Closed for the holidays

Aug. 23, 1964
Kingsport, Tenn.

      We're taking a few days off, and will refire sometime in early January. Meanwhile, here's some holiday cheesecake. This is the only thing I've found so far about this track. The caption is crazy (finish line? don't think so).   If that's the starting line, I hope the cars were farther apart for real racing. Car on the left looks like a 63 Impala -- which I always assume is a Z-11. I want to see crossed flags on the door, typical of so many of them. I'd love to see a real print of this.
    Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year to anyone who happens to find this.

 

Worth the drive

July 17, 1964
Kingsport, Tenn.

Cam grinder at Collierville

Nov. 19, 1964
Memphis, Tenn.

The other Eldora

July 18, 1964
Morganton, W.Va.

Best to little

July 13, 1964
Janesville, Wis.

Dyno does it again

August 10, 1964
Ironwood, Mich.

Moyers and T-bolts

July 4, 1964 Des Moines, Iowa
July 10, 1964 Waterloo, Iowa
Feb. 9, 1964 Des Moines
Don't know if Carl and Bill were related, or anything else about the Thunderbolt's participation in the Iowa 300.

Big hitters

July 10, 1964
Scottsdale, Ariz.

Missile defense

July 17, 1964
Oakland, Calif.

Into the 10s

July 9, 1964
Oakland, Calif.

Bigger and faster

May 22, 1964

Hog wild

April 3, 1964

Z-11 v. T-bolt

June 26-27
Tucson, Ariz.

Top-stock T-bolt

June 8, 1964
Scottsdale, Ariz.

Como ESTA?

July 1, 1964
Syracuse, N.Y.

Triangulation

July 19, 1964
Lake Charles, La.

And better yet

June 15, 1964
Anderson, Ind.

Ramchargers are best

June 13, 1964
Anderson, Ind.

Bonanza!

June 26, 1964

Ford v. Pontiac

May 9, 1964
Alton, Il.

On the run

May 1, 1964
Carbondale, Il.

Straightaway speed

Wish I knew the results of this one. Widespread prerace coverage, but that's it.

June 22, 1964  Aiken, S.C.
June 25, Statesville, N.C.
June 26, Florence, S.C.
June 28, Gastonia, N.C.

Dyno soars

June 28, 1964

Learner's permit

June 19, 1964
Long Beach, Calif.

Mag's drags

June 15, 1964

Landy roars at Lions

June 1, 1964
Agate is hard to read, but ETs look like 11.42 for Landy, 11.45 for Leal.

Mr. Plymouth

That would be Ringgold, Ga.'s Robert Nance.
Not sure of the exact date of this. My clip has June 21 written on it. Seems late for a "new" car, and I don't think he was running two. The '64, driven by James Lake, ran into 1965, and was as tough as Nance's '65 hemi before it went the AWB route.

In-state rivalry

May 31, 1964
Blue Ridge, Ga.

Double header

June 28, 1964

Green Valley

June 12, 1964
Anniston, Ala.

Southern special

June 5, 1964
Old southern track that is still operating at 1/8 mile, holds pro-mod events. Old online video from the 1990s is amazing; the place looks as dark as a tunnel. It has been spiffed up a bit, but its outlaw cred is largely intact.

Ready to race

May 1, 1964
Concord, N.C.

Delmar debut

May 29, 1964

Durham's ride

May 28, 1964
(two parts)

Where the action is

May 8, 1964
Frederick, Md.

Quick study

May 2, 1964

Another Neal vs. Platt

Blue Ridge, Ga.
May 28, 1964

Bummer

May 30-June 18, 1964
Blue Ridge, Ga. The promoters probably got a lot grayer after this one.