On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Rick Beckrich <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sorry Paul... you're just not old enough to remember. Here is a flag start
> at U.S. 30 Dragway, probably from the early 50s.
> (No doubt the shortest dragster you've ever seen.) Scanned from an old
> color print. I was running a 1941 Chevy coupe with a 270 GMC straight six
> for power. Don't recall my times, but we blew off a bunch of "stock"
> flat-head Fords.
>
> Came back in 1965 with a tricked-out factory Buick Gran Sport (399 c.i.)
> which we drove to the track. I was living right there in Merrillville at
> the time and was the shop foreman for Jack Brown Buick in Chicago Heights.
> Broke the B-Stock record four-times that summer.
>
>
Cool! Would be cooler if you had included the link to the photo!
Yeah, detailed history on the track is kinda sketchy, which is odd for a
track that was that famous. I believe the electronic timing and Christmas
tree came in at some point mid-60's, so flag starts make sense for the 50's
and probably early 60's. If I can't find anyone who happens to have an
actual old flag, I'll dig into modelmaking skills and dummy one up.
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Paul Braun
Certified Music Junkie
"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Berthold Auerbach
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