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Originally Posted by cicero819
How people towed their vehicles before the great spending.lol
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Great video showing the good old days of drag racing. I still remember seeing the haulers, ramp trucks and open trailers sitting at various motels when the boys came to town. Somewhere I have a picture of Jerry Ruth's Pay 'n' Pak mustang funny car on a ramp truck at S.I.R. I believe it is 1971. I think Tommy Ivo did it the best, a showman always.
Like I have said before, I think drag racing lost something when enclosed trailers and semi's came into play. It was truly awesome to see all the various race cars on display while driving to each event, truly a road show. I total understand the need to secure the race cars and equipment at a race. Back in the day when you went to the pits, it was awesome to see hundreds of cars and haulers. Nowadays it looks more like a motorhome, RV, enclosed trailer sales lot.