SOCIETY OF LAND SPEED RACING HISTORIANS
NEWSLETTER 103 - March 18, 2009
Editor: Richard Parks [email protected]
President's Corner: By Jim Miller (1-818-846-5139)

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Some Names To Look For In This Newsletter:
 President's Corner, Editorials, a public service on April 22, 2009 at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, in Pomona, California for Jim Diest and other info, information on the Memorial service for Frank Oddo, Santa Ana Drags Reunion and Main Malt Picnic, Deuce of Spades recently listed on Internet Movie Database, More on Joaquin Arnett, Mike Goyda collects and deals in vintage drag racing memorabilia, My list of California Drag Strips from 1949-present, The beginning history or the Gophers Car Club, 2009 Hot Rod Heritage Series, Road Runner Meeting Notes, Mel Stultz just took over operations at NHRA sanctioned track in New Jersey, Salt Fever is so addictive and it requires at least annual fixes, March Meet or other events, Random Pictures
NOTE: There have been pictures added to Newsletter 100

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President's Corner:  
   I was going through a new batch of land speed racing photos this week and among them were some shots of motorcycles. Not being an expert on bikes, it was time to do a little surfing to see what I could find in the way of pictures to help me ID them. A couple of the shots showed some bikes on a Johnson Motor's trailer on a beach. Johnson Motors was a big player in the L.A. bike world starting right before WWII so I thought I was really on to something. Digging into the old memory banks I remembered that they had races on the sand at Pismo Beach and Daytona so that gave me a start. Turns out they were from Florida. The bikes weren't there for speed record runs but for the 200 mile beach race that started in something like 1937 and continued until Bill France built his paved saucer for the stock cars. One of the pictures in the batch had a brand new car in it that turned out to be a '46-'47 Frazier. Now I had a date, but no land speed racers. On the upside of this little exercise was that I went to my favorite bookstore, Autobooks/Aerobooks in Burbank, California, and checked out a bunch of bike books. There was one in shrink-wrap that covered all the Daytona races. They removed the plastic for me so I could have a look. In the back were the results from all the races, cool. Only problem was they only listed the top 20 finishers and neglected to put the race numbers next to the rider's names. It looks like every form of motorsports has gotten the short-shift on record keeping for us historians, bummer.
   When you're at a store that has lots of books you end up looking at others too, and I did. An hour later I walked out with one on racing BMW's. There was a 12 page chapter in it that covered their land speed record breaking bikes so I had to get it. When it's digested you'll get a report on it. When I got home it hit me. Back in '78 while at Farmers Market for lunch, about 250 feet from where the famous Gilmore Stadium use to stand, there was a walk through book store. I bought two Rand McNally Color Illustrated Guides that day, one on Racing Cars and one on Racing Motorcycles. The cycle one had bio's and color illustrations on four LSR machines in it. The car one had a 40 page section on LSR setters. We all have too much stuff and one can't remember everything we have, so maybe it's time for all of us to go through the old stuff again and rediscover our hidden treasurers. You might find something you've been looking for. On a sad note we've lost Jimmie Deist and Frank Oddo. More of our land speed history gone. They will be missed greatly.  

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Editorial:
   Recently a letter was received from a foundation that offers grants for various youth programs related to automotive fields. I have written on politics in racing and on getting sponsorships, but in this very hard economic period I have failed to think about foundations that give out money and other assistance. When you think about it, there are lots of groups who do things for other people. The difficult thing is to find them and give them some publicity so that they can get their message out to the automotive public. Then there is another angle. We don't have to be a grant giving foundation to do things that matter to people. Do you have something to offer? Do you have something to volunteer? Do you have something to give? Sure money is nice, but time, service, parts and free labor are good too. Doesn't it all come down to service and money is simply the ability to get services performed? Let's bring people together. Do you need someone to help you on your team? To volunteer to work on the car, do security, look for sponsorships, keep the records? How about a young man or woman to run your website and answer your email. Can you use help? 
   What about those people who want to give their time and help, but don't know whom to ask. My opinion on the matter, after a lifetime of volunteering, is that there are thousands of people out there who need help and thousands more who want to help, but both sides don't know about the other's needs. Why not use the newsletter? If you want crewmembers to help you race, say so. If you want to volunteer, tell us. Write up your resume and send it in. Use only the contact information that you feel comfortable in giving. Rare is the person who has all the help they need in anything they are doing. While you are at it, if you know of a job, tell us. If you are looking for a job, tell us that too. If we can't help each other out, then we are very poor hot rodders indeed. We don't take advertisements in the newsletter, but we don't mind hearing about your shop, your products, your artwork, pinstriping, engine building, model building and all the other car related occupations out there. In a way they are subtle ads and they're free. More important, they let us know what you are doing. A day doesn't go by that I don't learn something new. I'll bet the same thing applies to you as well. So use the newsletter for your needs. That's what it's there for.

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We have been informed that long time land speed racing friend Jim Deist, passed away today, March 9, 2009, about noon. Jim had been in the hospital for the past few days with heart problems. We will let you know any updates as they come. Our prayers go out to his family and friends. The Gear Grinder Board.  Re-sent by Ken Kelley
   Ken: Can you or any of the land speeders come up with a bio on Jim?

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Hi Glen, I found a nice tribute on SEMA page plus also the Deist site. Also read on yahoo group Standard1320 that a private service will be held this Saturday, March 14, 2009 and a public service on April 22, 2009 at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, in Pomona, California, phone number 909-622-2133. Posted by Bill Holland. See http://www.sema.org/Main/ArticleDetail.aspx?contentID=61396, and http://www.deist.com. Tom Shannon, Magna, Utah.
Glen and Tom: Thank you for the links and the information. I took the liberty of adding a bit more information to your email to make it easier for the readers to track down the information in case they would like to attend. I called the Museum to confirm the date for the Memorial, but so far they have not responded to my question. Louie Senter told me he attended the private service and that they did a fine job honoring Jim.

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See www.djsafety.com. Thanks, Joe Hansen CEO, DJ Safety Inc, 2623 N San Fernando Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90065 323-221-0000.
Joe: I'm sending you the contact information you requested to help you complete the biography for Jim Deist.

