SOCIETY OF LAND SPEED RACING HISTORIANS
NEWSLETTER 99 - February 20, 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, Editorial, Handmade 1/6 scale Chevy 327 engine complete built, Ed Iskenderian's broke his right foot and is in a short cast, 1932 Helicron, a bit about my deuce, star of the film Deuce of Spades, Road Runner Meeting Notes, 12 minute video of John Price's Mormon Meteor III visit, looking for info on the Al Teague Highboy, Don Garlits 2009 schedule, Aussie Invader World Land Speed Challenge.. Join the Team, Update on the Studebaker, The Goldenhawk Streamliner Project

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President's Corner:
Ok, time to turn back the clock again since we don't start really going fast until May at El Mirage. So let's pack our bags and head for Deutschland, but first, we'll stop-off in England. Boots polished and packed? Then let's go. We're going to start with a three year old chassis that was originally built for a little single-seater, open-wheeled racer designed to go around in circles at a track called Brooklands. No, that's not an amusement park next door to New York City; it's the granddaddy of all race tracks that was built before Indy was even thought about. If you ever saw the movie, "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines," well that's Brooklands. Inside this track there was a little company that just happened to build a few racers for the likes of a guy called Campbell. Anyhow they got this old chassis and had a go with it. First thing they did was get the driver and figure out how to make him fit in the thing, as he was only 6'6." Canting the motor diagonally in the chassis got the driveline next to him but there was still a problem. The cowl height was dictated by the engine height and a measurement of 26" was decided upon, but our tall driver stuck out by a mile. Oh, what to do. That's where our body designer-hero comes in. The man was Reid Railton who would later design the fastest car in the world at that time for John Cobb. He just leaned the driver back at a 45 degree angle and the problem was solved. The body Reid designed in 1938 set the benchmark for slippery cars for decades to come. Dean Batchelor, who designed the So-Cal Special, the City of Burbank, and the Shadoff Special, along with the Kenz & Leslie team, all borrowed heavily from Reid's design.
While all the hard stuff was being built the engine boys were also at work. Don't forget to keep in mind all this is happening in early 1938. The motor was a straight 6 with a single overhead cam and had a 57mm bore and a 71 mm stroke for a grand total of 1086 cc or about 61 cubic inches. Yep, that's a peanut motor. This puppy put out a whopping 194 bhp at 7000 rpm with the help of a blower. Think of a Ford Flattie, 1938, 85 hp. The engine was dumped into the chassis and two test laps were made at Brooklands as the body wasn't done yet. The date is August, 1938. The car was completed and set off for Germany. Now for the Boots! There was this nice little road near Frankfurt-on-Main called the Reichsautobahn. To be able to run on it permission had to be granted by the NSKK, or the National Socialist Motor Corps and yes, it was part of Hitler's Nazi Party. The man in charge of it and who gave the OK to run was one Korpsfuhrer Adolf Huhnlein, leader of the NSKK-Motor-Group Hesse. He appointed one Group-Leader Richard Prinz of Hesse to actually do the nuts and bolts work.
Here is what transpired from the official documents of the runs - "On Wednesday, November 9, 1938 (our driver) definitely starts his record-hunt. The starting-place at Km 2 shows the now already usual aspect in the early morning-hours: Motorvan, unloading. First message over the wireless and filming of the 'Fox Weekly Review.' Getting ready for (our driver's) Record-Racing-Car. After the report has been received over the field-telephone, that the racing-track of the Motor road is clear, (our driver) starts. Trial-spin still without time-taking. After turning at Km 13 (our driver) returns to the starting-point. Start for the return run is somewhat delayed by necessary minor repair work. Moreover the car gets some additional fuel. The reafterstart for the return-run. Still faster than on the going-run the car with its motor working purely flies past the time-testing-points. Scarcely announced over the telephone the car already rolls back over the starting-point and is carefully covered by loving hands like a precious racehorse. A cigarette and a bottle of beer help to calm down the excitement of the terrific speed. Thereafter (our driver) walks to the telephone, which will receive the results in a few minutes. (Our driver) chats and says: 'the pistons of the motor are as small as that.' Now the result has come through: Return-run: 11.50 seconds = 313.043 Km, 18.52 seconds = 312.831 Km per hour over the Km and over the mile with flying start. The man on the telephone works these figures out in miles = 195.1 mph. (Our driver) laughs and receives congratulations from Army-Officers."
Well that's it. After months of hard work and tons of money spent 37.04 seconds of seat time is all she wrote. As a postscript our boys came back in June of 1939 to run on a new stretch of the Reichsautobahn near Dessau and really kicked butt. The peanut motor got them a 203.5 mph Km and a 202.3 mph mile record. To add insult to the record books they bored the motor out to get in the next higher class and ran 204.2 in the Km and 203.8 in the Mile. After the war they brought the same car to Bonneville and went faster still but that's another story. The first image is from a Morris Industries booklet that covers the car's story. A letter dated 23rd August, 1945 that was received with the booklet said it was, "the last and only one left." To follow it up this is what a well-dressed German racing official looked like in late 1938. It's Korpsfuhrer Adolf Huhnlein, head of the NSKK and I bet his boots are polished.

