Saturday, November 30, 2013

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Landy roars at Lions

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


Wednesday, November 27, 2013

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.




Sunday, November 24, 2013

Saturday, November 23, 2013

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.


Friday, November 22, 2013

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Bummer

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








Friday, November 15, 2013

Z-11s live on

April 30, 1964
Another Speed Shifting column. The Hubert Platt Thunderbolt/Z-11 show was also booked a few weeks later at the Double H. Don't know how the Maryland race turned out, but I've got all the info on the Georgia race, in the next post.



Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Kart before the horsepower

Couldn't resist a Turbonique story (think I spelled it correctly).
May 21, 1964  Aiken, S.C.


Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Monday, November 4, 2013

A busy Sunday

April 16, 1964
Great Double H rivalry; Howard Neal behind the wheel of the Strip Teaser
April 18, 1964
Alton, Ill.


Sunday, November 3, 2013

Can we still have passengers?

Blue Ridge, Ga., from a column in the local newspaper written by track owner Bill Hembree


Saturday, November 2, 2013

Friday, November 1, 2013