Old Drag Car Pictures......... - Page 15

**kwhizz** · #**141** 12-26-2008, 02:50 AM

More......................

One of the "Classic" Photos of all time......

Ken

Jerry@CHP · #**142** 12-26-2008, 03:29 AM

Great shots Ken,

The 65 AFX car is a good friend of mine, Danny Householder. Lives about four miles from me. We started out racing at Capital Raceway together about 1970! Those were the days.

Jerry

Jerry@CHP · #**143** 12-26-2008, 03:38 AM

Here's a good one. Charlie Braxton's '67 Z28 at Capital Raceway about 1968. He bought this car new at Lustine Chevrolet in July 1967. Ordered the car in Feb but wanted factory headers and cowl plenum and had to wait extra months for the hot rod options.

Car is now in Idaho and we're building the 302 mill for this hot rod. This car and the new Stocker 67 Z that I built are the first two 67 Z28s that I saw in person. Back then, most people didn't know what they were.

Note the fancy lettering job. Charlie always had the car like this. Ask any of the old timers at Capital Raceway. Open headers and seven inch tires put this car in the 12.60 zone.

Jerry

**kwhizz** · #**144** 12-26-2008, 05:08 AM

Yeah!!.......What a "Great" shot........

Ken

Jerry@CHP · #**145** 12-26-2008, 05:21 AM

Know where that photo was taken..........Maple Grove Raceway, Monton, PA. Those altered wheel base cars hook up on ice!

Jerry

**kwhizz** · #**146** 12-26-2008, 05:50 PM

Here's a Pic of Jerry's Car "Launching".......Another Great Shot.........Those rear tires are "Working"....LOL

Ken

Verne_Frantz · #**147** 12-26-2008, 06:02 PM

Beautiful shot!

Jerry, Just curious, where did the '67 Z-28 originally fall in the NHRA Stock weight break? Where did it fall after NHRA refactored the HP?

Verne

Jerry@CHP · #**148** 12-26-2008, 07:01 PM

Verne,

In E/Stock, the weight break is 3260 lbs. 1968 Z28s are a natural E car and the 67 Z28 is a natural D car. Have to weigh 3105 in D. If I can get the new 67 Z28 race car to hook up like the Old Reliable, I should be able to run in the high 10.40 zone.

Out in Vegas, the old car was hooking up like gang busters. Two foot wheel stands on 9" tires. Felt like the car was bolted to the ground. When you let the clutch out all you saw was the sky. 7000 rpm launches!

That was an amazing race weekend for me. Got to pit with one of the all time legerdary sportsman races of our time, Ben Wenzel, both Ben and I won class. During the eliminator, 128 car field, I made it to the semi final round........4 cars and then the throw out bearing siezed up against David Rampy. The round before, I took out World Champ, Lee Zane. I was on a mission until the car broke. But as we say in the world or racing, [censored] happens.

Jerry

**300deluxeL79** · #**149** 12-26-2008, 08:30 PM

tough 'break'

jerry.
that would've been wild to see that car win another national event eliminator almost 40 yrs later.

good luck in '09 with the new car!

Jerry@CHP · #**150** 12-26-2008, 08:56 PM

That's as close as I got at a National Event. Three times it's happened. Won two divisional races over the 14 seasons that I campaigned the car.

Anyone who races will tell you that it's not easy! You have to do it because you love it. If you win, then it's a bonus. Both of my outings to the west coast in 2002 and 2005 were fun and made many new friends out there. I was in the $$$ rounds while on tour out there both trips. Did better than I do here in Div 1! NED is tough!

Jerry