Former Double H, last year
I managed to track down Wallace Jones. He got out of racing not long after this. He was also a musician, and found that to be much more lucrative.
Showing posts with label Double H Drag Strip. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Double H Drag Strip. Show all posts
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Last gasp
Georgia
Former Double H, last year
I managed to track down Wallace Jones. He got out of racing not long after this. He was also a musician, and found that to be much more lucrative.
Former Double H, last year
I managed to track down Wallace Jones. He got out of racing not long after this. He was also a musician, and found that to be much more lucrative.
Friday, July 25, 2014
Grudge match
June 24, 1965
Blue Ridge, Ga.
This shows just how fast things were changing in 1965. Barely a month earlier (see 7/14-16 posts), these cars were running in a super stock meet, carbureted, 3,200 pounds, basically A/FX machines.
AWB in progress. Sorry, don't know the source for this.
Blue Ridge, Ga.
This shows just how fast things were changing in 1965. Barely a month earlier (see 7/14-16 posts), these cars were running in a super stock meet, carbureted, 3,200 pounds, basically A/FX machines.
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
World Series results
May 10, 1965
Chattanooga, Tenn.
If you check out the video of the racing at the Double H, you'll see a black 1965 Plymouth killing everyone on the starting line. That's Mr. 4-Speed, Herb McCandless. I'm told he broke something in the driveline in the race for the $1,000 first prize. Huge bucks back then.
Chattanooga, Tenn.
If you check out the video of the racing at the Double H, you'll see a black 1965 Plymouth killing everyone on the starting line. That's Mr. 4-Speed, Herb McCandless. I'm told he broke something in the driveline in the race for the $1,000 first prize. Huge bucks back then.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
But first, the entries
May 1965
Calhoun, Ga., Chattanooga, Tenn., and Blue Ridge, Ga.
Forgot I had the entries list for the Southern World Series.
Results will be tomorrow.
Calhoun, Ga., Chattanooga, Tenn., and Blue Ridge, Ga.
Forgot I had the entries list for the Southern World Series.
Results will be tomorrow.
Monday, July 14, 2014
Where it all began
May 9, 1965
Calhoun, Ga., Chattanooga, Tenn., and Blue Ridge, Ga.
This meet is what led to the Double H Drag Strip websites -- the first, now-defunct one, and the new one, which is a big-time work in progress, and this site. Click the link to the Double H site, and you can find 3 minutes of remarkable film shot on this day. Results tomorrow.
Also, this is the 500th post on this site.
Calhoun, Ga., Chattanooga, Tenn., and Blue Ridge, Ga.
This meet is what led to the Double H Drag Strip websites -- the first, now-defunct one, and the new one, which is a big-time work in progress, and this site. Click the link to the Double H site, and you can find 3 minutes of remarkable film shot on this day. Results tomorrow.
Also, this is the 500th post on this site.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Monday, March 31, 2014
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Back on the backstretch
Gastonia, N.C.
We had a post about the '64 race, but no info on the winner, but now we know. A few posts back is a picture of Bessinger's '64, from the Double H Drag Strip in Blue Ridge, Ga.
Friday, March 21, 2014
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Mr. Stock Eliminator
August 1964
Blue Ridge, Ga.
Floyd Bessinger from Augusta, Ga., was a frequent flier at the Double H.
Blue Ridge, Ga.
Floyd Bessinger from Augusta, Ga., was a frequent flier at the Double H.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Monday, February 3, 2014
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Southern rivalry
May 31, 1964
Blue Ridge, Ga.
Howard Neal from Ellijay and Bill Tanner from Atlanta were frequent foes. Tomorrow, the results.
Blue Ridge, Ga.
Howard Neal from Ellijay and Bill Tanner from Atlanta were frequent foes. Tomorrow, the results.
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.
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.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Sunday, November 17, 2013
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