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There are new posts for Jim Deist. The video of the paint day is up for you to see. The website had 32,350 hits. See www.goldenhawk.ca, or http://goldenhawkproject.blogspot.com/. Randy Pierce

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Frank Oddo passed away the same day as Jim Deist. I just got this bad news on an e-mail from Chella Huntimer about an hour ago. Frank was a long time friend. What a shock! Ken Kelley
   Ken: Please send whatever updates you get on Frank and any Memorial services asap. Can you send us a bio or obit on Frank. It seems like we just saw him not long ago at one of Don Weaver's reunions. Am I wrong? Please convey our sympathy to the family at his passing

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Editor's notes: I received an email from Ken Kelley with information on the Memorial service for Frank Oddo. I called the funeral home, New Options at 714-528-7100, but they were evidently busy and the best they could do was refer me to their website, www.newopt.com. I looked that up, but Frank wasn't listed. I called John Hesford, Frank's racing partner and he said that the latest information for the services are:
        March 20, 2009, St Paul Apostolate Church, 14085 Peyton Drive, Chino Hills, CA. 11:30 AM to 12:00 Noon
I suggest that you call the funeral home or check their website to double check the date, time and address for the services. To send letters of condolences, the address for Arlene Oddo is PO Box 9902, Brea, CA 92822-1902

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SPECIAL BULLETIN: The Bill and Marie Jenks Annual "Santa Ana Drags Reunion and Main Malt Picnic" is scheduled for 10:00 AM, Saturday, April 4, 2009. The place will be in Santiago Park, along the Santiago Creek, off Memory Lane, east of Main Street, in Orange. Going north on Main Street from Santa Ana or south from Orange on Main Street, turn east on Memory Lane. Go east on Memory Lane for about a 1000 feet to the first street and turn right, which leads down into the creek to a concrete parking area. Bring your albums of the Santa Ana Drags, food, drinks and folding chairs. For more information call Leslie Long at 714-921-1814, who is the coordinator for the event. Marie Jenks started this reunion to honor the pioneers of the 1950's Santa Ana Dragstrip, where drag racing came of age. Check MapQuest or call Leslie for directions.    Sent by Richard Parks, editor of the Society of Land Speed Racing Historians newsletter, on www.landspeedracing.com. 

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Editor's notes; the movie Deuce of Spades by Faith Granger has recently been listed on www.IMDB.com.

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Several people were asking my dad to write his story, including a guy named Jaime that sent mom and dad a contract every year for a movie deal. That is what got dad thinking about stuff. Other folks came by and took photos, and told him they would send him stuff and they did not. That is one of the reasons I am attempting this. Leah Kerr did complete her story about him and I just got a copy of “Driving Me Wild”, her book from Amazon. He did see that article and that was really nice. I used to find books that referenced him and share them with him. He truly loved that. When he became hospitalized someone from NHRA visited him and gave him a big book authored by NHRA; “The Fast Lane, the History of NHRA Drag Racing”. I do not recall who gave it to him. He was delighted. I just got the book from Amazon, it is a nice book. You can take a look and let me know what you think. See http://www.myspace.com/jackiearnette. I am going to get my aunts' bio on Emery Cook soon. Jackie Arnett
Jackie: I checked out your website and you did a great job. Start on some of the really old photos of the early Bean Bandits. And don't forget your captions. Photos without captions are hard to understand. Your father must be very proud of your efforts to keep the history and heritage of the Bean Bandits alive. Write and tell us about all the bandits, their names, when they joined the club, how many of the old, original bandits are still around. They are an exciting club and we're glad new members are coming in to keep the club going.

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Your name has been mentioned to me by several people; Tony Thacker, Greg Sharp and Randy, whose name I cannot remember how to spell, who has a museum in Santa Ana. I collect and deal in vintage drag racing memorabilia and have done so for 17 years. You can check out my web site at www.goyda.com. My collection has been featured in a number of magazines, the latest being the March issue of Drag Racer. I'm very serious about what I do and it is my understanding that you are trying to determine what to do with the material that your father left. I come to California a few times a year to purchase collections and most recently have been organizing the archives at the museum so that it can be catalogued properly. At that time I will be doing an appraisal. I've donated my time but the reward has been uncovering wonderful things. Anyway, if you would be interested in having me look at what you have I would be glad to do so the next time I come out. Regards, Mike Goyda
   Mike: My brother and I haven't done a survey yet. The historical archives our father left us are extensive. Most of what our father and step-mother left us has a historical perspective. There have been several suggestions submitted to us about how to do that. We are still processing the information and trying to decide what to do. It's a huge task, so it won't be an overnight decision. I will publish your email in my newsletter, because other racers have collections and they are just as conflicted with what to do with their collections as we are with ours. So many wonderful photo and historical archives are just tossed in the trash when people pass away. It's an important topic and we need to raise this subject in the SLSRH newsletter to get our members talking and discussing how best to care and preserve their records after they are gone.

