10/4/2023 0 Comments Do drag racers do g force training![]() Norm and, with a one-second handicap start, beat Schartman two of three, including 10.02 to 9.16 in this battle. According to the caption on the back of this shot from longtime Columbus, Ohio, lensman Chance Brockaway, the Chariot was a fill-in for Mr. This is the Golden Chariot injected fuel '65 Plymouth Valiant A/FXer of Ohio's Hans Anderson ready to duke it out with "Fast Eddie" Schartman's Roy Steffey Enterprises Mercury Comet at National Trail Raceway in June 1966. Bissell at Aquasco Speedway about 40 years ago, on April 20, 1969, when it ran 8.75 at 177 mph. Reese updated to a more conventional later-model 'Vette and then a Vega in 1972 before adopting the George of the Jungle moniker, driven by Tom Stephens, Mark Emery, and Tom Raley. George Reese's George's Corvette Shop cars were popular draws on the East Coast in the late 1960s and early 1970s, but none was wilder than this one, the Long & Lean II, a stretched '64 Corvette reportedly fitted atop a Top Fuel chassis running a small-block Chevy mill on a small load of nitro. This photo was taken at the divisional event July 7, 1968, at Mission Raceway, where Vancouver-based Grant set the national record at 9.48, 145.16. Grant's topless B/A Valiant, Canadian II, was the follow-up to his more conventional Canadian Valiant doorslammer. Although "Double-A Dale" and Jim Grant are fellow Canadians, it's definitely not the same car in which Armstrong first gained fame. I came across this photo and for a second thought I was looking at Dale Armstrong's famed Canuck topless Funny Car. ![]() Okay, race fans, buckle up and get ready for a dose of the G Force. I also have a dedicated cadre of Insider insiders, guys like Bret Kepner, Danny White, Bill Pratt, Dave Wallace, and former ND Editor Bill Holland to help fill in the blanks if I draw them. I have a variety of sources at my disposal, including old magazines, books, the full National DRAGSTER library, and, of course, the Internet. Sometimes I come across a photo or a car I remember or know about, but the real fun is in the ones I've never seen. (Okay, well, not really, but you get the sentiment.) It's like reading a great book, when you can't wait to see what the next page holds, or digging for buried treasure. Leafing through the photos is such a fun process that I feel a little guilty getting paid to do it. I literally would do 50 or 60 from each letter if it weren't for the time it takes to research each one and that other job I have as editor of National DRAGSTER. Two full file folders awaited me yesterday, and as I began rifling through them, there were so many fun photos and cars that I had trouble limiting it to my self-imposed 10 photos. Files, brought to you today by the letter G.
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