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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The first collection of pictures have been submitted by Pete Ager. Pete raced a TZ drag bike (John Cheadle lookalike) in the late 1970s and early '80s, although he says it was never very quick. He spent some time in the early '80s helping Barry Eastman with his CBX, then built his own "very unsuccesful" carburetted Kawasaki. He also helped Phil Blann with his nitrous Suzuki (see picture below). Pete now lives in Scotland and hasn't been to a track for longer than he can remember although he says the old urge keeps coming back. |
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This is Dutchman Jos Smit's bike which he called Bulldog allegedly because he used to breed bulldogs. |
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An early version of Barry Eastman's CBX-powered drag bike with Jerry Speechley's turbo street bike behind. |
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Left : from left to right - Brian Cully, Mick Hand and Barry Eastman. |
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The next couple of shots were sent in by Phil Smith. |
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On the right is the Dealer Team Vauxhall-sponsored Chevette Competition Altered driven by Liam Maltby with Ray Feltell's Penetration Junior Dragster. |
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These two images were submitted by Sam Farmer and show Steve Green's extremely rapid John Woolfe Racing-sponsored Mark I Cortina on a day he would probably like to forget for obvious reasons. |
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The next collection of pictures was kindly sent in by Steve Young. |
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Steve Johnson is a veteran drag racer and I am pleased to say he is still going strong. |
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Steve's wife in one of their Autocat cars at Hockenheim. |
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Lisa Smart (now Billinton) and Steve's missus. |
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Barry Giles is another drag racer with quite a few miles on the clock. This is his first race car called Tequila Sunrise which by the look of it may well have been Brian Munday's Optimist originally. |
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Viveca Averstadt's wry comment on what must have been a season to forget. |
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Left : Dennis Priddle at speed in his Mister Five Top Fuel Dragster. Did you think tyre distortion is a modern phenomenon? Check out Dennis' left slick. |
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The remaining pictures in Steve's collection were taken on visits to the USA. |
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Another legend of the sport - 'Big Daddy' Don Garlits in one of his early Swamp Rat fuellers at Bristol in 1991. Steve tells me he would stage at the very edge of the track and blaze the tyres for the full quarter running within a few hundredths of the car's best on 30 year cracked slicks! |
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No comment! |
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A cracking looking Ford Crown Victoria Pro Mod. |
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The Sox & Martin team were all-conquering in Pro Stock. This is Ronnie Sox's Pro Mod which sadly did not achieve equal success. |
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'Animal Jim' Feurer standing next to his wild Pro Mod at Bristol in 1991. |
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Bob Sullivan's Pandemonium III pictured in the Don Garlits Museum in 1991. |
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Art Chrisman's rail pictured in the foyer of NHRA headquarters in 1989. |
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The name of Bob Keith will be familiar to many readers as a member of the US drag racing team which amazed everyone who attended the 1964 Dragfests. I asked Bob for a little background on his three visits to the UK and this is what he sent me. "Hi Alan, I have no problem with you using the pictures on your site. |
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(First posted on 23 January 2013) |
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