Lengthy Misplaced Movie Of ’66 Winternationals Discovered! Sunday Eliminations With Packed Pomona Grandstands!
(Movie and Phrases by Darr Hawthorne ) In 1965 Santa introduced me a brand new 16mm Bolex movie digicam, fairly than utilizing my dad’s cameras any-longer. The primary alternative I had to make use of it was on the Pomona Raceway beginning line on the 1966 NHRA Winternationals, I’d been granted an NHRA picture/media credential with my greatest pal, at 14 years of age, fortunate I do know. It was my third time on the road on the Large Go West.
These ten minutes of unique footage reveals off among the High Gasoline legends just like the Greek, Don Prudhomme, Tom McEwen and Tony Nancy and occasion winner Mike Snively in Roland Leong’s Hawaiian. Leong lately mentioned of the win, “Thats my wagon (on the finish of the video). Should be 1966 and sure we gained.” Leong added, “ After that we have been on our means out of city happening tour to our first date and a ’55 Chevy towing a ’55 Chevy racecar facet swiped a brief bridge (whereas) passing us after which served into us. Wagon ended up the wrong way up, trailer broke off and went about 1/4 mile into the desert. Each ’55 Chevy’s ended up the wrong way up. Fortunately NO ONE bought damage.” Including, “Thats my story and I’m sticking to it”.
1966 additionally introduced a showcase to the early evolution from stock-bodied automobiles into nitro humorous automobiles; Jack Chrisman’s pink Comet, Gasoline Ronda’s Mustang, Maynard Rupp’s rear-engined Hemi-Powered Chevelle, Don Homosexual’s blown GTO, Steve Bovan’s altered wheelbase Nova, Joe Davis’ Colt 45 Mustang, Preston Honea’s Marlin and Bob Davis within the Jolly Inexperienced Big Impala. These lumbering giants have been relegated to the dragster lessons, since NHRA had not but acknowledged a real humorous automobile class.
Together with them, was Tremendous Stocker Invoice “Grumpy” Jenkins in his ’66 Nova and occasion winner Shirley Shahan’s “Drag-on Girl” Plymouth Fury, the primary lady to win a Nationwide Eliminator, at this Winternationals.
There’s Large John Mazmanian and Stone Woods & Prepare dinner with a bunch of AA/Gasoline Supercharged monsters in addition to some early Modified and Comp Eliminator automobiles too, in entrance of the packed Pomona Raceway grandstands.
Seize a scorching canine and a chilly one for ten minutes within the Means Again machine for some lengthy misplaced movie from the ’66 Winternationals.
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