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Editorial:
I have a number of biographies in the pipeline. They are in various stages of completion and soon I hope to bring them to you. Marilyn Lachman was the secretary to Wally Parks at NHRA and I hope that she will tell us about all the wonderful stories that she knows. Eric Studer, Jim Dunn, Mike Akatiff, Dick Wells, Gordie Bonin, Don Smith, and Steve Studer are just a few of the people we hope will add their bios and stories to our collection. I checked with www.hotrodhotline.com, where the stories and bios are kept on file and didn't realize how many we have collected so far. It is a rich treasure and one that can only grow and make us all more knowledgeable about the past. I have promises and commitments from others as well and when they write their bios I will let you know. Tuesday afternoon I received a telephone call from Lee Blaisdell and we had a nice talk. If you don't know who Lee is, then you will have to start all over again as a "green-horn." Lee was the official photographer of the SCTA back in the mid-1940's and was there when Robert 'Pete' Petersen, Wally Parks and several other pioneers of the sport batted around the idea for a publication to promote the SCTA Hot Rod Show at the Los Angeles Armory in 1948. That promotional brochure led to Hot Rod magazine and an empire. To my knowledge, no one else is alive from that meeting who knows what really happened and yet Lee can tell us. I've sent a memo to Lee and his daughter Geri to ask them to write down his bio and his memories of the early days and hopefully we will have a great story to bring to you. Petersen asked Lee to join him and therefore Lee Blaisdell is the first professional photographer for Hot Rod magazine. Later, when Lee moved from the area, his old friend, Eric 'Rick' Rickman took over as the photographer for the growing magazine. Eric and Lee had participated in the same Boy Scout troop in northern California. What a rich history Blaisdell and Rickman lived through. I tried to get Rick to tell his story and he told me, just like my father did, that he had some projects to attend to and when they were done, both of them would get right on their bios. Both my father and Rick are gone and they never got around to their bios.
That's why I nag all of you. I've only met one person who did their bio without being asked and so if I am to succeed, I have to nag you. I will do it unmercifully, because we need to know your story and so does your family. In some cases I am receiving stories from family members whose father, uncle or grandfather have passed away, but they want to know more about their roots. That's a very hard way to bring back history and the research only tells us a few dates, places and speeds. The real, important facts are lost when the person leaves us for the racetrack in the sky. These losses leave huge gaps in our history, a past that is rich in accomplishments and feeling. The guidelines or outlines are easy to follow. They start out asking who you are and where your family came from, and then ask you to tell us about your youth and school life. From there the format asks you about what you did after you graduated, what kind of racing that you did, your family, work life and goals.
If you follow the guideline, you should be able to put together a quick outline of your life in about an hour. Then you send it to me to edit and I will then send it back to you with questions in CAPITAL LETTERS. You answer the questions in CAPITAL LETTERS and send them back to me to add to your story. When you are completely satisfied with your bio, only then will we publish it at www.hotrodhotline.com. If you follow the basic Question and Answer format, you should have it all done in two hours and that's all that Jim and I are asking of you. Two hours. Of course, after you have finished your bio, the rest of us will have lots of questions and we may bug you for your stories as well. Are stories and bios the same? Don't you remember last week's editorial? No, stories and bios are not the same. Bios tell us about your life and give us names, dates and places. Stories tell us what you observed and what you did. Stories tell us about events, things that you wouldn't normally go into detail about in a bio. For example, I spent 7 weeks at Black Rock Desert in 1997. In my bio, I probably would only spend about two or three sentences about Black Rock. But if I write a story, that could go twenty pages or more. What I am saying is that neither Jim nor I can work fast or hard enough to do all that needs to be done. We need your help and you can begin by doing your own history. After that you can help interview others and write their stories and send them in to us.