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Attached please find my list of California drag strips from 1949 - present. As you know I am amassing a collection of at least one significant trophy from each of these tracks. A large task and in reality way more involved then I thought. I didn't realize how many airfields pulled double duty over the years as small community drag strips. It would be nice to have some of the readers chime in with more info, possibly some clarification on some of the tracks and maybe add something they feel relevant. I'll be glad to go over any possible errors, omissions or additions.  Michael Brennan   
   Michael: Thank you for the summary. We will get our members to start reminiscing about their experiences at various tracks. Harold Osmer has written a series of books and articles about race tracks in Southern California.
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                 California Drag Strips 1948 - to the present
Antioch/Pittsburgh (outlaw track) 1960's 
Bishop 
Carlsbad 1964 - 2004 
Champion (Brisbane) 1/8 -mile 1970 -1972 
Colton (Morrow Field) early 1950's - mid 1960's 
Cotati mid 1950's - early 1960's 
Famoso (Bakersfield) 1959 - 
Fontana Drag City AKA Fontana International Raceway 1952 - early 1970's {IHRA} 
Fremont 1957 - 1988 
Fresno 1960's 
Half Moon Bay Drag Strip 1957 - 1969 
Holtville mid 50's - mid 60's Imperial Valley Timing Association, known for Carrot Valley Festival Championships 
Hourglass Field (Miramar Naval Air Station) 1959 - August 6, 1960 
Inyokern 1950's -  {100 miles North of San Bernardino on I 395} 
Irwindale 1957 - 1977 
Irwindale 1/8 -mile 2001 - 
Kingdon (Lodi) 1951 - 1973 {Devries & Kingdon Road [contact info: (209) 478-3743 or (209) 598-7955] 
Los Angeles County Raceway (Palmdale) 1964 - 2007
Lincoln (Lincoln Airport) 1950's 
Lion's Drag Strip AKA Lion's Associated Drag Strip (Wilmington) - October 10, 1955 - 1972 
Madera (Municipal Airport) 1950's 
Marysville / Yuba City mid 1950's - early 1960's 
Minter AFB (Bakersfield) Smoker's before hand 1955 
New Jerusalem (Tracy) 1950's
Norton AFB 
Orange County Airport (Santa Ana) - July 3, 1950 - 1959
Orange County International Raceway 1967 - 1983 
Ontario Motor Speedway 1969 - 1978 
Ophir Coachmen (Oroville Airport) late 1950's - mid 1960's
Oroville (Oro Dam) 1978 - mid 1980's 
Oxnard (Camarillo Airport) ?
Paradise Mesa (National City) 1951 - 1959 {Western Racing Association, WRA} 
Pomona 1952- first NHRA race April 11, 12, 1953 
Raisin City AKA Fresno Raceway 1964 - 1972 
Ramona AKA San Diego Raceway 1963 - 1967 {30 miles North East of San Diego} 
Redding early 1950's - 
Ridgecrest
Riverside 1957 - 1969 
Sacramento (originally El Dorado) 1964 -
Sacramento (state fairgrounds) single lane 1/8 -mile mid 1950's - 1961
Salinas 1952 - 1960's 
Samoa (Eureka) AKA Humboldt Delanore Timing Association 1952 - 1956 1958 - 
San Fernando 1955 - 1968 
San Gabriel AKA Ol' San Gabe 1956 - 1961 1963-1964 
San Jose AKA Little Bonneville 1950's - early 1960's 
San Louis Obispo 
Santa Ana - June 19, 1950 - 1959 
Santa Barbara (Goleta) Santa Barbara Airport 1948 - 1953 
Santa Maria 1961 - 1968 
Saugus 1950's
Sears Point 1968 - 
Stockton 
Taft run by Smoker's before Bakersfield early 1950's 
Terminal Island AKA Brotherhood Raceway Park early 1990's- 1996 
Tustin Marine Corps Base blimp hangers 
Vaca Valley 1957 - 1968
Vernalis (Chico) 1950's early 1960's 
Winters =-mile 1950's 
Yolo County Airport 1959

