Stick Racers !!!

[TOM KASCH]

Todays racers:

[TOM KASCH]

Did you check out my post in "Forum" Its March 1st not April 1st :
Thats all the sticks I have,

[TOM KASCH]

Have to put my 1st race car in, got out of the navy in Jan 1960 and bought this 57 Chevy 270 H.P. 3 on the tree. Raced it in 1960 .

[TOM KASCH]

50th U.S. Nationals, we went to watch as I had my knee replaced and still couldn't walk very well. Ruth & Hydo-ray pushed me around .

[Frank Castros]

How about some heavy weighted sticks?

[TOM KASCH]

I'm loading what I have on my computer, when we moved in 75 I missed placed our 60's pictures and don't know where they are now.
I was also racing are these races, so we couldn't just take pictures .

[TOM KASCH]

for Saturday : a few modif to close it out.

[oldskool]

Well, since they posted pics of stick cars, I'll post a few Pontiac stick cars I have pics of.

Will begin with 3 first gen Birds. Drivers: Truman Fields, Mike McKinney, & Adam Strang.

Next row has 3 Goats, a '65, '66, & a '69.

The bottom row is a mixture. A '73 Super Stock Bird, a '61 F/S record holder & div champ, & a US Nats winning '63 Super Stock wagon.

There are lots more. So I'll come back soon & add some more.

[oldskool]

I'll go back now & pic up some oldies.

I'll start with a 1960 model nat record holder. It's Rod Kister's F/S "Big Iron".

Another '60 model is the C/S nat record holder & points champ car, driven by Ronnie Broadhead.

Still another '60 model is the Lowe & Beardsley D/S nat record holder.

#4 is a '61 OS/S Indy class winner & nat record holder.

#5 is the '61 A/S NASCAR Top Stock Champ, "The Passionate Poncho".

#6 is Mickey Thomson's '62 A/FX Tempest, which won the class at Pomona & Indy, in '62.

#7 is the Packer Pontiac C/S '62 Cat, driven by Howard Maseles.

#8 is the '62 "Legal A/Stocker", driven by Jess Tyree.

#9 is the Anderson Pontiac SS/S class & event winning '62 Grand Prix, driven by Arlen Vanke.

[oldskool]

Before I leave '62 models, I'll mention Max Sterling's D/S "White Lightning". Max also had a '61, & a '71 Bird using that same name.

I'll begin the '63 models with the Winter Nats winning '63 A/FX Tempest.

While there, I'd better include one of the A/FX wagons, driven by Arnie Beswick.

The 2nd row includes three '63 421SD cars. The first 2 are A/FX cars, driven by Arlen Vanke & Arnie Beswick. The 3rd is the Royal B/FX car, driven to the Indy class win, by Jim Wangers.

Since the '63 421SD cars were not legal for Jr. Stock classes, there were not that many of 'em on the tracks. So, for the bottom row in this post, I'll show some '64 GTO stick cars.

The 1st one is the Packer Pontiac "Pampered Papoose".

Next is the "Mystery Indian".

Last is "Underdog". As most here know, back in the old days it was quite common for drag cars to have names painted on 'em. Nowadays, lots of Stock/SS cars look like regular street cars, except for the racing wheels & tires.

I like for a race car to LOOK like one. Also like contingency decals on 'em. Just makes 'em look more serious & competitive, IMO.