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AK Miller Tribute at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum
Pomona, CA
Pictures By Roger Rohrdanz
Story & Captions By Richard Parks
3 Pages

Nick Arias Jr and Richard Parks. Nick is well known for Arias Industries and his forged racing pistons.

Ed Iskenderian and Jim "Jake" Jacobs. Iskenderian is the well-known "Camfounder." He still can be found grinding camshafts.

Wally Parks, Ak Miller and Dick Martin.

Joann Brock. Joann is Ray Brock's widow.

Charles Rollins. Charles is Ray Brock's son-in-law.

Fred Carrillo. Carrillo founded Carrillo Connecting Rods.

George Barris.

Ed Iskenderian.

Ed Iskenderian, Ak Miller, Fred Carrillo and Wally Parks. How's that for a representation of Hot Rodders?

Ron Benham.

Ron Benham, Jim Shaw, Ak Miller, Fred Carrillo, Ed Iskenderian, Jim "Jake"Jacobs, and Wally Parks.

Jim Travis.

Sam Jackson. Jackson is the Director of the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum.

Boyd Harnell showing a photo he took down in Mexico of Ak Driving the El Caballo in the Panamericana Road Race

Boyd Harnell, Ak Miller, Fred Carrillo, Ed Iskenderian, Jim "Jake" Jacobs, Wally Parks, Jon Meyer, Bob Keller, Ron Hope, Stormin' Norman Benham.

Ak Miller

Boyd Harnell, Ak Miller, Sam Jackson.

Don Blair, Johnny Ryan and Wally Parks. Now there's 265 years of Hot Rodding experience. Don Blair and his brother raced at the dry lakes before WWII. Don opened the famous Blair's Speed Shop in L.A. Johnny Ryan was the partner of Nellie Taylor in the Taylor and Ryan Speedshop in Whittier, California. They turned out the engines that set records at the dry lakes, oval tracks and in boat racing.

Thank you Roger Rohrdanz for the great pictures and Richard Parks for the wonderful story on AK Miller.

 Go to http://www.oilstick.com/rparks/akmiller.html for a complete story on AK Miller by Richard Parks.

The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California, is located at Fairplex Gate 1, 1101 W. McKinley Ave. in Pomona, Calif. . For further information call 909/622-2133 or visit http://museum.nhra.com.

 

 

 

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