One more...

[Chuckles]

Who remembers this rail?

 

[440roadrunner]

No idea, and new enough to be rear engine...........When did Accel come out?

 

[Wild_Child]

is that the Golden Gator..?

hard to forget once you've seen that crazy thing! lol

 

[Chuckles]

is that the Golden Gator..?

hard to forget once you've seen that crazy thing! lol

Yep!
Chase Knight was the "operator".
He was an engineer @ Crane Cams.
Note the gold trim on the push truck.
Some history:

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[Chuckles]

One more...
Any of you really old racers recognize this elder statesman of the qtr mile?

 

[Chuckles]

George Hoover.
Tom Hoover's dad.
A real gentleman!

 

[Wild_Child]

that is pretty cool.. and I love seeing the old dually's.
had one myself years ago.
thx for posting these.
I have a few I took myself back in the 80's.. need to dig them out.

 

[Lead-Farmer]

Who remembers this rail?

What are the silver caps on the exhaust for?

 

[Wild_Child]

probably throw them on there between rounds so nothing falls in to hurt the turbo's
they look like old pistons. lol
its coming back from a run the parachute is still crumpled up on the wing.. I was tryin to read the side of the badass Dodge push truck in the pic. something eagle maybe?

 

[Wild_Child]

me on the left crewing on a Top Alky Dragster at Maple Grove probably mid 80's.


car belonged to and driven by Mike Kosky a local guy who did pretty well for a good many years.. I remember staying in the hotel, next room over had Dick LaHaie when daughter Kim was spinning wrenches.
those weekends traveling were great!

 

[Chuckles]

Bob Pickett..
I knew him while he was living around St Joe, MI.
He had the operation set up at my friend's speed parts emporium, Motor City Perf in St Joe.
Quite the character!

 

[Jeff v]

Great pics and stories guys.

 

[Mike Beck]

me on the left crewing on a Top Alky Dragster at Maple Grove probably mid 80's.


car belonged to and driven by Mike Kosky a local guy who did pretty well for a good many years.. I remember staying in the hotel, next room over had Dick LaHaie when daughter Kim was spinning wrenches.
those weekends traveling were great!

I remember seeing him (Mike) run at E-Town forever. I always went to the Divisional race at E-Town, sat in the small bleachers under the big trees by the starting line of the Spectator side, usually about no one there. So many Alky funny cars and dragsters to watch back then. The nitro injected dragsters were a pretty new combo at the time, most could not keep them lit for the entire track. Great times back then.