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I found no official mention of the club before 1938 but there was one random mention of them being established in 1936. I bold faced members I found listed at any pre-war races, and although at this time I can only identify the Weber boys as founding members, I placed an asterisk by their names. This would be nice to get right also; again perhaps someone out there has some solid info. Others may have more input we could gather and then evaluate. I think it would do them justice to have as complete and accurate a record as possible. Michael Brennan
   Michael: Thank you for putting together the beginnings of a history on the Gophers car club, one of the most colorful groups in the old SCTA. Below is the research that I managed to do. A reunion would be very nice and some of the gentlemen thought so too.
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Gophers Club Roster. Gophers said to have been established in 1936 - 195? No mention in any publications until 1938. An asterisk * indicates a founding member. Editor's notes: I did some research along with Michael Brennan and this is what we found out. AW means the member raced after WWII and not before.
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Anderson, Harold. (AW) Ryan remembers name only. Timmerman remembers him.
Ayala, Gilbert (Died) Painted Ryan's car purple, real famous painter, shop on 9th Street in East Los Angeles. Timmerman remembers him.
   He raced roadsters. Also in Vultures car club, member of the Russetta Timing Association.
Ayulo, Manuel or Manny. Son of a diplomat, he gained fame as a sprint car racer and competed at the Indy 500.  (Died) 
Baney, Louis or Lou. Lou was a founder and president of Russetta. His son Frank is still around. Friend of Johnny Ryan and they built car at
   first hot rod show in 1948 at the Los Angeles Armory  (Died) 
Bennett, William Bud. Lives in Costa Mesa 
*Bishoff, Sonny. (Pre-War) Died in a plane crash in Bill Weber's plane at the dry lakes during the war. Worked for Weber's dad. Ryan
   remembers beating him at a high school gym contest. 
Blair, Bruce. (Pre-War) (Died) Ryan says Bruce was life of the party and partner in shop with his brother Don. Died in car accident
   in Arcadia as a passenger in a friend's coupe. 
Blair, Don. (Pre-War) Don went on to found his speed shop in Pasadena and was well-known as an oval track owner. Often had fastest time
   in the Gopher's club at the dry lakes. A real hot rodder.
Blair, Johnny. Ryan doesn't remember him. No living Gopher remembers him. He is not related to Don or Bruce Blair.
Branagan, Hal or Harold. (AW) Ryan remembers name only. Went in navy with Solberg. Pitman for Zaring's midget per Solberg
Bursch, Roger. Ryan barely remembers him. Altadena and Pasadena per Blair. I contacted Roger and he is doing well.
Corbett, Bob (aka R.E. Corbett). Lived on west side of town (AW). Helped run Saugus dragstrip with Lou Baney, under Lou Senter, per Don
   Blair. Per Lou Senter, Corbett ran concessions.
Eggeman, Harvey. Ryan doesn't remember him. Passed away per Blair. Timmerman remembers him.
Ellis, Bob. (Died) Bob may have also raced boats. Ryan thinks he raced boats.
Evans, Earl. (Died)  (Pre-War) Evans was not an original member, had speed shop, big business man per Ryan. Gene Ohly knows Evans. 
Genardini, Steve. (AW) Ryan remembers name only.
Glotch, Dave. (AW) Ran '34 roadster at lakes. Glotch ended up marrying a girlfriend of Johnny Ryan. Lives in Hayward, I spoke to him. *Gonnella, Dante. (Pre-War) Gonnella remembers that the Gopher's club started in his Dad's house. Left club in 1942 due to war. Says club
   was founded in Boyle Heights and was a neighborhood group, which he thinks started around 1934, with about 10 or 12 members. Ryan
   says club was founded in Bill Zaring's garage.
*Gonnella, Donald.  (Pre-War) (Died) He married Betty Ross who had been dating Jack McGrath.
Hardy, Harry. Partner with Hale Smith.  (AW) Ryan barely remembers him. Solberg went to midget races with him.
Link, Don. (Died) Family very rich, last known residence Newport Beach. Solberg went to school with the Link brothers at Lincoln.
Link, Paul. Gopher member and midget pit crew man, ran dry lakes pre-war per Solberg. Had machine shop. Branagan worked for him in
   Los Angeles. Engraving business per Blair.
Leonard, Frank. Died. Ryan was close to him. Leonard's father had a market in Montebello, and Frank ran the meat counter. He fixed the
   mirrors so that the ladies would have to bend down to see the meat prices and then he could see the ladies d�colletage. Ryan introduced
   Frank to his wife. In Whittier per Solberg, died in car crash in mountains.
Marcia, Bub. (Pre-War) Ryan remembers him. Marcia took care of Nellie Taylor's roadster while he was in the service. Tall and handsome. 
Martin, Bob. (Pre-War) Dante remembers him, so he goes way back.
*Mays, Roland. (Pre-War) (Died) Ryan remembers him. Roland would help anyone and he worked for Ryan at the engine shop, and part time
   at a brewery. He knew Gloria, Ryan's wife, and tried to introduce them. 
McClung, Richard. Also known as Dick Webb, raced oval track and jalopies. (Died) He raced sprint cars for Blair, in his first ride.
McCormick, Leland "Beetle."  (AW) Ryan remembers him, close to the Weber brothers. Hung around with Solberg. 
*McGrath, Jack. (Pre-War) (Died) He lost his girlfriend, Betty Ross, to Donald Gonnella. Oval track racer, went to South Pasadena High
   School. Very popular, won at Indy, real hot rodder. 
McKinnon, Phil. Ryan doesn't remember him. 
Mickelson, Jack. (Pre-War) Ryan says Jack had the prettiest green '32 roadster at the lakes. Lives in Arizona. Ran fastest times among
   Gophers. 129.31 in roadster in '47, left club in late '40's. Worked for Harry Weber. Army Air Corp in WWII. I spoke to him.
Negley, Hank or Henry per Blair. Hank's daughter, Paula, gives out an annual award in her father's name to the Gear Grinders club.
Nitti, Joe. Ryan's sister Annie married Joe's brother. Went to Las Vegas. Solberg says he had a gas station in LV. Also in Vultures. Died.
O'Regan, Dan. (AW) Died per Don Montgomery. He took lots of pictures at the dry lakes.
*Perdoma, Oscar. (Pre-War) Bought Ryan's roadster. He was a pilot in WWII. Oscar moved to San Diego.
Pohl, Blair. Ryan doesn't remember him.  Temple City per Blair. Used Blair's car with Pohl's engine.
Pohl, James. Ryan doesn't remember him.
Price, Johnny. Died (PW) per Solberg, but probably not an original Gopher. Lived in Temple City or Arcadia. (Pre-War)
Ratner, David. (AW) Ryan remembers name only.
*Riddle, Eddie. (Died) (PW) Founded Rimco Machine Company. Friends of the Weber Brothers. At a big meeting at the Gonnella's, Ryan
   went to get some liquor with his girlfriend. Riddle asked to go with them and talked to Ryan's girlfriend on the way. By the time they got
   back, Ryan's girlfriend had left him for Riddle.
*Rodriguez, Mitch (PW). Very important Gopher. Ryan lived with Mitch's family after the war. Nelson and Ryan started their business in
   Mitch's garage.
Rounds, Chuck.  Ryan doesn't remember him. Blair remembers him.
*Ryan, Johnny. (PW). Johnny was a partner with Nellie Taylor in engine shop, called Taylor Engine Rebuilding, which was the original name.
   Sometimes called the Taylor and Ryan Engine Shop. Jack Mickelson was also a part owner. Ryan went to Roosevelt High School, quit to
   join the CCC in mountains, went back to LA Polytechnic High School, then back to Roosevelt to get his diploma. I spoke to him.
Salazar, Bruno. (AW) Ryan remembers name only.  Blair remembers him, Timmerman remembers him.
Seymour, Walter. (AW) Ryan remembers name only.  Blair remembers him.
Shell, Lewie. Ryan thinks Lewie could have been partners with Lou Baney. (PW)  Santa Monica shop.
Skogould, Paul. Ryan doesn't remember him.  Blair remembers him, Paul borrowed Blair's car. 
Smith, Hale. Went to Garfield High School. Knew Dante Gonnella after war. Only went to one Gopher meeting. Worked on midget with
   Zaring. I spoke to him.
Solberg, Ludwig Jr. Ryan wanted to go to work with Ludwig's dad, a woodworker, but it didn't work out. Close friends with the Weber's. 
   Ludwig lived in City Terrace, north of Belvedere or East Los Angeles. I spoke to Solberg.
Spence, Dave. (AW) Ryan remembers name only.  Blair remembers him, worked for Blair for a year. 
*Taylor, Nelson Nellie.  (PW) (Died) First Speed Shop in East Los Angeles, in Mitch Rodriguez's garage, then moved engine shop to
   Whittier. His sister, Virginia Taylor, was married to Bud Van Mannen per Solberg.
*Timmerman, Darrell (PW). Pasadena. Ryan remembers name only.  Blair remembers him, Dick New bought performance shop from
   Timmerman. Worked for Jack McGrath. I spoke to Timmerman.
Tomlinson, Olaf. Ryan doesn't remember him.
*Weber, Bill. (PW) Older Weber brother, Bill died flying his plane in a crash at the dry lakes before the war, due to a downdraft at Muroc dry
   lake. Sonny Bishoff was a passenger in the plane and died with him. 
*Weber, Harry. (PW) Younger Weber brother, went to Jr High school with Hale Smith, then to Lincoln High School. (Died) Weber Cams.
*Weidell, Connie or Conrad. (Died) Close friends with Jack McGrath, had shops right next to each other. Connie was a dancer in the movies,
   a good racer, went to Indy 500. Guys looked up to him. Went to Florida to live.
Zabel, Ford. (AW) Ryan remembers name only. Might be Don Zabel in La Canada. Also Might be Ford Robinson. Confusion in names. 
*Zaring, Bill. (PW), The Gophers used his garage to hold their meetings and he was their first president. Main person whom the Gophers
   gathered around. He was building a roadster in his garage. President of Gophers. Per Ryan, club was formed in Zaring's garage. Father
   wanted a place to park his car so he built a 2nd garage, but Ryan parked his roadster there too. Zaring is better known as an oval track
   racer and owner. Was in first grade thru Jr High School (Belvedere) with Hale Smith, then went to Lincoln High School. (Died) 
Members of SCTA who may have run with Sandy Belond (Idlers): Don Blair (Gophers), Bill Burke (Road Runners), Stu Hilborn (Centuries/Lowriders), Jack Mickelson (Gophers), and Johnny Ryan (Gophers). Todd Timmons at Rimco Machine may know more about Eddie Riddle.

