and driven by Denny Fitt from Granada Hills, California. |
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This car was owned by Bill and Claire Stammerjohan from California. Power was supplied by a 392 cubic inch Chrysler Hemi mill. |
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This picture of the Ted Cyr & Flip Schofield fueller from Escondido, California was taken at Orange County. Schofield did the driving and Cyr the wrenching on the 460 cubic inch Donovan Hemi motor. The chassis was by Higley which is not a name I have come across before. |
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This is Arizonan Chris Lane driving his Up in Smoke Hemi Dodge-powered fueller. |
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Another shot of Chris Lane in the Up in Smoke fueller. |
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The car in the far lane is the Donovan-powered Brisette & Noice entry driven by Robert Noice from Van Nuys, California. |
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The car in the foreground is the one I wish to concentrate on. It is the Phil Soares and Brent Cannon fueller driven by Soares and powered by a 426 cubic inch Chrysler Hemi. In the US it ran best figures of 6.215 seconds and 232.55 mph. |
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Walt Rhoades from Tulare, California driving the Safeway Sandblasting-sponsored fueller which was powered by a 392 inch Chrysler Hemi. |
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Nearest the camera is Gary Beck who was pictured earlier on this page. |
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The car on the left is the National Speed Shop Special driven by Denny Fitt. |
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A couple more shots of Paul Longenecker's car seem to have crept in from somewhere. Not to worry, you can't have too much of a good thing. |
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The radical American Way streamliner was owned by Harry & Maxine Lehman from Alexandria,
Virginia and driven by Howard Haight who did double duty as Crew Chief. |
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I have cribbed an awful lot of the information used in the captions from the |
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