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Handmade 1/6 scale Chevy 327 engine, completely built on a Bridgeport milling machine. See http://www.moyermade.com/chevyV8.html. Ned Engeman. (Resent to us by Chic Cannon)

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Jim Miller just returned from Ed Iskenderian's shop and reports that Ed broke his right foot in a fall and is in a short cast. We wish Ed the very best and a speedy recovery.

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Re Item 4 in SLSRH # 98, the formula for the 1938 Grand Prix season specified engine limits of 3 liters supercharged and 4 1/2 liters unsupercharged. Rudolf Caracciola's Mercedes was a type W-163, a supercharged V-12 with roller bearings throughout. These engines developed 468 horsepower at 7,800 rpm. I don't have data on cars that Moss drove in 1957 but he drove several different ones in '56 depending on which race he was entered in. If you're interested in a bit more, Google "Grand Prix Cars, Mercedes-Benz W-163." There's lots of info plus interesting pix. Google can probably also give you the info you want on Moss 1957 and Phil Hill 1959. Thatcher Darwin
Thatcher: Thank you for the update.
Readers: Ask Thatcher to write his memoirs of the dry lakes. What you may not know is that if Thatcher hadn't made the train trip to Sacramento in the 1940's, the Dills Bills and other anti-hot rodding legislation might have outlawed our sport. Thatcher Darwin is a very important man in our sport and so let's give him our thanks and encourage him to write more about the events of that tumultuous decade.

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Caption.....1932 Helicron. In the late 1930's this one-of-a-kind Helicron was placed in a barn and forgotten. More than six decades later this odd lost little gem was rediscovered, rebuilt, and reintroduced to the world. Although the manufacturer is unknown, it's believed that this car was built in France 1932. Following the first World War it was not uncommon for recently displaced airplane engineers to look towards the automobile industry for employment. As in this example, a few entrepreneurs developed propeller-powered cars with the notion that propeller power was an efficient means of moving a vehicle. On this car, when the wooden propeller is spinning at full speed and efficiently, this little 1000 pound boat-tailed skiff can hit freeway speeds exceeding 75 mph. This is the one and only Helicron in existence, owned by Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, Tennessee.  Sent to us by Ron Main

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DEUCE OF SPADES - THE MOVIE - PART 3. Hello everyone, this week I wanted to tell you a bit about my deuce, star of the film Deuce of Spades. When I set out to find me a 1932 roadster, I knew exactly what I wanted. Something that looked like it was right off the dry lakes! I had seen the books and photos of the golden 1940's and '50's dry lake racing era and fallen deeply in love with the '32 roadsters. I searched high and low, 8 hours a day for over 6 months. All I found were modernized roadsters with Jaguar suspensions, big radials and billet everywhere. But I longed for a NOSTALGIA roadster and as badly as I wanted to buy a deuce, I waited until the right one came along. The "love of my life" would come to me via a local paper: "the classic car trader." Located a mere 30 minutes away from me, the car and I first met a few days before my B-day in August of 2006. It was love at first sight. I had looked and test drove many roadsters by then but this is the one that FELT RIGHT.