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The 2009 Hot Rod Heritage Series is now in its second season. There are 14 categories: Nostalgia Top Fuel; Nostalgia Funny Car; A/Fuel; Junior Fuel; 7.0 Eliminator; AA/Gas Supercharged; Nostalgia Eliminator 1, Nostalgia Eliminator 2; Nostalgia Eliminator 3; A Gas; B Gas; C Gas; D Gas; and Hot Rod. The 2009 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series Schedule is as follows: April 3-5, Nostalgia Sportsman Shootout, Fontana, California. May 15-17, Las Vegas Speed Spectacular, Las Vegas, Nevada.  June 12-13, Arizona Fuel & Gas Nationals, Wittmann, Arizona. July 10-11, WCTA Fremont Reunion, Sacramento, California. August 13-16, 38th Annual Pepsi NightFire Nationals, Boise, Idaho. September 11-13, Southern California Shootout (tentative), Fontana, California.  October 16-18, California Hot Rod Reunion, Bakersfield, California.  See www.autoclubfamosoraceway.com. Bill Groak.

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I removed myself by accident... can you re-add me.  Mel Stultz
   Mel: All that you have to do is go back to www.landspeedracing.com and sign in again. That's for the automated email that Mary Ann, and her staff, send out once a week. It's not mandatory to do so and many readers simply add the website to their list of favorites and read the newsletter on-line at www.landspeedracing.com. Some people prefer the email, some the website and some like both of these alternatives. However, to see the photographs, a reader must go to the website and sign in.

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Road Runner Meeting Notes - Tuesday, March 10th, 7pm at Ed Martin Garage - Nine guests visited our meeting tonight. Welcome to: Bill Carling - prospective member (second meeting); Dean Jigamian - prospective member (third meeting); Jake Krottje - prospective member (first meeting); Gary McGavin - prospective member (third meeting); Ricky Rogers - prospective member (third meeting); Charles Shimko - prospective member (third meeting); Sarah Burns - guest; Eddie Jones - guest; Kermit Thompson - guest. Prospective member Gary McGavin was voted into the Club. Gary has a long and varied racing background, including motorcycles, formula car and sedan road racing and Pikes Peak. Gary shared pictures of some of the formula cars he has raced over the years and the F-80 wing tank and Formula Ford donor car that will provide the chassis for his new tank lakester. Gary expects the car to be ready for the 2010 season. Welcome to the Road Runners Gary. All 2009 Patrol and Club duty assignments are posted on the "Race Schedule and Duty Assignments" page of our website. Please note that the start time for Patrol Meetings has been changed to 7am at the Start Line. In 2009, course walk procedures will be changed.
   Half the SCTA Clubs will start from the Start Line and half from the end of the course, meeting at the Finish Line. Club assignments have not been made yet. We will post the Road Runners Course walk assignment on our webpage when we receive it. Buddy Fitzgerel's family has contacted our Club, offering to give us his El Mirage, Muroc and Bonneville trophies and timing tags. We gratefully accept their offer and will pickup and document the items. Some of the items may be incorporated into the Buddy Fitzgerel Memorial Trophy that is currently being designed. If you would like a report on all the Club business conducted at the meeting, please contact Secretary Jerry Cornelison for an e-mail copy of the minutes. Next regular business meeting of the Road Runners is Tuesday, April 14th at 7pm, at Ed Martin Garage. Also, if in the area, don't forget "Burrito Thursdays" at Ed Martin Garage! For the full Road Runners club website see http://www.ussarcherfish.com/roadrunners/news.htm.  Jerry Cornelison

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I am the daughter of AA/FA Car Owner Don Green and my mother remarried famed land speed racer/Business owner Bill Summers (Summers Brothers Goldenrod). I recently remarried myself to David Peace so now my name is Maggie Peace (Green-Summers). Maggie
   Maggie: Is there someone in your family who is coordinating the history of the Green and Summers racing history? We have completed 102 issues of the newsletter and many famous families have told their stories. We would like to have the histories and biographies of Don and the Summers brothers told. I will help you with biographies. Welcome to the SLSRH at www.landspeedracing.com.

