All of the pictures on these pages were taken by readers of
The Acceleration Archive who have kindly agreed to share them with us.
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Click on any image to get the bigger picture |
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All of
the pictures on this page were taken by Barry George and I am very grateful to
him for allowing me to publish them on the site. |
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A couple of action shots of Commuter on the strip. |
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The American Commando Drag Team fielded this immaculate 390 cubic inch Mustang and an equally smart looking 383 Barracuda. |
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Alan Blount's Weekend Warrior. |
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When was
the last time you saw a Top Fuel Dragster parked on an open trailer in the
street? |
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The famous Alleycat Fordson panel van competition altered in the pits. |
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I remember this event well, Nick Pettitt tells me it was the last round of the 1973 Internationals. A blower explosion on the Stardust funny car (caused by running out of fuel) suddenly sent the roof flying skywards and Stardust suddenly became a convertible. Driver Allan Herridge was unhurt in this accident. Barry was on hand to record the damage in close-up. |
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Barry's pictures are mainly cars but what
about these three absolute gems?
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The Stones' team was one of the real
stalwarts of the sport and the last pictures on this page are of some of their
cars. |
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Dave Stone prepares himself for another pass in this beautifully prepared class leading 8 second machine. |
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A unique shot taken from the team's Thames van as they push start Tee-Rat in the Santa Pod fire-up road. |
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Left : driver Dave Stone holding the injectors
used on Tee-Rat. |
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Tender Trap was another of the team's cars which was driven by 'Daddy' Dennis Stone and later by Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis. The engine looks rather non-standard but then I suppose a 5 litre Chevrolet would! |
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Drag racing guru Nick Pettitt advises that this picture of Opus 1 dates from 1967 when it ran a Shorrocks blown 1500cc Ford and was driven by Cliff Jones. |
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