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Road Runner Meeting Notes - Tuesday, February 10th, 7pm at Ed Martin Garage - Another big night for guests at the Road Runners meeting. Tonight the following joined us for our meeting: Josh Minder - prospective member (third meeting); Gary McGavin - prospective member (second meeting); Charles Shimko - prospective member (second meeting); Bill Carling - prospective member (first meeting); Lee Schelin - prospective member (first meeting); Helen Winters - prospective member (first meeting); Sarah Burns - member Wendel Burns daughter; Kermit Thompson - guest. Welcome to all. Prospective members Josh Minder and Helen Winters were voted into the Club. Josh and his Dad Dave, who joined the Club last month, are well into the build on a motorcycle sidecar. The father/son is Josh's high school, senior class project. Josh will race the bike and Dave will be Crew Chief. Helen Winters joins the Road Runners as an Out of Area Member (as defined in our Road Runners By-laws). Helen will be sharing driving duties in the Ferguson & Adams #65, B/GC Camaro. Helen's husband, Mark is an Associate Member of the Road Runners. They live in Paso Robles. The Road Runners turned in their Annual Membership report and 2009 SCTA fees at the SCTA President's Meeting on February 6th. All members who paid their dues on or before January 31st are on the current Club Roster. If you have any questions regarding your current Road Runners membership, please contact us.
   Among several items of business, we discussed, were proposed changes to the 2009 El Mirage Procedures. The proposals will be discussed and voted on at the next SCTA Meeting (March 6th, Irwindale). Any approved changes will be added to the 2009 El Mirage Procedures. We have a link to the SCTA ELM Procedures page on our website. All are encouraged to review the ELM prior to the start of the 2009 season. The revised ELM will probably be online in late March or early April. Patrol and Club Duty assignments have been selected/made and are posted on our "Race Schedule and Duty Assignments" webpage. Please check for assignments. Big news on safety: SCTA has arranged for Stand 21, a licensed manufacturer of Hans Devices, to have a display set up at the May El Mirage Meet. You will be able to try different Hans Device configurations in your race vehicles. There will be no sales at this event. This is for trial and information only. If more news is available on this before May, we will let members know. At the SCTA Meeting, the Rod Riders, who were spearheading the "write in" campaign regarding the USMC Land Acquisition of Johnson Valley ORV Area reported that 9000 signatures were filed in opposition. Thanks to all who took time for "their voice to be heard." Don't know how this will all turn out. Will keep you posted on what we learn. 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, March 10th at 7pm, at Ed Martin Garage. Also, if in the area, don't forget "Burrito Thursdays" at Ed Martin Garage!  (Posted February 11, 2009)  From Jerry Cornelison

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I found a 12 minute video of John Price's Mormon Meteor III visit to California with Jay Leno! I also forwarded your email on to Wes Potter of USFRA. I hope he can give you the club info you seek. Here's the video link: you have to suffer through a 30 second commercial first. Jay makes a few ad lib flub comments, and there is an annoying beeping in the background, plus some outside jet noise near Jay's hangar museum. But it's a wonderful interview. Thanks for your USFRA interest! See http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/video_player.shtml?vid=835982.
The USFRA website has just added new info on our Roadster Club Car, and what is needed. See http://www.saltflats.com. Tom Shannon, Magna, Utah

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Hello HRH, great site looking forward to using it. I was looking for some information on the Al Teague Highboy car, someone has told me it is now in a museum, true? I read an article, written by Ken Kelley on the 2006 Bonneville APA Nats, that Al was selling posters to restore the old warrior. Hope you can help me all the best. Harry Cowley
Harry: Your question is important to the readers of the newsletter, because Al Teague is an important link in land speed racing. I didn't include your email address in your request because you didn't mention that you wanted it to be broadcast to our members, so you will need to read the newsletter on www.landspeedracing.com in the future, or send me another email asking me to add your email address. Our group is about 500 in size and almost all of them know Al and Jane Teague and Al's brother-in-law, the late Alan Welch. This family of racers have inspired numerous other racers in land speed racing and other fields, including boat racing. Hopefully we will find an answer to your question and get Al and Jane to start on their biography, which they have promised us in the past that they would do.

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To set the record straight, Ron Main and George Poteet's greatest asset and expenditure is in their team. We are a collection of seemingly odd individuals; some misfits, mostly unknowns, but when we work together as a team, we are unbeatable. Our records prove that. A.J. Smith
   Dear A.J.: This is a group email that has been sent around to some 90 people concerning a luxury car made for oil-rich sheiks in the Persian Gulf. Therefore the gist of the email is not clear to me and I may be out of the normal loop. Sometimes the readers and writers of the Society of Land Speed Racing Historians assume that the other members understand what they are talking about and therefore they are terse or blunt. In this case, I am making assumptions that the rich car made with white gold is no better technologically than the cars put together by hot rodders on a shoe string budget, but with heart, soul and American ingenuity. Am I mistaken?