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I just took over operations at an NHRA sanctioned track in New Jersey. It is an old 1/8th mile in perfect condition, still running, but was not being used to its advantage. I am currently restoring it to look like 1940 through 1960. I build very early traditional Fords and will be building some really great events based on old time style & power. I also have a belly tank project powered by a hopped up Ford Model B banger for my strip and Bonneville. Is this something you could mention on the board? Love to get more old time racing guys interested in my area. I have been calling all my old buddies, and everyone is in! TV shows, film, and the American Hot Rod Foundation have all been following what I'm up too.  Should be good! Maybe there is a way to get Land Speed Racing involved?  I love your site!  Thanks for everything.  Mel Stultz
   Mel: Thank you for the compliments. Your letter gives me a chance to expound on this subject. Yes, what you are doing is perfect for our emailed and website newsletter. We aren't really a board or a blog, but simply a group email. I've been told that we can make it real sophisticated, but that takes training and education and sending and receiving emails is about the limit of my abilities. Perhaps a future editor of the Society of Land Speed Racing Historians (SLSRH) will change the format someday and that's fine with me. My father was the same way and he did okay sending and receiving emails, but balked at the complexities involved with computer generated blogs, etc. I'm glad you are involving more hot rodders and drag racers from back East. We want more news from that area. It is an under-reported part of the country and our history. As for the scope of the newsletter and our society, I should repeat what I have said before. Jim Miller and I set the parameters of the Society to include all land speed racing, all hot rodding and drag racing in its formative years, which we understood to be the decade from 1949 through 1959. Why did we exclude the great bulk of drag racing, especially as that deals with my father and NHRA. 
   Part of the reason is that there are many fine websites and organizations that report on drag racing and we would have only been redundant. Another reason is that land speed racing, the father of all motorsports, is often under reported. I suppose you could say that road racing is the father of all auto racing; except that the very first races were tests and a straight line for a short distance was the limit for these early model cars. But we won't quibble; land speed time trials and testing are equally as old, if not older, than road course racing, so we call it the father of all motorized racing on land. Motorized sea racing goes back even farther in time to the early 1800's, though there was a Frenchman who built a steam driven tractor-like vehicle in the 1760's. Jim and I are volunteers and amateur historians, in that we don't make a living from what we do. For us to add all of drag racing up to the present day would be an impossibility, though we do study it a little. And if latter-day drag racing fans give us a question and it ties in to our other main fields, we won't shy away from it. It is not true though, as some have suggested, that we are anti-drag racing. The truth is that we love drag racing, the King of Motorsports, but it is a field so large that we could not make a dent in its history. Therefore we concentrate on areas that are smaller, but which laid the foundation for drag racing. Also, it is important to learn of the beginnings, because that way we can see why the sport of drag racing evolved from land speed time trials and illegal street racing. 
   My father was a land speed racer, but he did drag race, and at that time it was illegal. But there is no one as dedicated and zealous as a reformed, convert to a cause and my father left street racing behind to become the most vocal of all the anti-street racing proponents, even founding a new sanctioning body to combat it. My father didn't create drag racing and when he founded the NHRA, it was not intended to be a drag racing organization. It was called the National Hot Rod Association and it was an evolution of the Southern California Timing Association and its programs. The SCTA did not want to evolve, would not evolve and will not evolve to this day. Frustrated, my father, who was responsible for many innovations in the SCTA behind the scenes, decided to form a national group of young hot rodding high school clubs that would come together to form an association that would be an alternative to illegal street racing. My father and my step mother saw this as car clubs that would hold picnics, car shows, go on outings and be a social group that would offer another way for kids to develop the car culture that might offset the urge to street race. Drag racing was going full force from 1950. NHRA was formed in 1951, and didn't hold its first race until sometime around 1952-53. When it became obvious that young people were no longer interested in the old 1930's and '40's car club scene, the NHRA evolved into a sanctioning race body. Those early men and women had lots of experience on the dry lakes and at Bonneville, so they knew how to do crowd control, inspections, safety safaris, promotion, timing and record keeping. 
   The importance of the SCTA in the formation of the NHRA cannot be overstated. The first officers of the NHRA were SCTA people, including Ak Miller, Marvin Lee and my father. All the functions of the NHRA come directly from the dry lakes. It wasn't until the middle 1950's that adaptations from independent drag strips began to have an influence in how the NHRA operated. The early ideas from the SCTA continued to influence the NHRA for decades and some things they do today are exact practices from the early dry lakes period. If my father had in mind to create a racing organization in 1951, he would have named it the National Drag Racing Association or NDRA and not the National Hot Rod Association. Drag racing has a lot of father's of the sport and deservedly so. C.J. Hart for one. Hart was and always will be one of my heroes. He had the same idea as my father, "Get the kids off the streets and onto a safe and organized race track." They disagreed on small points, but agreed on the cause and both Hart and my father were tenacious believers in fighting street racing. There were many other men and women around the country who shared these views and they need to be recognized, which is why we have formed this Society and this newsletter. We need to know about Gordon Browning, who organized the police programs that the NHRA adopted. We need to know about the original Safety Safari, with Bud Coons, Chic Cannon, Bud Evans and Eric Rickman. In my eyes, they are the drag racing Knights of the Round Table that Wally and Barbara Parks sent out to the nation at large to create the Camelot that we call drag racing today. So tell us all that you know about eastern drag racing and their heroes and founders. Write in as often as you want and share with us what you know. If we limit it to the late 1950's and a bit of the '60's, it isn't because we don't care. The reason we limit it to the past is because we are committed to understanding the beginnings of the sports that we love so much.

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Please add the following person to the list. Roy Dodson is an old Los Angeles area Hot Rodder who has raced at the dry lakes in a 2-Port Riley but didn't belong to any of the clubs. I'm guessing, but I think his activity was pre-WW2 and immediately following the conflict. Roy is one of my aviation friends and he resides in San Gabriel. Thanks, Bob Falcon
   Bob and Roy: Welcome to the newsletter. To sign up simply go to www.landspeedracing.com and sign in. There are no fees, duties or responsibilities to belong to the Society of Land Speed Racing Historians. Bob, you have done your biography, but we would like to have Roy do his biography and tell us about his lakes experiences. Email back to me and I will explain how.

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Salt May Be An Addictive Natural Antidepressant. Most Americans eat too much salt, and a new study may explain why we grab a bag of chips when we feel blue, salt may be a natural antidepressant." Kim Johnson, University of Iowa. This makes great sense to me. Salt Fever is so addictive and it requires at least annual fixes. Combine that with the great friends from the salt flats and watching the cars, knowing their drivers and crews, sharing their joys and disappointments, no wonder we are so hooked! Wes Potter
   Wes: Salt Fever began in the early 1900's when Ab Jenkins was introduced to Bonneville by a friend. Ab raced motorcycles and cars on the salt and became so addicted to the thrills that he spent his whole life trying to get others to come to Utah. He succeeded and Malcolm Campbell, John Cobb and others set records there. In 1947 John Cobb came to Bonneville and the news spread throughout the Southern California car club scene. One of those men making the trip to see Cobb run on the salt was Wally Parks and he became so committed to racing there that he nagged Pete Petersen and Lee Ryan into going to see Ab Jenkins and the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce in 1948. That meeting led to a one year contract for the SCTA to race on the salt in 1949. The first Bonneville Speed Week went off so well that a further contract was signed and Bonneville is entrenched in our racing lore. Is the salt addictive? For some it has entered their blood and they will never seek a cure for it

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Is this real? Joe Timney
   Joe: Sorry, I should have explained. I'm the editor of the Society of Land Speed Racing Historians newsletter at www.landspeedracing.com and a former Gear Grinder. Jim Miller and I are doing biographies of all the land speed racers that we can possibly find.

