Gene Schwartz’s original ’52 Chevy Deluxe was destroyed in a racing crash. He built this car to be close to the original, including its manually shifted, four-speed trans. Today Schwartz’s car runs in Nostalgia Gas events, running 10-second ET’s. Gene will be inducted into the ECDT Hall of Fame, Henderson, NC, Oct. 16. 2016 Gene […]
Connie Kalitta’s 1962 Top Gas Dragster carried an Old West style “Wanted” list of drivers he intended to defeat. As he topped each he drew a line through their names, earning him the nickname “The Bounty Hunter”. Kalitta’s ’62 Logghe chassis dragster was faithfully replicated here, and is now a nostalgia event and car show favorite. […]
The official 1960 NHRA-NASCAR Winter Nationals program cover carried both association logos. The reference to “…an added attraction” suggested seven-night drag races were something to do after a day of Daytona 500 Speed Week racing at Daytona International Speedway. Story by Jim Hill Once again it’s Winternationals Week, the time of year when drag racers and […]
Lamar “Bunky” Bobo looks right at home again in his “Hemi Hurricane” ’40 Willys. The car ran as a 9-second, 140 mph A/Gasser in the 60’s until it was parked for a Logghe chassis Barracuda Funny Car. In 2005 Bunky and his son Tony restored the Willys to prior glory. (Dr. Marvin Smith photo) Story […]
Louis Chevrolet died in 1941, fourteen years before the introduction of the landmark 1955 Chevy and the 265 Chevy small-block V-8. The ’55 introduced the modern V-8 Chevy engine, but Chevrolet offered a V-8 engine as early as 1914! The ’55 “Shoebox” design was an immediate hit and remains an ageless classic. Story by Jim […]
More than 30,000 car enthusiasts jammed the one-mile stretch of downtown Henderson, NC for the 2015 East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame Saturday car show. In 2015 the show drew over 1,500 entries ranging from famous drag race cars to street rods, musclecars, restored antiques, and trucks. Story and Photos by Jim Hill If […]
Jack Merkel’s small-block Chevy with Hilborn fuel injection powers the perfectly replicated ’48 Anglia B/Gasser of “Coney Island Ralph” Landolfi. Ralph, seated behind the car, watches over the flawlessly recreated “Eastwind III” during the York U.S. 30 nostalgia event in 2004. Story by Jim Hill East Coast drag racing fans and in particular, Gasser fans recently lost a […]
Lined up and ready to race for Little Eliminator Sunday afternoon at Newton County Dragstrip, near Covington, GA. Hubert Platt’s potent and much-feared Terminal Transport ’37 Chevy B/Gasser and ’57 Chevy C/Gasser are shown at far-left. Newton County hosted many NHRA Southeast Division 2 points events in the late 50’s and early 60’s. Story by Jim […]
George “Pappa Kook” Kryssing (front row, second from right) was honored as a 2012 East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame inductee in Henderson, NC. “Papa Kook” Kryssing came from a hands-on, drag racing background. He retained a love of all types of racing and going fast and was a familiar figure at the Kooks […]
Lamar Walden helped to create the rebirth of the Chevrolet 348-409-427 Z-11, V-8 engine. Shown here with his highly modified, improved and strengthened “409”, Lamar’s engine included new aluminum heads from Edelbrock, and the new aluminum BMP block. These Lamar Walden-influenced components produced 409-based engines easily capable of 1,000+ hp. Lamar Walden’s knowledge and experience […]
