Great pics there, 7 of them are mine...lol Was a great place to be on Sundays!!! Here is a link to my pics, even a few thrown in from New England Dragway!! Photos
Mike
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That is awesome..blast from the past..and Man..was that all good or what?

Jeez..Shark, Jungle, Chadwick, Brutus, Connie, Sneden, Dickie Harrell, Damn Yankee..LOL..and the HILLS BROTHERS..good grief..I have a model of their Willy's from the AA/GAS days.

That is keeper stuff..oh and Mike..nice to see a few of yours used eh?

Also thanks for your link as well..as a matter of fact, Mike..what a great inventory and very well displayed..I am impressed..thank you.

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And i figured they were from Jon Graves + Clay Taylor.

Here's one of your pics of an interesting car. The Rail-spliter as it was called. I doubt it was really NHRA legal due to the wheelbase-used to match race dragsters with it.
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Trivia time--who did the 1st 200mph pass?

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Awesome stuff Mike. Oh how I long for those days...........

Keep it up guys - best thread ever! My father raced at Connecticut and I've heard all the stories of all these cars. While I'm happy with the age I'm at, a little bit older would be ok if I'd have gotten to witness some of this. Great stuff!

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You can still have 1/4 mile racing if you don't go get a hot dog after the fuel classes.

Jeff,

Those were the days that you could actually tell what the cars were...lol
At least we have the memories!!

Sherm,

That King and Marshall car was just ahead of it's time...lol
and yes, it was outlawed by NHRA at the time.

I hope everyone enjoys the pics, I only wish I hadn't lost all most files so many years ago!!!
Mike

Great photos of the cars at Connecticut Dragway. Send more!

Bruce Larson USA1, Malcom Durham Strip Blazers, Super Twister, Soul Twister, Light My Fire Corvette, Color Me Gone, Tickle Me Pink, Eastern Raider, Roman Rat Nova, Racci and Wise Vega, was always at these events

Broadway Freddie was at Connecticut Dragway one or two times from my notes. Saw him in his Camaro funny car.

Track's last season was 1985 and was sold one week before opening day 1986.

Thanks
Paul Weiss

from what I recall it was not legal , because it was too narrow.

as jan landers used to call it - the skinny mini duster

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"A Friday night run in a Funny Car is just really intense" - Whit Bazemore

there it is - the plumbers pipe 'guardrail' !
and dave berube!

awesome man.

thank you

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"A Friday night run in a Funny Car is just really intense" - Whit Bazemore

Ah Yes, that old pipe guardrail, I remember it well...lol
Dave Berube too, yup those were the good old days!!

Bob, where in FL are you?

I stand corrected-that sounds better.
A few more regulars I remember: Boston Shaker ( I have/had 2 blower belts off it from 2 different occasions) Purple Magic-Rolling Stoned -Black Magic-Nor'easter-Custom body Charger.
I used to ride my bicycle up to Buckley Hill rd. + watch the haulers go by to try to tell who was showing up. Back then haulers were all duallie pick ups hauling blank white trailers-you had to look at the lisc. plate--and almost EVERY ONE would have a different state between truck + trailer--and neither one from where they were from!

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I hope this isn't considered threadjacking, but on topic of old drag racing pics. Someone posted this link on the HAMB board & a friend passed it on to me. Most of the pics on this album are from our defunct local strip, Springfield-Ozark Dragway {actual location- Ozark, Mo.}. The pictures are hosted on photobucket.com. Does anyone know how to contact the owner of these pics through Photobucket? Also, if by any stroke of a chance someone recognizes a car or it's owner, feel free to chime in or PM me!
Thanks,
Mark Mahy

stude-sled/drags - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

Longwood 10 miles north of Orlando

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"A Friday night run in a Funny Car is just really intense" - Whit Bazemore

Hey Bob, Seeing your a Damn Yankee, do you remeber the AA/FD Damn Yankee car of Jeff Usher from CT??
I'm down in North Port, between Sarasota and Ft Myers!!
Mike

Geeez-am I the last person that hung out at Ct Dragway thats still IN Ct?? I'll mail you Floridians some slush.

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