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Ab Jenkins ran a motorcycle on the salt flats a couple of times but where does it say he rode a bicycle on the salt? You may be thinking of Bill Rishel who was making an exploratory run for William Randolph Hearst looking for a route for a publicity run from San Francisco to Chicago. It took him almost twenty four hours to cross the flats, the bulk of it in the sticky mud on both edges of the playa.  He started at night hoping the moonlight and the cool night would be easier than the blazing hot sun during the day. Somewhere I've read that he had severely misjudged the difficulty of the crossing and was not prepared for the distance he would have to travel through the muddy edges of the flats themselves and the harsh daytime conditions. One time he made a high speed U turn on Broadway (3rd South) between Main and State streets in downtown Salt Lake City. I most likely found that during one of my trips to the Utah Historical Society or the University of Utah Library. Ab drove a variety of cars and a tractor on the salt but those were the only timed runs he made at Bonneville that I know of.
   Speaking of the tractor Ab raced, Rick Vesco has a great follow up to that story. It's about the farmer who later bought the actual tractor that was geared only for those timed runs. It was worthless on an actual farm as you can imagine. I've heard Rick tell the story but don't know the great details he adds when he tells the story. Ab was the Utah State Safety Engineer and he had made showy demonstration drives on Salt Lake City streets when he was mayor and after he left the mayor's office, but before he became the Safety Engineer. When he visited our high school he said very little about his actual racing background and a lot about careful driving. Since that was at B Y High he hit hard on his Word of Wisdom adherence and credited that with his ability to make the incredible endurance runs he was so famous for. He may not have been as open about that at a non-LDS school. As it was, several of my classmates who were not LDS didn't seem to accept his message as willingly as the rest of the class. When we approached him about support for a drag strip he was so completely negative and non-receptive to the suggestions that it left a sour taste in our collective mouths. When your dad's delegation went to meet with the SLC Chamber committee they had a much more receptive audience than they would have had after the Bureau of Land Management took over administration of the Bonneville Salt Flats from the Chamber some twenty odd years later. The Chamber had promoted Bonneville as a special place; the BLM still considers it a nuisance. Wes Potter
   Wes: I deleted the reference to bicycles. I thought Marv told me that Ab did bicycles as well as motorcycles and cars. That's why I send back statements like that to the original writers to get their double take. That policy of having others review the material cuts down on errors. It's not a foolproof system and errors do creep into the newsletter, but it helps. Others who review the material before it goes into print are Jim Miller, Roger Rohrdanz and Bob Falcon. Occasionally they find mistakes and I correct them. Even after all that, mistakes do occur and when they do, I offer a retraction and apology. That's why we are a Historical Society and not a bench racing blog. We try to elevate the knowledge we have to a more truthful level. Your input therefore is very valuable. It is the sum of all of our knowledge that is important, not the knowledge of any one person. Please tell us more about that first contact between the SCTA and the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce. Had that not gone well, Speedweek might never have happened, nor all the unlimited runs of Arfons, Breedlove and the others. Many do not know just how much an ironman that Ab Jenkins was. His records will probably never be broken. I spoke to Danny Oakes and several other endurance racers and they were in awe of Jenkins. While he never imbibed alcohol or smoked tobacco, Ab had a real taste for ice cream. I understand that the crew would put a cup of ice cream on a stick and Ab would grab it as he made a lap around the 10 mile course and would slow down just enough to grasp the cup. Could it be that vanilla ice cream is truly the secret behind the endurance records that he set?

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Joaquin and Jeff Arnett's Streamliner Mark IV
   Joaquin Arnett and his son Jeff built this streamliner. Various members of the bean bandits helped in the making of the liner. It was built to fulfill the dream of our son and brother and friend. Joaquin "Sonny" Arnett III. His dream was to make a two way run over a seven-mile course. With an average speed of 409 mph. It was Sonny's dream to set a new world record. The streamliner was built in eleven months. Its' weight is 2800 pounds, with the fuel and water 3150 pounds. It has a 1/2 inch thick by 15 inches wide strip of iron 17 feet long welded to the bottom of the car. 

The wheel base is 14 1/2" deep by 22' long. The car is 33" wide. The frame is made from 1" square steel stock, 3/16" thick with sheet metal (16 gauge) welded to it (unibody). The roll cage is made of 2 1/4" steel pipe. The bottom half of the car is (14 gauge) chromoly steel for extra strength. The fender skirts, bottom of tail, and hook are made of aluminum. The engine is a 354 hemi cubic inch Chrysler Heine with a Schneider cam and Crower rollers and Crower injections. It's bored 40,000 over has aluminum rods, 8-1 compression ratio. Blower parts are Mooneyham. We ran 10% nitromethane, for testing and will be running 80-90% later. It will put out around 2oo-2500 horsepower depending on the combination of the set up, on 18" Mickey Thompson tires rated for 450 mph. Taylor made wheels transmission are: 250 - with 1-1 ring gear and pinion for El Mirage. 350- with 2-1 ring gear and pinion for Bonneville Salt Flats. The liner can hold 3 parachutes in the back hole chute tube. Jeff Arnett drove the liner, a few test runs were made at El Mirage, keeping the speeds around 180-200 mph for the shake down runs. We have also had a few test runs at Bonneville, and succeeded in our goal to go around 220 mph in the first gear and around 310 in second gear. Things were progressing nicely. With a lot of work and a little luck we will be getting closer to the 409 mph Sonny's and our dream. Jeff Arnett (re-sent by Jackie Arnett)