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Here is my 2009 schedule for those of you who want it.    Thanks,   Don Garlits 
January 24------------------------------------------------Photo shoot, CFCC
February 20-22------------------Keystone Show for Magnaflow, New Jersey
February 27-March 6------------------------------------------------Vacation
March 11, evening-------------------------------Cacklefest, Museum grounds
March 12-------------Annual International Drag Racing Hall of Fame Banquet
March 13-15-------------------------------Gatornationals, Gainesville Florida
March 21------------------------------No Billet Car Show, Museum grounds
May 15-17--------------------Motorsports Park Reunion, Richmond, Virginia
May 29-31---------------------------Muscle Car Reunion, St Louis, Missouri
June 13---------------------------Bristol Dragway Reunion, Bristol, Tennessee
June 19-21------------------------NHRA Reunion, Bowling Green, Kentucky
June 27-July 4-------------------------------------------------------Vacation
July 10-12-----------------Mopar Meet for Magnaflow, Carlisle Pennsylvania
August 2----------------------------------National Street Rod Tour, Museum
August 7-9------------National Mopar Meet, National Trails, Columbus, Ohio
September 4-7----------------------------US Nationals, Indianapolis, Indiana
September 11-13----------------Muscle Car Reunion, Kansas City, Missouri
September 19-----------------------Reunion, Pittsburg International Raceway
September 22-27----------------------------------Visiting friends in Montana
October 3-4--------------------------Kingdom Reunion, Kingdom, California
October 16-18------------California Hot Rod Reunion, Bakersfield, California
November 6-8---------------------Mopars with Big Daddy, Museum grounds

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Just a note of Thanks for the story and photos of GNRS...I have 2 small corrections for you on Page 3...1st...The photo of the old show, the National Roadster Show as it was known then, was not taken in 1959 but in 1953...Photo was taken by Frank Farrone of Craftsman Photo Studios...I own a copy of the original...2nd...It is not the Armory, but the Oakland Exposition Building...The show was started there in 1949, until 1968 when it was moved to the new Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, commonly known around here simply as 'the Coliseum'...With the move to the new location, the shows name was changed to Grand National Roadster Show...Thanks to both for some great stories and photos...
Rudy Perez, Alamo, Ca.
Rudy: Thank you for the corrections. I only do the articles, so I checked with my partner, Roger Rohrdanz, who is the photographer for the Gone Racin' by-line that we do for www.hotrodhotline.com and www.landspeedracing.com. He says he took the captions for the photographs from the program. We apologize for the error and I will run this in the newsletter that I edit at the above websites. I encourage people to write in and tell us whenever they spot any errors, or if they just want to tell us what they observed "back in the day." Our articles are meant to cover the present, future and especially the past. We are working on our 100th issue of the Society of Land Speed Racing Historians Newsletter right now and it should be a real interesting one, devoted to the Spurgin/Giovanine/Borgh Roadster. Please send us reports of events and your life in hot rodding and racing and we will be glad to post it.

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enjoy reading your Land Speed Racing Newsletter. I have read Albert Drake's book "Flat Out" and in it is a picture of possibly Max Leighton's roadster at the dry lakes. I have read about him in your newsletter and was wondering if you knew anything about it or knew of any other pictures of it. I like reading about all the dry lakes history, thanks for sharing all your information. Sincerely, Rolfe Cordts
   Rolfe: I will share this with Jim Miller and perhaps we can find some photos for you. You probably mean Mel Leighton, who was a Road Runner and early Treasurer of the SCTA, pre-WWII and after WWII

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Great newsletter, very interesting reading, thank you for including me... very best wishes Rosco McGlashan ...Aussie Invader ..OZ
   Rosco: There are a lot of people who truly admire what you have done. The newsletter is intended to delve into all aspects of land speed racing, all hot rodding and drag racing up through 1959. We also look at some related motor racing and sometimes that includes oval track, road racing and even boat racing. The newsletter's purpose is to report on history, but we also do some current events and we especially want to know what people are doing with their race teams. We also want artists, pinstripers, car builders and anyone involved in hot rodding and land speed racing to write in and tell us what they are currently doing and what projects they have going. That definitely includes you. We've also found a forum where we can give all the space for photographs, text and events without having to edit the material out. Can we get you to write us a report on what you and your fellow Aussies are doing in the Down Under Continent? Especially your past cars, what you have in the way of current projects and what's happening at Lake Gairdner.

