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While racing in and around the Memphis area Danny met and became friends with a driver who, himself, has been part of drag racing history. "I got to be good friends with Herb McCandless and he talked me into that hemi business." That "hemi business" included a 1966 hemi Dodge and, eventually, a classic 1968 hemi Barracuda. With the winnings from those cars and the proceeds from the sale of them, Danny was able to quit his job and start his own business. Danny raced the hemis for a couple of years and then switched back to a Chevrolet, one that he tried to race in the fledgling Pro Stock class. M68 |
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back in the day....anybody know? As for your photo, I've studied it for a few minutes....and my first choice was Indy due to NHRA numbers and class on windows...but fences don't look right and not sure if Indy had return road on that side? If NHRA race....and Mr.Thomas travelled a bit....I'm almost thinking Niagara.... If AHRA race....could it be the other side of the Tulsa track...and same event as photo# 115? Note AHRA banner in photo...think Tulsa switched (to AHRA) in '69...Also think that "Drag 500" slicks were introduced...same year.... The stands/fences also look like Gary US 30, Detroit Dragway, or maybe even NY National....all AHRA-sanctioned around '69-'70-'71.... Well, it's getting late...and there are better archivists on here...can anybody id the year and race your photo was taken at? |
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Not trying to steal thread but picture# 115 could also be '70 or maybe '71....
Is that Jim Hayter in the red Camaro? He had a big box scoop then...but so did others! |
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Just received pic's of the Carpinet car. Experiencing technical difficulties trying post (thought I was out of the woods when figured out how to convert over from e/m). Being told pic's are too large. Will continue on !!!!!
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The Thomas car started out in red as "the judge". The blue scheme continued to around 1970 then onto the green and red as it stands today. The race win date will give an indication of the paint scheme change.
The photo was taken by Joe Stevens, Detroit dragway. There are some nice photo's on his site for sale. |
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This was an original BO29 I bought it from Alan Halsey from Red Bank A/P in NJ. I paint it Black and updated the suspension and eventually sold it to Richard Beshore (worst decision I made), who won the second Hemi challenge with in 2002. Ironic note I build another SS/AA car (not original) and sold that to Jerry Jenkins, who won the 3rd Hemi challenge with it.
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Great info coming into this thread, thanks to all that have been posting our history here.
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Easiest way of posting full size pictures is to have them stored in an account like photobucket. Then it's just a matter of copy & paste. Let me know if you need more assistance in doing it, as I'd love to see those pix. I'm no expert at this, just have enough knowledge to fumble my way through liteweight |
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Here are the two best pic's Bob Carpinet sent me. He's in the process of redoing the car to as raced back in 76. His plan is to take it to select shows. This is a Sox & Martin car, with some pieces of a Dave Wren car, to make it complete. At the time, all his engines & transmissions were built by Tim Richards. Car still looks to be in great shape, what with being stored for 37 yrs.
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