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Anyone ever collect "American Hot Rod Association" bubble gum cards? Showed a picture of the car and gave a great bio on the back. Car's like Mr Norm's "Super Charger" 1970 Dodge Charger Funny Car, Hiner& Miller Camaro GT 3,(302 Z running 11.2 in 1970), Mike Burkhart/Mart Higginbothom, Camaro funny car 1970, Terry Hedrick's "Super Shaker" Chevy 2 funny car,Larry Christpherson "Chevy II" funny car, and of course Sandy Elliot's 69 top stock Mustang (border bandits). Never seen anyone else have them!
Peter

[Edited by COPO PETE (01-29-2002 at 09:42 AM).]

I think we have all if not most of the Dick Harrell cards...BKH

I have almost a complete set, may even horse trade some day. Many more got thrown away unfortunately. There were several series and I need to look and see which ones I have. I believe these were produced by Fleer.

[Edited by SS427 (01-29-2002 at 11:24 AM).]

I pulled them out tonight. I have partial sets of the '72 AHRA RACEUSA set (74 cards)and AHRA Drag Nationals (70 cards). Very interesting history.

I have almost a complete set as well. I think these were made by Fleer. I used to buy packs of these just to get a Garlits card or two. In 1992, I took the Butch Leal card from this set ("California Flash" Duster) and had Butch sign it at the U.S. Nationals. He smiled from ear to ear when he saw the card, and asked if I had another one.

Should have traded him for a ride in his Pro Stocker. https://www.yenko.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

I see them quite frequently at toy, automoblia, and die cast shows. They are also found from time to time on e-bay. Prices at the shows have ranged from $40 to over $100 for a complete perfect set and about $1 per card on e-bay. I am not sure how many series and/or years were made but I believe it to be pretty extensive.

Mike had the right idea and I have a couple of extra Mongoose and Snake cards that would be nice to have autographed, that is if you can get Don to sign any of the Snake cards.

Could there also be some Super Cars that we now own that were pictured back then.......

SS427, the SNAKE will sign anything if he is not busy. Same goes for the MONGOO$E. They both signed my cards while at the Fram Southern Nationals. Super nice drivers and always a smile on their faces. They don't have the arrogant attitudes of some modern day funny car drivers.

Does anyone have an extra Bill Heilscher "Mr Bardahl" Camaro card they would want to sell?.........RatPack..................

I used to race Pro Stock in 1981-1984 and talked with Don frequently. He was not the frendliest guy in race gear. You had to catch him in the right mood.

I will see if I have an extra one of the Bardahl cards.

If you dont have any but would like to buy some can you still do so? If you can where do you go?

Found these on e-bay tonight. FWIW

http://www.cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayI...m=1803132882++

Sorry, that link didn't work. It's e-bay #1803132882 at any rate.

[Edited by SS427 (02-07-2002 at 09:19 PM).]

Thanks! I was hoping someone would do that. I am good with a wrench but not a key board.

I would have to say that in my Pro Stock days, Warren, his wife and Kurt were some of the best out there. We were just a fledgling team and he really helped a lot as did many others including the funny car guys.

They are have a completely different attitude after the gates were closed. During working hours they were all business, after hours they were VERY friendly and open.

Hey Rat Pack
Those funny car drivers must of learned their personality from the Warren Johnson School of Personality. Talk about being rude, arrogant and inconsiderate to fans-Warren takes the cake.

Found a old drag mag from '70 with Professor Bill Blanding's '69 "Mimi"(named after the family cat) Camaro P/S. For you that do not know Bill always ran a giant stuffed tiger strapped in the passenger seat in all of his cars and on every run. Read in various printed sources over the years that he used to manipulate the paw so it would give the one finger salute facing out of the passenger window.
Things were a lot less serious back then and in my opinion alot more fun. What do you think the sponsers would think about something like this today?
Dave

[Edited by whitetop (02-08-2002 at 12:36 PM).]

Whitetop, I believe you are right about WJ's school of personality. I had stood at the end of his pit for about 30 minutes watching what was going on while he parked his butt in a lounge chair. He finally stood up and came over to where my wife and I were standing and he said how would like an autograph from the "Professor"? I jokingly said great, didn't know Bill Blanding was still around. A couple of guys in his crew just busted out laughing and he walked off and said "can't believe someone would not want an autograph from the best PS driver around." (Talking about arrogance) Another guy standing over near him said "you mean "the Grump" is hear?" His crew just busted out again and he just got po'd and went inside his trailer. What was bad it was at Atlanta, his home track! He is a good driver but has no personality, KJ is not much better either.

When it comes to the one driver who had the most class of any in the Pro Stock ranks it would have to be Wally Booth. This guy always projected a clean cut image. I never saw him turn away autograph seekers or anyone wanting a picture. When it came time to race it was another story, he should have had "Ice Man" on the sides of his cars.

One thing is for sure, you will never see the same type of personalities that you did from the 60's to the late 70's in the pro ranks. There were a lot of great driver's that have already passed that did not need the showmanship of todays pro's. I can't remember Dick Harrell, Pete Robinson, or Don Carlton needing to wear goofey looking sunglass' or shoot off at the mouth while talking to a reporter to get attention. They let their driving do the talking. But I guess all of that is now just part of the "show", which really started with the Snake & Mongoo$e at Lions.

Whitetop, I cannot leave out "Jungle Jim" and "Jungle Pam" for showmanship. Until I was about 16 I never understood why dad would not let me around Jim's pit when Pam was around, now I know!. Bet you couldn't have a staging line show like that today either!!!...............RatPack.............

Ratpack
One of the old drag mags had a frontal view of Pam wearing a homemade looking croeteched? top that had gaps in it at least 1" wide all over the front. Obviously nothing was left to the imagination there.

Super Stock mag did a story on Jungle 6-7 years ago. Wild man.
Dave

A recent major magazine just did an article on Jungle and showed that picture of Pam.......NICE! I don't recall which mag but it was in the last 6-8 months and several pages long.

It was in "Hot Rod", 2 installments in the past year but I don't remember which months. It was called "Goodnight Celestial One".