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Hi Richard, thanks for the nice words mate, I will try and get something together very soon. I am finding it so hard to stay on top of it all and getting my car to a rolling chassis stage is my top priority. I need an interactive webpage and a million other trimmings, but just can't find the right help or time to find it... I have attached a PP for your interest and will try hard to get a story to you soon. All the very best Rosco McGlashan
   Readers: Rosco could use a team member to help him with website maintenance. This is your opportunity to help a very serious land speed team and be a part of something important. If you are interested, contact me and I will refer your message to Rosco.
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Hi Richard... Thought I would give you an update on the Studebaker. Still getting tin work done and the engine has been on the Dyno over at CMW Motorsports in Santa Fe Springs. Its been a complete frame off and there wasn't much to work with from years on the salt however the frame and body panels were not in too bad a shape. I've attached some pictures of the progress and will update you from time to time.  Regards Ron Phelps  Click Images below for Larger Images

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There are several new posts, models for the collector coming. Watch for more posts on the painting the graphics of the car by Nic Boos. The video of the paint day is up for you to see. www.goldenhawk.ca, or http://goldenhawkproject.blogspot.com/. Randy Pierce

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Besides being nostalgia drag racing's premier event, the March Meet is also the season opener for the NHRA's Hot Rod Heritage Series. See release for details. Photo attached is Bucky Austin, who won the 2008 Hot Rod Heritage Series Funny Car Championship. March Meet Kicks-Off 2009 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series, Mar. 6-8, 2009. Legendary race part of drag racing's 8-race nostalgia series.

 "Nostalgia drag racing fans are in for a great weekend of racing, fun and affordable entertainment." According to the NHRA, the Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series was created to "help preserve NHRA's rich history and tradition while capitalizing on the success of nostalgia drag racing competition." Series champions will be crowned in 14 categories based on year-end points. Last year, Troy Green won the inaugural Nostalgia Top Fuel championship, while Bucky Austin claimed the Nostalgia Funny title. Both are expected to defend their titles, starting at the March Meet.
"The Hot Rod Heritage series appeals to drag racing fans young and old," said Peter Clifford, NHRA executive vice president and general manager. "It's a great way to introduce the younger generation to the history of our sport and give fans young and old a glimpse of racing the way it used to be." And what better place to kick-start the series than the famed March Meet at Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, which expects overflow crowds again this year. The Hot Rod Heritage series will also end the season at Auto Club Famoso, Oct. 16-18, at the California Hot Rod Reunion. Among the highlighted stops in between are Firebird Raceway in Boise, Idaho, for the 38th annual Pepsi NightFire Nationals and Auto Club Dragway in Fontana, Calif., and The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. In all, there will be eight independently produced events with each class of competition competing at and earning points toward series championships at five of those eight events. There are 14 categories: They are 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.
2009 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series Schedule
-- Mar. 6-8, March Meet, Bakersfield, Calif.
-- Apr. 3-5, Nostalgia Sportsman Shootout, Fontana, Calif.
-- May 15-17, Las Vegas Speed Spectacular, Las Vegas, Nev.
-- June 12-13, Arizona Fuel & Gas Nationals, Wittmann, Ariz.
-- July 10-11, WCTA Fremont Reunion, Sacramento, Calif.
-- Aug. 13-16, 38th Annual Pepsi NightFire Nationals, Boise, Idaho
-- Sept. 11-13, Southern California Shootout (tentative), Fontana, Calif.
-- Oct. 16-18, California Hot Rod Reunion, Bakersfield, Calif.
Now celebrating 51 years of racing, the March Meet is a three-day affordable speedfest that enthusiasts call "the jewel of Nostalgia Racing." It attracts drag racers and spectators from around the world and also includes a hot rod car show, swap meet and a vendors' midway. The 2009 March Meet is also the first race of the Hot Rod Heritage Series, the NHRA's 8-race nostalgia racing series. The Grand Marshal this year is NHRA World Champion Funny Car driver Cruz Pedregon. Tickets: a Super 3-Day Pass for $75 can be purchased online now and can be picked up at the track the week of the event. There are no service charges for tickets purchased online at www.autoclubfamosoraceway.com.
Individual day tickets for the event will go on sale Mar. 2, but will be available only at the track. Ticket prices are $25 for Fri., Mar. 6; $30 for Sat., Mar. 7; and $30 for Sun., Mar. 8. Sent in by Bill Groak.

Photo credit for Bucky Austin car: Gary Brown.

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Caption: More progress on Callaway Roadster. Photos courtesy of George Callaway, El Mirage, California.

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