Thats awesome Robert. Is the old Puyallup strip where the airport is now?

 

Geez the 2nd pic will be 50 yrs ago tomorrow... Awesome pics. I will scan a few of my dad's last front engine dragster.

 

I love that stuff

 

DRS, Doug's, oh duh. That's the Arron that post's on here? Did he work at the DRS after it moved to Tacoma, probably, was it off Puyallup Ave, or when they moved to So Tac Way?
Robert

 

No the airstrip and the track were both going at the same time, along with a world renowned Moto Cross Track (my father and I both ran on this track). The track parrelled the airstrip, but a little deeper back into the woods and a little north. If you look at the clearing on the right of the pic, that's the run off area of thun field. The road at the end of this clearing and across it, then back to Meridian is where the Moto Cross track was, right on Meridian. We have a few trophies from the Moto X track also. Then if you go up past Jon's place on Meridian we had the "Graham Race Track" which is also gone, along with "Spanaway Speedway" over by Chris's house. They wonder why young people are racing on the streets...
Robert

 

Here's the club plaque the old man was in, Cam Riders Car Club, back in his day. I don't have all the info yet. But, I do posse an original plaque.

Here is a nation wide data base of car club plaques from every city, check your locals out from back in the day.
http://www.relicsandrods.com/carclubplaques.htm#P
Robert

 

How many of you guys remember this ride? and anybody there that day? How about the rear engined Baracuda "Hemi Under Glass" (took this name for my Z06 "Nitrous Under Glass")

Robert

 

I remember one similar to that, not sure if its the same but Hemi under Glass ran at New England Dragway and I saw him there in the 70's. My dad took me all the time when I was a kid to all the big events. Jungle Jim(RIP) and Mandango raced for the final one night I remember and Mandango won.

 

Bad azz car for sure. If we could only go back in time...
Not sure what track these are from, but...



http://www.musclecarcalendar.com/HemiUnderGlass.wmv

Robert

 

Sweet!

 

Here's a couple pics, and quote from LSxChevelle's old man's dragster, a NW ride.






Robert

 

Thats awesome!! I like the exaust blowing right by your face and ears!! I wonder if his dad is a little hard of hearing..lol
Those old rails man, you had to be a real man to drive one

 

That was him testing the car in Sept '75 for the first Fall Nationals at S.I.R. which he ran a best of 9.07 at 142.63 on Sept 18th, 1975. It was a B/ED with a 327 2-bolt block bored .030 over to a 331. Then again it didn't weigh too much...

I will scan his large B&W pic from the nationals. Tires are just starting to twist...

 

Ahhh yes...the good old days at Puyallup when the track was considered to be out in the boon docks! I remember racing my first '70 Chevelle SS there and when the air shocks got low on air, I simply drove down Meridian for about 1/2 mile to a gas station and aired them up (with open headers of course!!!!).

 

I believe this was a dragster that I purchased from Ken Plourd around that time which I ran a BBC and then sold to a guy in Saskatuan.. I have some pix also on a single axle open trailer..R

 

That is my grandpa bill Hartman in the front picture. In the Roadster with Robert Weaver senior