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I have so much to share. I have this opportunity to run this track because of my involvement in the hot rod scene. I got interested in early Fords about 10 years ago because all my pals had bikes, Harley Davidson's. Seemed like all the kids (early 20's) were buying bikes. Now I loved bikes, but I always liked to find my own influences and not go with the flow. So I sought after my first model A, and I've been at it ever since. I jumped right in, and I knew nothing about cars. Hey, I'm still learning. I believe that is what fuels me, always learning, always having fun. And what great friends I've met along the way! Now it's my involvement in hot rods that attracted the drag strip owners to reach out to me. They knew me through a few hot rod shows, and I was building cars for some time, but they really wanted me to just throw a hot rod show. When I went to first speak with them, I immediately saw the potential of what I could do out there. Without offending the owner I explained that I sleep and breathe hot rods, yet there is nothing exciting out at his track to lure me in. So I asked if I could bring a new direction to the track. Promoting street racing! With home built hot rods, not the usual track cars and imports that have been slowly taking over our culture. So we struck a deal, and I'm now under way out there. Now it would have been easy to call it an old time track and watch the '60's cars show up, but I have a different plan. I have reached out to all my friends that I have met along the way, and it seems they all crave just what I have up my sleeve. Real old time racing! Me and my buddies are in love with bangers and Flathead powered stuff, so I have convinced everyone to take it to the track. We plan to run this stuff as often as we can. I even have some old vintage bikes that want to race our banger powered roadsters, and 21 studs!
My car club buds and I are working on a banger powered belly tank for my strip, and we also plan to bring it to Bonneville next season. We had hoped to make it this year, but the track stuff if really eating up my time. I also will be working on my street car and rebuilding it for competition only use as well, lots of work to do! Meanwhile I am also building an original 1932 roadster with an original Miller/Schofield OHV.
Oh, and I must not forget my mild custom, '36 three-window in the works as well; busy, busy, busy. It is such a pleasure to talk with you, and I am so glad you are carrying out all the same fine work your father brought to our world. We appreciate it! I am going to push the early influence as much as I can. We fell in love with what your father, friends, and cohorts, all left to us. It is our job to keep it alive! I hope to bridge the gap between young and old as we have so much more to learn before these greats leave us. I recently was giving the blessing of Jim "Jazzy' Nelson from the Oilers car club to carry out the racing tradition under their name. We are so honored! Jim and Dode Martin also brought one of the first Dragster frames into production with their famed Dragmaster Company. Jim also ran a drag strip for years and I hope to do the same with our little 1/8 mile and influence all the good people we can. They showed us the way, now we must carry the torch. The early car culture got lost for awhile, and I am a believer that we must keep it alive, on the track, in our back yards, and in our hearts. I'll keep you posted with the happenings from the East Coast! We'll try our best! Here is a pic of my '32, my '34, and my fellow Oiler pals early hop ups too. Mel Stultz Click Images for Photo Gallery

Mel: What a great idea. Innovation is the exact definition of a hot rodder. During WWII, Curtis LeMay and other military leaders looked for every hot rodder they could find to staff their motor pools for aircraft, tanks and other vehicles. They realized an army, navy or air force does not win battles by regulations, but by men and women who could think fast in an emergency and get the job done with whatever they had at their disposal. Hence the old saying, "She's in the air, held together by baling wire, spit and chewing gum." Here are some suggestions. Send in reports as often as you want and add plenty of nouns; i.e. names, clubs, places, dates and events. Also, look as hard as you can and find the old-time racers and hot rodders and make them your "Grand Marshal at that race." You should never overlook an old-timer. Have someone pick them up and bring them to the event, then take them home. Have a short ceremony and present them with an inexpensive plaque or certificate of appreciation. If you center the event around true living legends, whatever their fame and recognition they have will become a part of your group. It's about cars AND it's about people. Sometimes hot rodders focus on cars and forget the people. Don't let that happen. Find young people in your area and give them the authority to create three new programs. 1) Start a public access TV show for your races, 2) create a huge email master mailing list and send out notices each and every week as to what's happening with your organization, and 3) start now to find and honor every old-timer that you can find and save their history. You are on the way to starting something very unique and special. Let us know how you do, because we think you have re-discovered the true meaning of hot rodding.

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That (Santa Ana Drags) was the first drag strip I ever attended. It was the first Sunday in April, 1952. Barney Navarro had his 1951 or '52 Ford there and Chet Herbert's bike, The Beast, was also there. The bike had top time. As I recall it was 135 MPH. The rolling start was slightly downhill with the flag man and the starting line just as the slight grade flattened out. That was excitement for a 20 year old from the farming country along the Columbia River in Central Washington. FREUD (Glenn Freudenberger)
Glenn: The official historian for the Santa Ana Drag Strip is Leslie Long and he would love to talk to anyone who was there, who had photographs or memories of the dragstrip history. His number is 714-921-1814. Don't forget to send us your bio and all your stories of the past. Members, Glenn Freudenberger is a member of the Dry Lakes Hall of Fame.

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That's the same weekend as the NHRA Heritage Series race at Fontana. There are a few of us left alive that ran Santa Ana and are still racing. I would love to attend but my race car comes first. Some of my fondest memories are about C. J. at Santa Ana. Thanks for the notice. Frank Genco
Frank: This is the first that I have heard of this event and it has supposedly gone on for some 25 years. I think it was a closed event for those who knew each other at the Santa Ana Drags back in the 1950's. Perhaps they didn't know how to reach all the others who raced at that original drag strip. Leslie Long contacted me and I sent out a notice to my email list and that's how I got involved. This will be the first time for me and I'll write a report of the event so that you can see what it was all about. Check www.landspeedracing.com around the middle of April. In the meantime, create some good memories on April 4th at Fontana. And don't forget to send us your bio and your stories of the past.

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For information on the March Meet or other events at Auto Club Famoso Raceway, visit www.autoclubfamosoraceway.com. Results of the March Meet is now available on-line. Bill Groak

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Caption: Photos of Ron Main's streamliner engines for the FlatFire cars. Ron Main photographs. May Power Reign Forever The Ford Flathead First Family of Speed The FlatFire Trinity: The Father, The Son and The Spirit of Speed

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